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Fire and smoke blossom, signifying the detonation of a Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC, on a firing range. The MICLIC is a rocket propelled line charge capable of breaching obstacles, walls, or minefields. The MICLIC has a 350 foot line charge secured by a 205 foot arresting cable and contains 1840 pounds of C-4 explosives. A Fort Stewart unit deployed to the operation conducted the exercise

A trail of smoke and the white line charge mark the flight path of the Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC. The MICLIC is a rocket propelled line charge capable of breaching obstacles, walls, or minefields. The MICLIC has a 350 foot line charge secured by a 205 foot arresting cable. The line charge contains 1840 pounds of C-4 explosives. The firing took place during a training exercise

A Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC, is fired on a range during a training session. The MICLIC is a rocket propelled line charged capable of breaching obstacles, walls, or minefields. The MICLIC has a 350 foot line charge secured by a 205 foot arresting cable. The line charge contains 1840 pounds of C-4 explosives

Smoke looms from a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), belonging to 1ST Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, that was hit with a simulated roadside bomb while on convoy during the mock cordon and search of the city of Al-Faraola on March 2, 2007, at Fort Stewart, Ga., during the 3rd Infantry Division Mission Readiness Exercise. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

Smoke billows skyward from the detonation of a line charge fired from a B Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 2nd Marine Division, AAV-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle fitted with a mine clearance kit (MCSK). The detonation was part of a training exercise

West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Hodge (left) from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and US Army (USA) SFC Victor Fontan from the789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (EODC), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), connect the cable wires used to detonate two 105 mm Mortars. This is a simulation of what a land mine does to half-inch thick metal armor, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armored vehicles line the range as units deployed to the operation use this rang for training purposes. This unit will conduct a live fire deominstration of the Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Fitzgerald (foreground) laces C-4 plastic explosives to a rocket motor inside at disposal pit while MASTER SGT. Kevin Johnson (back) marshals STAFF SGT. Brandon Koebbe while he operates a forklift during disposal of munitions outside Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on April 2, 2005. The Airmen are all explosives ordnance disposal technicians from the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Matthew Lohr) (Released)

A cloud of smoke and debris rise from the impact of the U.S. Army's latest unitary-guided rocket system during a test-fire in Baghdad, Iraq, June 23, 2005. The unitary-guided, multiple-launch rocket system is the latest addition to the U.S. Army's artillery arsenal and is designed to minimize collateral damage so not to cause unnecessary damage and destruction to innocent civilians. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Michael J. Carden) (Released)

Heavy smoke rises above the line of explosions created by the Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC, on a firing range. The MICLIC is a rocket propelled line charge capable of breaching obstacles, walls, or minefields. The MICLIC has a 350 foot line charge secured by a 205 foot arresting cable and contains 1840 pounds of C-4 explosives. A Fort Stewart unit deployed to the operation conducted the exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II

Base: Mogadishu

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: Pv2 Andrew Mcgalliard

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC, is fired on a range during a training session. The MICLIC is a rocket propelled line charged capable of breaching obstacles, walls, or minefields. The MICLIC has a 350 foot line charge secured by a 205 foot arresting cable. The line charge contains 1840 pounds of C-4 explosives

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