Comments by "Bruce Tucker" (@brucetucker4847) on "WSJ News" channel.

@bryangeake5826 That would leave a massive crater, and there doesn't appear to be one. And supersonic bombs and missiles don't sound anything like that. That was plainly a rocket motor still firing as it descended, which strongly indicates it was fired locally.
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@backpackpepelon3867 The blast is from the unburned fuel since the rocket was just starting its flight. Even half a ton of HE would leave a massive crater which we don't see in any of the videos.
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@bryangeake5826 The rocket would be subsonic at that early point in its strike, and the damage we see and lack of a crater indicates a modest warhead + lots of rocket fuel, not a huge warhead. Igniting fuel makes a very impressive fireball and more fire than blast damage, which is exactly what was seen here. And no gravity bomb makes a massive WHOOSH as it falls like we hear in the video. I'm not saying it couldn't have been an Israeli rocket, but it absolutely could not be a gravity bomb unless all the video we've seen released by anyone is fake. Lastly, Israel would have to be a colossally stupid to do this intentionally knowing what the reaction around the world would be. They're ruthless, not idiotic. Whoever did it, it was almost certainly an accident.
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There is no crater where it hit in the parking lot. Probably a missile with a modest warhead but a lot of fuel left on board which would cause a huge fireball and a massive fire.
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@residentgrey Or, you know, HAMAS. I don;t know if Israel has any drones capable firing such a large missile.
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@ninjabiatch101 The fact that only one malfunctioned doesn't mean that only one was fired.
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There is no crater at all where it hit, which means it probably wasn't a big warhead, it was a rocket fired very nearby that had a modest warhead but at that point in its flight had a large amount of fuel remaining which caused the big fireball. You don't get that when they hit in Israel because they've used all their fuel by then. I keep seeing people claiming it's a JDAM which is nonsense: one, a JDAM doesn't emit a massive WHOOSH when it's falling, and two, a JDAM would leave a huge crater.
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@stalin2213 it absolutely wasn't a JDAM. One, JDAMs have no motor and are nearly silent as they fall. Two, a JDAM would leave a massive crater and there's no crater at all where the missile hit. The majority of the damage seems to be fire rather than blast which is consistent with a rocket that was fired nearby that would still have most of its fuel when it hit. Rocket fuel causes massive fires but not much blast.
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A JDAM would leave a huge crater, which is clearly not there in the aftermath videos. It was a rocket with a smallish warhead but still having lots of fuel remaining when it hit - that would cause the big fireball and massive fire damage we're seeing int he videos.
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@troyrager1352 They don't when they hit Israel because they've used all their fuel. If it was a rocket fired nearby it would still have most of its fuel which would cause a huge fireball like the one we see.
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Probably a false flag operation by Hamas. They love getting their own people killed if they can point a finger at Israel for it.
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@NiaLong-zk1jo Definitely not a JDAM. You can clearly hear the rocket motor before the blast. JDAMs don't have rocket motors or any kind of motor, they are completely silent until they explode.
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@NiaLong-zk1jo In the video, yes.
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