r/pics • u/recedinghairline20 • 1d ago

Iranian ballistic missile launched today

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u/frakus007 1d ago

This is what happens when the missile is too round; it needs to be pointy. I saw it in a research film a long time ago.

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u/Cookandliftandread 1d ago

In this film,

just one question,

was there a duck who,

when the explosion is happens,

his bill goes

around to the back of his head,

and then in order to talk,

he has to put it back this way'?

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u/vortigaunt64 1d ago

I believe there was a man with a similar deformity, yes.

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u/or10n_sharkfin 1d ago

Humor me. For one moment pretend that I am an idiot.

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u/frakus007 1d ago

There was somebody who suffered a deformity like that.

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u/ferpyy 1d ago

Nuclear Nadal says no

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u/SeaTownKraken 1d ago

Was is Aladeen? Or was it Aladeen?

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u/pixter 1d ago

In this film, just one question, was there a duck who, when the explosion is happens, his bill goes around to the back of his head, and then in order to talk, he has to put it back this way?

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u/No_Quantity3097 1d ago

How did it not break apart when it hit the ground like this? This looks like something from a cartoon.

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u/dysphoric-foresight 1d ago

That’s what I was thinking. Looks like it should have ACME written on the side.

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u/turtletramp 1d ago

There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom!

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u/jscummy 1d ago

In other news Mossad finally got Ayatollah Khameini when he ran headfirst into a wall painted to look like an escape tunnel

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u/cvidetich13 1d ago

The road runner referencing is killing me🤣

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u/Powerserg95 1d ago

A little flag with the word "BANG" popped out

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u/bro_magnon 1d ago

Stark Industries

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u/jemhadar0 1d ago

Yup that’s ACME all right .

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u/Grimnebulin68 1d ago

Perhaps it has MECA written on the side somewhere? I’ll see myself out.

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u/anotherone121 1d ago

That or welded together in a high school, metal working shop

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u/Magoya_U25 1d ago

"No, it sticks on the ground, and then kaboom!!!", Admiral General Aladeen...

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u/Longshot_45 1d ago

Possibly intercepted and tumbled to the ground. Those things are probably traveling faster than the speed of sound at impact (normally). I wouldn't be hanging around to take a picture tho.

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u/Kitosaki 1d ago

cartoons got those tropes from reality! The rocket that almost got me exploded in a comically funny shape I kept thinking it was Warner brothers 😂

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u/ZonerRoamer 1d ago

Aladeeen missile.

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u/NannersForCoochie 1d ago

Because it's an old crapper tank people.

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u/pdabbadabba 1d ago

I'm not sure, but it looks like this may be a roof, not the ground. (Note the solar water heater at the top of the frame, which would ordinarily be installed on a rooftop.) That would explain the nice round hole.

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u/lemlurker 1d ago

These are often booster stages, basically just hollow strong tubes that used to have fuel in them

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u/jfishnl 1d ago

It’s pointy, else it can bounce. I saw it in buggs bunny.

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u/UnfeteredOne 1d ago

I really hate to say this, but it looks fake

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u/Exavion 1d ago

this looks like what an gen AI would spit back if i asked for a "dud missile photo at night"

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u/sunburn95 1d ago

Looks like a roof not the ground

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u/jawshoeaw 1d ago

ballistic means they are in free fall essentially near the end. i.e. not moving Mach 5 like some air to air interceptor. And they are built to withstand some impact as there wouldn't be much point in a missile that just completely disintegrated the first time it hit say a thin roof of a house.

Also, missiles are not built like a Cessna. It's heavy gauge steel packed with a bunch of high explosives sitting on top of a rocket motor with just enough fuel to lob the thing into the air. There's no guidance, no telemetry, very little electronics. The whole front half is essentially a solid chunk.

All that said, this could be a booster lol

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u/linecookdaddy 1d ago

Dude is out for a smoke and FWOOOOOMP probably shit his goddamn pants

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u/Fufeysfdmd 1d ago

I believe it's real, but if we were watching a movie and saw that I'd think it was a cheap fake

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u/DrQuestDFA 1d ago

Fiction has to be plausible, reality does not.

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u/MASKcrusader1 1d ago

Twain?

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u/DrQuestDFA 1d ago

Pretty sure. Or at the very least Twain-ish

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u/albertcn 1d ago

Exactly, it looks like something out of Austin Powers.

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u/brihamedit 1d ago

It actually made a precise hole like in a cartoon.

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u/satanpro 1d ago

You go near it first.

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u/HappySkullsplitter 1d ago

taps it with a stick

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u/Mooselotte45 1d ago

To the poor soul taking this photo:

Get. Away. From. The. Munition.

Christ, it’s loaded with explosives and often fuelled by toxic/ carcinogenic substances.

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u/ohhfasho 1d ago

Yeah but then how would he get this sweet sweet photo??

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u/Mooselotte45 1d ago

Getting cancer in exchange for imaginary points on a site whose sole purpose in life is to train AI.

It’s… definitely an option.

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u/DaoFerret 1d ago

you pass butter

you train AI

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u/GoPointers 1d ago

This is one of the all-time great, true reddit comments.

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u/theHagueface 1d ago

Prob just a good AI

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u/C0matoes 1d ago

Samsung zoom?

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u/Bundabar 1d ago

Maybe. This could be just a tailpiece leftover of what was blown out of the sky.

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u/Mooselotte45 1d ago

Then please see the concern of the carcinogenic fuel.

Seriously going near this is a 10/10 bad idea

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u/illit3 1d ago

On a somewhat related note, what's the average life expectancy of a person who has occasion to be this close to the delivery system of this type of ordnance?

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u/MCbrodie 1d ago

Receiving or departing?

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u/probjustheretochil 1d ago

It could be. Would you wanna bet?

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u/DarthDarthula 1d ago

The ~.0008% of humanity doing their best to bring the lives of the other ~7.944 billion people to an ever increasingly volatile precipice.

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u/ethan_ark 1d ago

Can't we just withdraw our consent to this all at the same time? They can't do anything without our consent, right?

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u/Swimming_Anteater458 1d ago

Yes that’s right they need our consent for war. If we on Reddit don’t consent this conflict will end

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u/donaldinoo 1d ago

It’s gotta be a very vast and dark conspiracy. It’s not simply about power and money. These people think they are self fulfilling their respective religions prophecies. Whether it’s from the extremists in Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. They want to drag the whole world down with them.

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u/jumping-butter 1d ago

They don’t care about religion - any of them. It’s just a cloak for power

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u/Johnny5iver 1d ago

Bro it's way more than that.

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u/sanecoin64902 1d ago

1% planners, 19% followers, 80% the rest of us.

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u/dead_shot8448 1d ago

As Iranian person we are really sorry the people in iran are tired of this stupid fighting We hope everything finish as soon as possible

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u/scarlettvvitch 1d ago

It's okay homie, as an Israeli women I have nothing short of respect to your people. <3
I hope one day we can share a kotlet and lemonade <3

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u/Wildweasel666 1d ago

This little exchange here shows some humanity in this mess and gave me some hope. I hope you’re both doing ok and get through this.

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u/Ok_Constant_184 1d ago

Not your fault leadership is bad everywhere

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u/Snocone_EX 1d ago

Is that that shit from half life 2

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u/BubbleGodTheOnly 1d ago

Lol the headcrab missiles were my first thought

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u/Ultrafish19 1d ago

I was trying to find this comment lol

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u/_Kodan 1d ago

Damn headcrab missile!

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u/blakester555 1d ago

Made by the Acme Bomb Company?

It won't explode until a coyote gets near it.

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u/ThePanzerMan 1d ago

The Iranian Lawn Dart. World class engineering.

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u/ThePanzerMan 1d ago

Dud SCUD? Anyone?

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u/Exanova 1d ago

And that’s why you need a pointy head!!!

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u/Crafty-Pay-4853 1d ago

Yeah, this missile designer is done for.

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u/LordBlackadder92 1d ago

The young ones had an episode on this kind of situation. There the rocket blocked the door of the fridge.

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u/gothrus 1d ago

That looks like the bomb that landed in the Young One’s kitchen.

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u/Reeko_Htown 1d ago

Looney Toons Acme ahh missile

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u/kazarbreak 1d ago

Not a great idea to be this close to this thing, even if it's just a tailpiece that was left over after it got blown out of the sky. Missiles have all sorts of toxic chemicals that they use as propellants. And if it's not just a leftover piece of a missile that got blown out of the sky (which I'm 90% sure that's what it is) then the only thing getting this close to it should be robots operated by EOD technicians.

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u/Zombie_Jesus_83 1d ago

Rumor is the barrage was ordered by Supreme General Wile E. Coyote.

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u/watermahlone1 1d ago

Looney Tunes ahhh rocket

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u/Teen_Tiger 1d ago

How are you even standing so close to it??

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u/a_man_has_a_name 1d ago

I presume they walked to it.

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u/Hazywater 1d ago

The voice in your head: "Throw a rock at it."

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u/hotlavatube 1d ago

"Carefully cut the wires leading to the clockwork fuse at the head... but first remove the fuse." -- MASH

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u/HerzBrennt 1d ago

It does give strong MASH vibes. Just need Hawkeye and Trapper John with pillows and stethoscopes.

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u/BigBadPanda 1d ago

…by the way, it wasn’t no atom bomb. Turns out, some skateboarder slapped a Biohazard band sticker on the side of this septic tank for an R.V.

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u/RS9568 1d ago

Was that an ACME rocket? Looks like Wile E Coyote is up to his old shenanigans.

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u/tes_kitty 1d ago

Nah... ACME stands for 'American Company Making Everything' and this is an iranian missile, so it can't be from ACME.

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u/Pancit-Canton1265 1d ago

Pointy is scary

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u/cavalier2015 1d ago

Wow! Amazing it landed right in the hole! What an amazingly precise shot

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u/SuckYouMummy 1d ago

Huh, so they do actually look like that

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u/flightwatcher45 1d ago

This looks like 2 oil drums welded together and some sheet metal? Is this how they make decoy missles??

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u/Bwgmon 1d ago

But I was told that constant escalation was going to loop around to deescalation?

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u/SheptonCupCake 1d ago edited 1d ago

Isn’t there a movie In The Shadow Of The Bomb? About exactly this thing happening?

Edit: seems I’m slightly off with my recollection

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u/Monster-Zero 1d ago

No no no you're thinking of The Devil's Backbone

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u/Valid_Username_56 1d ago

V2 confirmed

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u/mypostisbad 1d ago

Should be a coyote along any minute, to hit it with an oversized mallet.

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u/Bedlamtheclown 1d ago

The devils backbone anyone?

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u/Federal_Sympathy4667 1d ago

Ok, I am not a rocket scientist.. but I think they need to aim it the other way?

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u/torklugnutz 1d ago

Looks like a good start on a custom BBQ project.

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u/12358132134 1d ago

This looks like a German V2?!? 100 years of scientific development and they copy a WW2 design?

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u/EntertainmentMean611 1d ago

Micro v2 maybe, those things were huge.

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u/genotix 1d ago

Get the freak outta there!

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u/fujimonster 1d ago

That isn’t Iranian , it’s a regular rocket built by hezbulah — 55 gallon drums welded together and filled with rocket propellant that is sometimes made from sugar .  It’s not that hard to confirm it.

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u/Brigadius 1d ago

"It's just an old crapper tank people"

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u/manwhoregiantfarts 1d ago

Fuck the ayatollahs and any terrorism sympathizers. The Iranian regime will burn in hell.

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u/Imperatvs 1d ago

Pretty sure Netanyahu and the Israeli terrorist regime are first in line for hell.

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u/Crafty-Pay-4853 1d ago

Or, hear me out, the actual terrorists who started this shit? And the guys who now have no balls or eyes who followed-up the attacks the next day as Israel was reeling?

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u/TheBusinessGoose123 1d ago

Fuck iran.

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u/deusasclepian 1d ago

Fuck everyone shooting explosives towards innocent people

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u/julez071 1d ago

Fuck all fuckers.

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u/biffbagwell 1d ago

In fairness, the population of Iran is young and generally pro west. Their leaders are the fuckers.

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u/monroeshton 1d ago

Iranian people - generally cool. Iranian leadership - not cool.

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u/scifi-ninja 1d ago

Fuck Israel, Fuck Iran

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u/ferpyy 1d ago

Fuck humanity

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u/hebrew-hammers 1d ago

Fuck Iran. Fuck jihadists. Fuck all you dumb sheep who think anything positive about them. They would gladly see you dead too just for being a part of western society.

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u/Expensive_Fact8168 1d ago

It's just sad man. Hopefully the war stops, there are already many conflicts going on. No more killings are needed

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u/make_thick_in_warm 1d ago

this is my hole, it was made for me

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u/Onederings 1d ago

That looks fake af.

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u/DarkBlue222 1d ago

As if the Iranian government didn’t give off Nazi vibes already.

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u/Memes_Haram 1d ago

Reminds me of Megaton in Fallout but it’s a shittier version

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u/easant-Role-3170Pl 1d ago

It's good that the quality is also Iranian

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u/SwampSausage 1d ago

It would make a great meat smoker

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u/wellfahq 1d ago

Shouldn’t there be a little girl hugging the bomb? Oh wait that’s banksy

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u/DietDrBleach 1d ago

Why the hell are you standing next to this thing. Get in the bomb shelter!

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u/Nearbyatom 1d ago

WILEY COYOTE bought a dud.

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u/Etna_No_Pyroclast 1d ago

I saw this episode of the Young Ones.

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u/TopRare 1d ago

Thought this was a scene from megaton for the new fall series for a minute.

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u/TheNextBattalion 1d ago

looks like a modern art masterpiece .statement against military industrial whatnot

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u/LegendarySurgeon 1d ago

Did the chickens get out ok?

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u/stodal 1d ago

lemme take a picture first.

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u/Striking_Green7600 1d ago

It needs to be pointy, round is not scary

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u/kshiau 1d ago

Neat

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u/Games_sans_frontiers 1d ago

The shadow of the hand holding the phone taking the picture reminds me of an Easter island head.

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u/livens 1d ago

Captain, this real? Honestly it looks like someone welded a couple of metal drums together with sheet metal fins.

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u/mizonnz 1d ago

It looks like it should have head crabs jumping out of it

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u/Queasy_Effort_1854 1d ago

Real life angry birds moment

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u/FinalSeraph_Leo 1d ago

lights first cigarette ever very nervously

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u/Melodic-Order-6628 1d ago

It won’t detonate until Wiley Coyote taps on it with a hammer. Duh

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u/plastictigers 1d ago

Looney toons ass shit

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u/ExpressionTop7570 1d ago

You can kill at least two or three ppl with this weapon.

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u/Valn1r 1d ago

I honestly cant tell if people are being sarcastic or if they really think whats in this picture is a ballistic missile...

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u/UnfortunateSnort12 1d ago

“The missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t.”

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u/TheBBBfromB 1d ago

⬆️⬆️➡️⬆️⬇️➡️⬆️

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u/Safrel 1d ago

Yeah that'll buff right out.

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u/Bombassthick 1d ago

Bruh!!! Touch it with a stick!!

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u/BrownSugar20 1d ago

Honey, wake up; the new missile just dropped.

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u/iamcleek 1d ago

what is the source of this image?

(Google image search doesn't know)

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u/Deareim2 1d ago

Acme ?

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u/heels_n_skirt 1d ago

Was it made in China or from temu?

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u/docK_5263 1d ago

That looks like a v2

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u/busboy262 1d ago

If this is real and it is an Iranian missile fired at Israel, it's just as likely that the picture was taken in Iran, Jordan or Iraq as it would be in Israel.

Let's just say that QC isn't as tight in Iran as it is in most places.

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u/DweadPiwateWoberts 1d ago

This is some Half Life 2 shit. Get the crowbar.

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u/madisonsissy608 1d ago

Awesome 🤗

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u/mova 1d ago

Did the front fall off?

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u/roguespectre67 1d ago

⬇️⬆️⬅️⬇️⬆️➡️⬇️⬆️

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u/Hefty-Station1704 1d ago

Their latest bargain basement munitions fondly referred to as "The Dud".

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u/Imaginary_Bag1142 1d ago

No way this is real.

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u/Astrobrandon13 1d ago

A small tower of barad dur!!

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u/WtAFjusthappenedhere 1d ago

Did Doc Brown sell them the parts for that rocket in order to power a time machine?

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u/Derbster_3434 1d ago

Looks like they've got some old inventory to work through

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u/Pittyswains 1d ago

That thing had head crabs in it, I just know it.

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u/PM_ME_UR_XYLOPHONES 1d ago

There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom

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u/IshmaelsNSFW 1d ago

That's from half life, lol. Beware headcrabs.

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u/PNW_Undertaker 1d ago

Quick! Go tap it with a hammer to see if it’s filled up…

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u/ScottOld 1d ago

Can’t park there

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u/ScottHoward1 1d ago

I’m calling shenanigans the lighting is too perfect and the hole that the “missile” is in is larger round than it is and no reason for smoke and ground around the “missile is level where did the displaced dirt go?

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u/Shoddy-Cauliflower95 1d ago

Joe Dirt got one of these too.

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u/Dronk747 1d ago

Where are you sending it? China?

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u/-Clayburn 1d ago

So this would be really deadly if you manage to land it on a person.