RAF pilot spares Taliban commander to save civilians

This footage, taken from an RAF Harrier targetting pod, shows a bomb dropped from the aircraft heading for a Taliban commander in a vehicle. Just seconds from impact, the vehicle stops next to a civilian compound. If the bomb had hit its target, several innocent Afghans would have been killed but the quick-thinking RAF officer is seen to move the bomb into a safe area of desert where it detonates. From www.mod.uk

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[fairclought7]

but i hear that they continued to track him and a short time later turned him into pink mist, nice going boys, not just the oldest Airforce in the world but the best

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA!!!

[bondsan]

and thats why the RAF are the best

[varlb002]

@GoldenRing1989 Thi

s made a big news story in the UK... Its not just a user who made it up. Now stop saying the same comment on these videos!!!

[kop3333]

would love it the m.o.d would release the rest of the vid.. yeah rite.

[Jeneral28]

So the commander survived?

[irvan36mm]

Almost got him! It's like the Taliban commander knew about the Harrier overhead & purposely headed toward the civvies.

[madrummerboi]

I'm sorry... that explosion reached as far as the civilian compound anyway?! Surely they were injured as a result.

[haykier11]

Nice vid m8

[ZupaSC]

I still would've blown them up. Sod em. then again, I'm a sick bastard with no discipline so I salute the actions of the pilot.

God Bless the RAF and wishing you all a safe return.