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Military dudes...what are the box-like structures at the Ain al-Assad base?

submitted by paul_neri to AskASiteExpert 10 monthsAug 6, 2024 06:51:12 ago (+3/-0)     (i.dailymail.co.uk)

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/05/23/88185819-13711677-Rockets_were_fired_at_Ain_al_Assad_air_base_hosting_U_S_forces_i-a-1_1722895619767.jpg



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[ - ] Sector2 4 points 10 monthsAug 6, 2024 10:36:37 ago (+4/-0)

Looks like concrete wall pieces. They're presumably moved by crane, and if you zoom in you can almost see two places on top where they hook on.

A Bremer wall, or T-wall, is a twelve-foot-tall (3.66 m) portable, steel-reinforced concrete blast wall of the type used for blast protection throughout Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Bremer barrier resembles the smaller 3-foot-tall (0.91 m) Jersey barrier, which has been used widely for vehicle traffic control on coalition military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. To indicate that the Bremer barrier is similar but larger, the 12-foot-tall (3.66 m), intermediate-sized Bremer barriers are usually referred to as Texas barriers, but not to be confused with the 3.5-foot (1.07 m) Texas constant-slope barrier. Similarly, the largest barriers, which stand around 20-foot-tall (6.1 m), are called Alaska barriers. Unlike the Jersey barrier, which has sloped sides at the base, some Texas and Alaska barriers have a rectangular ledge base, usable as a bench for sitting or resting and approximately knee-high for a typical adult.[1]

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Spencer5.jpg

[ - ] FreeinTX 0 points 10 monthsAug 6, 2024 06:58:57 ago (+0/-0)

American defense officials are beginning to plot for the crisis in the Middle East to become even worse following a rocket black that injured several soldiers at a military base in Iraq Monday

Following a rocket black?

Do you think they actually brought in Puddin' Head just to take this picture or do you think the picture is just an old shot from months ago?

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 10 monthsAug 6, 2024 07:02:21 ago (+1/-0)

Yes the "rocket black" is mentioned twice. Presumably "rocket attack" but that's AI for you!