05-20-2024, 11:32 AM
(05-20-2024, 11:02 AM)dabigv13 Wrote: These were definitely not DPICM or cluster type munitions- those would disperse above the target and then explode near-simultaneously (not exactly simultaneously as from a blast fragmentation) in a circular pattern. Here are some videos showing what that would look like-Agree. Your analysis is IMO correct. I take it that you also believe it was not the result of a GLSDB strike but rather some kind of GMLRS. That seems likely to me as well. However the SDB with the Alternative Warhead has the sameĀ 180,000 tungsten balls. Really no way to tell them apart except by seeing the delivery vehicle in the air. If it has wings, it is a SDB (ground launch or otherwise). If not, it is GMLRS.
https://x.com/bigSAC10/status/1728032570351243433
https://x.com/qHZ4aaZxWd32422/status/178...0326891940
And here is what a GMLRS impact with its 180,000 tungsten balls looks like-
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1786406430607565081
I believe the original post attributing this to GLSDB was based on what the projectiles looked like, but sometimes you might not get a good freeze frame and the impact effect can give a clue to the munition type.
