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You'd think a green beret would be better at blowing shit up
He was likely making a statement and wanted fire and noise more than demolition and death (granted he also probably didn't care if some people around it got hurt). It's pathetic.
Probably, otherwise, why not drive it through the doors into the lobby?
Did he not succeed? Seemed to blow up pretty good.
What did they blow up? Their own vehicle and a piece of the road? Some random bystanders? A few thousands of damage to the hotel maybe? I don't know their goals, but I don't think that's successful if they wanted anything more than attention seeking. (edit: which honestly seems like it could be the goal, why else have fireworks instead of fertilizer?)
Compare with the Oklahoma City bombing.
Wasn't flexible enough
Turns out if you want to use a cybertruck as an explosive weapon you need to put it on its side due to the way the walls of the vehicle contain the explosion.
Classic cybertruck-as-weapon noob mistake.
“This side toward enemy”. Built so strong it directs the blast out the open face of the bed.
I'm spitballing here, but it was just a bunch of fireworks used as the actual bomb, correct?
I'm sure if they did the fertilizer/ OKC thing that it would have blown up a lot better instead of just catching on fire, but the stupid thing also probably doesn't have good enough cargo capacity to carry enough accelerant
I think it went exactly according to his plan.
I think they tend to do more training and support of friendly local forces. May have been upset with the Afghan war exit, I don't think it would have gone well for people he may have had contact with.