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		JoeAltmaier on March 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time... "Bouncing Bettys"

arprocter on March 3, 2016 [–]

That's slang for a jumping anti-personnel mine

JoeAltmaier on March 4, 2016 | [–]

Yes, they are also called that. I think the dam-buster bombs had the nickname first.

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