his bomb , according to an Afghan security official speaking on condition of anonymity . The attack was one of the deadliest in months in Afghanistan .
The two boxes affixed to the turret glow red when active , but in the February video it appears that the system is either turned off or not working . In the case of this strike , however , the tank ’s crew was saved by the tank ’s armored plating — known as Kontakt-5 reactive armor . The oddly shaped square panels are meant to defeat incoming projectiles by actually counter - detonatingconflict.attack.bombingand disrupting the missile ’s main charge from penetrating into the tank . The T-90 is one of Russia ’s most advanced tanks , although the version in the video is an older variant from the early 1990s , according to War is Boring . The T-90 started to appear in Syria shortly after Russian forces arrived in northern Syria in September alongside a sizable detachment of aircraft .
Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link Members of Brazilian bomb squad pack their gear after detonatingconflict.attack.bombinga suspicious package near the men 's cycling road race final in Copacabana . Photo : AP News of the robbery came on a troubling opening day for security at the Rio OIympics , which had been overshadowed by the Russian doping scandal even as the world 's athletes gathered in Brazil .
Security officials have made plans for an attack . Staff at The Mall at Cribbs Causeway , near Bristol , were advised to round up members of the public and barricade themselves in a shop . An exercise in May involved a fake suicide bomber ' detonatingconflict.attack.bombing' explosives inside Manchester 's sprawling Trafford centre , sending 800 ' victims ' running for cover . A major police operation is ongoing in Munich , around the city 's Olympic Park , with the force warning people to stay in their homes and avoid public spaces as they admitted they do n't know where the gunmen Police officers respond to a shooting at the Olympia Einkaufzentrum ( OEZ ) at July 22 , 2016 in Munich , Germany
Similar attacks took place elsewhere in Paris the same night , killing an additional 41 people . The tactic -- to enter shooting , and then detonate explosives -- is called " inghimasi , " and it 's being used more and more frequently by terrorists . " The ' inghimasi , ' their ( modus operandi ) on the ground in Syria and Iraq , is to shoot up checkpoints and then they actually -- some of these guys actually run up to the enemy and hug them before detonatingconflict.attack.bombingthe bomb to take them out with themselves . So in a sense , the ultimate Kamikaze warrior , " Weiss said . JUST WATCHED Istanbul airport attacked despite heavy security Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Istanbul airport attacked despite heavy security 03:01