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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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
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Date
1840
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The U.S. National Archives
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