Tar_alcaran

During the early occupation of Afghanistan after 2001. Here's a news article from 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2912617.stm

Note that that wasn't on purpose.

Yeah, this definitely looks like airdropped chocolate to me bro.

Ah, this reminds the time when cluster munitions were bright yellow, so you could spot them and stay away.

And food aid packages were bright yellow, so you could spot them and easily collect them.

Yeah...

And asbestos. I work in hazardous materials and the amount of things that had asbestos in them is terrifying.

Asbestos carpets, and asbestos-structured paint for fucks sake. Imagine how many peoppe sanded down asbestos paint...

Ok, so, your point is that eyes have a limited field of view? Yeah, that's something totally different, and not at all what this was about.

The good life of the 80s?

well, OP seems to be a healthy white straight male in his 20s, otherwise they definitely wouldn't comment this.

Sorry, I left my magic wand in my other pants..

Me too, but I'm not really at "donating Javelin" levels of wealth.

It's immensely noticeable on radar. That giant round engine is going to stick out like a sore thumb on radar and IR.

No, you see, this is just how amazing Russian AA missiles are!

Most people don't want to break the sacred bond of pretending you're busy, because then next time, they might get caught for doing the same.

In the field of safety there is a concept called a "normal accident", or a system accident. Basically it says that in any complex system catastrophic accidents will always happen, because they are impossible to foresee (due to complexity) and thus prevent. That theory says you need to prepare for the consequence of the accident just as much as try to prevent it.

So, people are always going to lose control, you need to prepare for when it happens.