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[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Fuck.

Like, yeah thats not safe distance by US standards if thats a munitions truck, but he seems to have gotten pretty damned unlucky.

Never says a thing. Must have taken shrapnel to the brain.

War is hell.

Another family without a son thanks to Putin.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Also one fewer Russian soldier thanks to Putin

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

believe or not, there are formulas for this, you need to know how much of the explosive is there and how much, if any, fragmentation will form. these distances can easily go into kilometers

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's good to know.

So, what is a safe distance?

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Check out this research: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/9/331

An explosives safety separation distance, ESSD, from a substance, article, or structure with reacting material, specifically burning material, is one where an individual would not receive second degree burns and would not be exposed to hazardous debris (<79 Joules) at a density greater than one fragment per six hundred square feet

The table below from this site shows an appropriate evacuation distance...

I'd presume the amount of explosive munitions in that burning truck was on the high end...

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love how they mix US and Metric units.

[–] Wilshire@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

What could go wrong?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Generally if an industrial accident/fire is bigger than your outstretched thumb, you're too close.

Since this has actual shaped projectiles in it, imma say double

[–] HardlyCrabbing@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

The Ukrainians are lucky they are so fucking stupid

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

the footage of the sky as all that shit is raining down is pretty cool

sparks like this are burning iron (aluminum would be whiter), which means lots of steel fragmented and some ignited

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Is that the moon at the end, perhaps?

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago
[–] aew360@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Too bad he wasn’t closer

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago