https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65344370
Russian warplane accidentally bombs own city
A Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter-jet has accidentally bombed
the Russian city of Belgorod, around 40km (25 miles) from
the border with Ukraine.
The bomb left a 20m (60ft) crater and caused an explosion
so large it blew a car on to the roof of a nearby shop.
Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said authorities had
ordered the evacuation of a damaged nine-storey block of
flats as a precaution.
Three people were injured and several buildings were
damaged, he said.
Video posted on social media showed the impact of the blast,
lifting a vehicle on to the roof of a supermarket as traffic
streamed along Prospekt Vatutina, close to the centre of
the city.
. . .
Heh - we don't NEED to give Ukraine long-range
missiles after all ! :-)
Oh well, ordinance IS sometimes "unexpectedly
released" - electric/mechanical systems (and
humans) can and do glitch. Some ordinance has
to be explicitly armed before deployment, but
some does not.
Hmmm ... they've never found those H-bombs dropped
of the Carolina coast, have they ? Fortunately they
were not explicitly armed ....
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