Live grenade thrown at Pres. Bush (3)

1 Name: Unverified Source 2005-05-19 12:05 ID:Heaven

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/18/bush.georgia/index.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/18/ugrenade.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/05/18/ixportaltop.html

"A hand grenade found in the crowd as U.S. President George W. Bush spoke in Tbilisi, Georgia, last week was live and could have exploded, Georgian officials and an FBI agent have said."

Unreal...

2 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-19 13:15 ID:Hi3KnNkP

That grenade was thrown into the crowd, doubful he would have been hurt. What's the range of a hand grenade?

3 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-19 21:07 ID:Hi3KnNkP

Grenade was a RGD-5.
"Effective Fragment Radius: 15 to 20 meters, maximum fragment range about 30 meters." [49-65ft, max 98ft].
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-23-30/appd.htm#figd-5
It was found 30m (100 feet) from the stage in Freedom Square.
It was out of range.

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