Sweden fighting fire with... bombs?

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Several large forest fires are burning in Sweden in Gävleborg, Jämtland and Dalarna areas. Among the aircraft supporting the firefighting operations there are also some Swedish Air Force JAS-39 Gripen C multirole combat aircraft.

In fact, on Jul. 25, a Gripen dropped a 500-lb GBU-12 Laser Guided Bomb from 3.000 meters in an attempt to cut fire affecting Älvdalen's shooting range, a military range where unexploded ammunition and difficult terrain made conventional extinguishing methods not sufficient.The Swedish pilot dropped the GBU-12 so that the bomb would cut the fire at a certain distance from the impact point: a fire requires oxygen, heat and fuel. The explosion burns oxygen that is no longer available to the fire.

The first test had " a very good effect ", that is, the bomb broke out the fire. Even on other fires that were 50, 100 and 150 meters from the target

https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-a ... den-2018-7

[Whiskey 7]

Interesting idea..

[Scourge]

They use a similar idea to put out some oil well fires.

[SoM]

thought it was gonna be about this
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rofl