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Jody Macgregor

The US Air Force wants to test blowing up Cybertrucks because 'it is likely the type of vehicles used by the enemy may transition to Tesla Cyber trucks'

It's a cybertruck in Fortnite.

Federal contracting documents freely available online (via Stars and Stripes) show the US Air Force would very much like to purchase two (2) Cybertrucks for the purpose of target practice. As one of the documents explains, "In the operating theatre it is likely the type of vehicles used by the enemy may transition to Tesla Cyber trucks as they have been found not to receive the normal extent of damage expected upon major impact. Testing needs to mirror real world situations."

Back in 2024, the leader of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, did post a video of himself riding a Cybertruck with a mounted gun to social media, so perhaps it's a valid concern. That said, Kadyrov did later complain the vehicle had been switched off remotely when it stopped working.

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