Video shows British Forces blowing up Hercules in Iraq

[tigershark]

I can't believe there's nothing on this $25/30+ million dollar transport that's worth saving?  Looks like perfectly flat surround area and there's enough personnel watching it being blown up to protect it until it could be taking away I guess in parts?  Even if the frame is crack there are 4 engines, wings, tires,cockpit equipment, etc, something on it had to working it was flying.   Doesn't seem like a waste, does England or the USAF have that many C-130s to say it's too much trouble lets just blow it up?  It Just seems wrong to me I have to assume who ever was in charge knew what they were doing and the areas wasn't safe enough to carry out such repair/removal operations.

Video shows British Forces blowing up Hercules in Iraq
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2645230/Video-shows-British-forces-blowing-up-bomber-in-Iraq.html

[iluveagles]

Holy sh*t there must've been a sh*t load of explosives in that thing..........