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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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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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

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

date_range

Date

23/12/1993

place

Location

Raas Sif, Banaadir, Somalia

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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