Rebels use Apple iPad used to line up mortar shot in Syria (with photo)

“In a Reuters photo from Sept. 15, 2013, a member of the ‘Ansar Dimachk’ Brigade, part of the ‘Asood Allah’ Brigade which operates under the Free Syrian Army, is shown using an iPad during preparations to fire a homemade mortar at one of the battlefronts in Jobar, Damascus,” Tom Bemis reports for MarketWatch.

Twitter speculation suggests the device is being used to determine the angle of fire for the mortar,” Bemis reports.

Syrian rebels, who’ve improvised their own tanks in the past, have found a new way to use Apple iPads.
Syrian rebels, who’ve improvised their own tanks in the past, have found a new way to use Apple iPads.

 
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MacDailyNews Take: Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers…

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