‘Single shot’: British forces tornado blows ISIS car bomb to smithereens

Caity Stone

Updated 20 April 2016 at 4:26 am

Incredible footage released by the Ministry of Defence shows an ISIS truck speeding down a highway when it suddenly explodes.

British forces in Iraq managed destroyed the speeding truck carrying an ISIL car bomb with a single shot.

The truck was reportedly carrying a car bomb. Photo: Ministry of Defence

According to The Mirror a RAF Tornado GR4 bombed the vehicle as it travelled west of Mosul.

The footage of the successful mission was uploaded onto YouTube page of the The Ministry of Defence.

The explosion fills the screen, sending the truck drifting aimlessly off the road. Photo: Ministry of Defence

The rocket that ‘took out’ the vehicle can be seen as a tiny white streak in the aerial footage, leaving the shell of the truck to drift aimlessly off the road.

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