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Understanding EOD attire
What it’s really like to wear the famous bomb suit. 🎧 Audio narration available for subscribers. Sign up below to access. << EU and what army? Three lessons from the Third Gulf War >> Hello and happy Thursday. I hope… Continue reading
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The end of the line
The science of terminal ballistics << Ireland and the Defence Industrial Complex Explosive porcupines >> Today is the last instalment in my periodic series on ballistics. We’ve ran out of road on this story, and reached our terminus: terminal ballistics,… Continue reading
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The Hurt Locker (Addendum)
The good, the bad, and the pedantic << EOD Critiques: The Hurt Locker Mil-itary precision >> Hello again to all my loyal subscribers and new movie realism enthusiasts. I hope you enjoyed last week’s EOD exposĂ© of The Hurt Locker, because… Continue reading
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Exploding cars (Part 2)
Target behaviour. << Exploding cars (Part 1) EOD critiques: The Hurt Locker >> This week is the promised follow-up to last week’s discussion on exploding cars in film and TV, and how screenwriters don’t really understand how terrorists and criminals go… Continue reading
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Exploding cars (Part 1)
Perpetrator behaviour. << Film fashion faux pas Exploding cars (Part 2)>> Let me be very clear: I am not going to tell you how to blow up a car. So if that’s what you were looking for, please look elsewhere. Unfortunately… Continue reading
