Harrier Low Pass

A video has emerged showing British soldiers in Afghanistan playing "chicken" with Harrier jump jets. The 15-second clip, apparently filmed at Kandahar air base, shows one soldier standing with his back towards the horizon as the £40 million warplane approaches at high speed. The Harrier, capable of speeds of up to 660mph, can be seen and heard approaching as his colleagues behind the camera egg him on. But as it thunders just metres overhead the soldier glances over his shoulder and dives to the ground, shouting a string of expletives ...more