Yahoo Autos Russian Counterterror Troops Tackle Training Exercise With One Heck of a Bang
A video of a Russian counterterrorism exercise ends with terrorists apprehended-and the bus they were riding in completely trashed.
The video, shot somewhere in Russia likely several years ago, shows Ministry of the Interior OMON troops-a paramilitary government force stationed in most Russian cities-performing a training exercise and stopping a bus occupied by "terrorists" with typical aplomb.
First, a BTR-80 armored personnel carrier cuts the bus off, forcing it to slow down while firing its 14.5-millimeter heavy machine gun. The BTR-80 is the support element, firing (hopefully) blanks in order to intimidate the terrorists.
But in the most nutso move, an OMON agent wearing a heavy Explosive Ordnance Disposal bomb suit catches up to the bus and whacks it with an explosive charge. The charge trashes the bus, blowing out the glass and leaving a huge scorch mark on the side. The explosion is so big the OMON agent disappears in the cloud of debris.
Who knows why OMON would use such a ridiculously powerful explosion to stop the bus, but some possibilities are to damage the bus axle, forcing it to a stop, or to disable an even more dangerous explosive device the terrorists might have. The men onboard-probably OMON troopers unfortunately singled out to play the role of terrorists-appear stunned but otherwise unharmed by the explosion. Just another day at work.
