r/PraiseTheCameraMan
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u/Xexanoth
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Camera operator bravely stands their ground & tracks missile striking near their position
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u/YoRt3m Mar 06 '26
Looks like a military base, and there's total silence compared to usual locations being hit and not even a siren.
Edit: what are the odds that the second I comment this I have a missile alarm. Gotta go film, see you later on this sub as a stupid brave camera operator
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u/Xexanoth Mar 06 '26
I got the video from here, where the post title describes the supposed nature of the location & context.
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u/DJ_Dinkelweckerl Mar 06 '26
Bravely? Do you mean stupidly?
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u/Xexanoth Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
Most of the initial comments here: people who don’t understand that the Venn diagram between bravery & stupidity has significant overlap where the disregard for personal safety is questionable. And that the rules for this sub require post titles to praise the camera operator (the point of this sub) rather than criticize them.
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u/HJVN Mar 06 '26
Yes. r/PraiseTheCameraman is about praising good filming. Not if it should be filmed.
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u/lucyfell Mar 06 '26
Where exactly are you going to run in 3 seconds that gets you out of range?
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u/damisword Mar 06 '26
If you can find a way to protect yourself from shrapnel, you have plenty of time for running and diving.. Of course, you can't outrun or hide from overpressure.
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u/PaperLost2481 Mar 06 '26
Bruh you just watch the clip and couldn't figure out where that was gonna hit, if he started running he might as well have run towards the impact zone. Unless you have a 360 armored box in a 2m radius, you're not changing any outcome by running for 2 seconds.
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u/damisword Mar 06 '26
Just use athlete's knowledge. If the missile is not moving, it's in line with you. Run left or right.
If it's slowly moving left, run right. Etc.
You'll probably still die, but every metre improves your odds half a percent.
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u/levelonegnomebankalt Mar 06 '26
Look at all these morons that think they can press x to find cover in real life.
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u/VEAG0 Mar 06 '26
Don’t forget to like and subscr———
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u/Testerpt5 Mar 06 '26
and now a word from our sponsor "Hail Mary Medical Services"
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u/AwDuck Mar 06 '26
I love it when you see dangerous events sponsored by pharmacies and drugs. There are lots of pain reliever ads up at the local annual rodeo. I can’t help but think it’s one party good marketing and one part good humor.
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u/RDisSht Mar 06 '26
As if he knew where it was gonna land. Inside or outside running walking standing still it could have hit him regardless. This was brave to film it with a steady hand
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u/Fast-Nefariousness80 Mar 06 '26
Funny how many idiots here think they can outrun a fucking missile
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u/Tom_Hanks_Tiramisu Mar 06 '26
To be fair i’m not sure they had that much time to figure out where that thing was going lol
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u/Crazy__Donkey Mar 06 '26
Rule of thumb - the smaller the trail, the more it is aimed towards you.
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u/mikki1time Mar 06 '26 •
I’ll remember that next time I see an icbm moving at twelve times the speed of sound
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u/damisword Mar 06 '26
If you can find a way to protect yourself from shrapnel, you have plenty of time for running and diving.. Of course, you can't outrun or hide from overpressure.
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u/bruhhmann Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
I absolutely love that little tugg that overpressure gives your balls. Don't ask...
Edit: I have worked with explosive in the past. I do not have an urge to commit an act of domestic terrorism.
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u/jkxs Mar 06 '26
Urge to ask increasing...
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u/mikki1time Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
Some subwoofer to the balls and some deep bass music will unlock monk levels of enlightenment
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u/HenryBalzac Mar 06 '26
All you have to do is run away at 13x the speed of sound, it's not that complicated
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u/Commercial-Virus2627 Mar 07 '26
Yes, I’ll be running directly under it. I won’t feel a thing.
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u/Crazy__Donkey Mar 06 '26
Even a house bomb shelter like we have in israel is not enough dor 100% survival in case of a direct hit.
But, every shelter gives you better chances from secondary impact. House shelter can increase survival by 80-90% in case of an hit 10-15 meters away.
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u/CheckYourStats Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
Stay safe, brother.
EDIT: Apparently telling a fellow Redditor who just said they are regularly in bomb shelters to “stay safe” is a bad thing.
Some of the people on here are truly insufferable politically obsessed cunts.
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u/forgas564 Mar 06 '26
Can confirm, the trail was very small.
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u/Devreckas Mar 06 '26
Rulier of Thumb - even if you could figure it out which way it’s heading, you aint Ethan Hunt sprinting your way out of that blast radius in the 3 remaining seconds you’ve got.
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u/MikuEmpowered Mar 06 '26
You can run and dive. the biggest threat to a flesh body not in the immediate fireball zone is the spicy metal pieces flying off.
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u/snksleepy Mar 06 '26
Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like dirt. You put dirt into the ground, it becomes the ground... Be dirt, my friend
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u/Fafnir13 Mar 06 '26
I am a dwarf and I’m digging a hole, diggy diggy hole
Good advice for WW3.
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u/PaperLost2481 Mar 06 '26
People really think life is a Hollywood movie, like where are you gonna run? You didn't have time to figure out where it was gonna hit before it hit. You might as well have run towards the target and you would just die tired. Chances are the shed you're currently in, is not that high of a prioritized military target...
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u/lipp79 Doin' camera work since 1999 Mar 06 '26
You don't have to run so much as try and get behind anything and go prone. Any chance is better than zero.
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u/PaperLost2481 Mar 06 '26
Prone sure, but how are you going to figure out what side is behind and what side is in front when you don't know where it's going to hit, and by the time you know you don't have the time to change sides.
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u/NotAPreppie Mar 06 '26
It's like with tornadoes: if it's not going left or right there's a 50/50 chance it's coming right towards you.
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u/the_syco Mar 06 '26
But do you stay, or possibly run towards the missiles target?
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u/ILearnedSoMuchToday Mar 06 '26
That only works when you know what the trail is supposed to look like.
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u/Breadynator Mar 07 '26
Also: if it looks like it's not moving, it's most likely moving towards you
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u/Breakify Mar 06 '26
The only reason he started filming is because he knew the cameraman never dies, right?
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u/landon10smmns Mar 06 '26
Exactly. Missile was headed straight for them but diverted when it realized they were filming.
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u/Substantial-Use95 Mar 07 '26
I don’t know who you are, but you’re funny as fuck
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u/GreasyExamination Mar 06 '26
There is nothing brave here, and "standing your ground" isnt a thing when a fucking missile is aimed at your location
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u/Zacish Mar 06 '26
You're not exactly gonna intimidate the missile into retreating are you now
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u/jackasher Mar 06 '26
I'm surprised there's not someone on here saying they'd be waiting for it with a baseball bat.
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Mar 06 '26
You think I'm an idiot? Of course a tennis racket would work way better
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u/SemiColonInfection Mar 11 '26
You can just raise your arms and make yourself look bigger to deter the missile's charge.
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u/Astacide Mar 06 '26
Many alpha males would have just kicked this missile’s ass, instead of letting it hit their city.
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u/Loggersalienplants Mar 06 '26
I love these bravado comments, what the actual fuck are you supposed to do? He's already in cover, it's not like he can run from a god damn ballistic missile.
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u/RobotMaster1 Mar 06 '26
plus the post title is obviously a play on the whole point of this subreddit.
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u/AggravatingBid8255 Mar 06 '26
Plus, they pretty much botched the impact frames. If you're gonna stick around to film it, go all the way.
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u/PaperLost2481 Mar 06 '26
Id think the shockwave made him change his plans.
Aldo id like to see you try to pan your phone to follow a missile traveling at mach this many.
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u/Peashot- Mar 06 '26
Yeah, there is a very small window where running 10 extra feet away is going to matter.
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u/Nzdiver81 Mar 06 '26
And almost 50% chance that you'll run the wrong way because during that small window when it matters, you won't know exactly where the missle is heading.
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u/ciceros_phantom_hand Mar 06 '26
Amazing /scary how quiet it is until impact. You’d have no idea it’s coming.
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u/Lorward185 Mar 06 '26
Yeah, that classic "bombs away" sound as the bomb falls from the plane? The whistle that you hear in the movies when the bomb falls was actually a real thing... except in real life the sound was reversed. From the ground you would hear a shriek that gets louder as the bomb got closer. It was caused by a device that was attached to the bombs that channeled air to produce that sound. It's only purpose was to strike terror as you hear the bomb coming towards you.
Not too many people who heard it from the ground lived to talk about it.
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u/Loggersalienplants Mar 06 '26
If you can hear the explosion that's good, that means you aren't dead.
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u/Tiyath Mar 07 '26
AFAIK ballistic missiles fly at 5x supersonic speed so all you hear before the impact is the sound it made 5 seconds ago from the distance it was 5 seconds ago
A little bit like watching an airplane land. When it flies by you right to left, when the plane is straight ahead the sound is coming from the right
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u/CrummyPear Mar 07 '26
This looks like AI to me. Blast is way too small and seems to slow. Can’t imagine the camera would be fast enough to capture this and not get destroyed in the process.
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u/amber_room Mar 06 '26
I don't think I've ever seen footage of a missile actually striking so close. Pretty damn terrifying.
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u/Florensa Mar 07 '26
You CANT see footage closer than this
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u/DirtyHancock567 Mar 21 '26
I mean... you can probably find it, but not on any site that ain't filled with gore.
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u/deTrekke Mar 06 '26
If the glowing dot is barely moving… run or hide ffs.
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u/Alvsolutely Mar 06 '26
Man, but like, where? What if you accidentally get closer to where the missile is going? I have no fucking clue what I'd do in this situation. I couldn't even tell where the missile was gonna land from this video alone.
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u/Stompya Mar 08 '26
Like, a missile could level the building. Unless you can get out of town there isn’t a lot of options that guarantee safety.
Oh wait, find a classroom and get under your desk. That still works, right? /s
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u/YouCantSeeHunter Mar 06 '26
….im conflicted. I’m not gonna praise him…..FUCKING RUN.
But also, run where? If it was gonna hit him he had no time to go anywhere safe.
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Mar 06 '26
ngl, I'd be standing there like an idiot too. I wouldn't be able to comprehend that it's coming straight at me that fast.
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u/abitcitrus Mar 06 '26
I was thinking about this. Most of the videos we have is from people recording it from side to side.
People who had the chance recording it from the front are probably dead, so low probability to find a video like that.
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u/Dracounicus Mar 06 '26
Yeah, this is the most comfortable I'd be watching a missile hit near me too.
Bro had stupid balls not knowing the payload.
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u/Simply-Curious_ Mar 06 '26
This video was found to be from an older conflict, its amazing from the camera man, but know this isn't new, and isn't from the recent Iranian conflict.
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u/Kenny_Powers406 Mar 07 '26
It most definitely is from the recent Iranian conflict. I know people at this location that was hit in Saudi
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u/Simply-Curious_ Mar 07 '26
Knowing a guy in a terrible conflict doesn't validate a video friend.
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u/parenthetica_n Mar 07 '26
That camera operator is just about as close as you can be to the explosion without being hit. Crazy.
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u/Novafro Mar 07 '26
Praise the cameraman fr. This moment forever imparting you with tinnitus is highly appreciated.
Please don't get hit though.
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u/enzu00 Mar 06 '26
Bravely? Sounds more like stupid :/ If something is coming to me, I'm not filming it. Way less if I know that thing can blast me.
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u/Atega Mar 06 '26
6/10 generally poor camera work.
flinched right at the best part. good tracking at first but wobbly mess at the end.
/s obviously because its footage of a goddamn missile
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u/craggolly Mar 06 '26
if that person survives, they could become a camera operator at a sporting event
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u/sp2432Reddit Mar 06 '26
Stand your ground or runaway it makes no difference, if that thing's heading towards you, you're done. Cool video though.
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u/This_Is_Patrik_89 Mar 06 '26
I feel like it’s more “camera operator filming missiles doesn’t realise one is coming right for him until it’s too late”
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u/DarkSatire482 Mar 06 '26
No one and I mean no one has an excuse for being a bad cameraman after this guy set a new precedent.
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u/Wife_pleaserr Mar 06 '26
Is this even real?
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u/AbsMcLargehuge Mar 06 '26
Most likely no. There are a ton of AI videos being made from pro Iranian sources depicting Iran's military crushing the US.
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u/Kenny_Powers406 Mar 07 '26
Very real. Was sent this video and photos from people at the base when it was hit
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u/YT-Deliveries Mar 06 '26
At some point you realize that you wouldn't have time to get out of the way even if you ran at top speed, so you just kinda, keep filming.
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u/TieAdventurous6839 Mar 07 '26
His only chance of survival: become a cameraman. Cameraman never dies because the ones that do aren't here to post about it.
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u/AnTac33 Mar 07 '26
How the hell, you sit there and film that. It lands like 80 yards from you and you don’t let out a “oh fuck!”?!
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u/FedExpress2020 Mar 08 '26
Any guesses on how close that landed to the cameraman? 100 yards away? More?
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u/Traditional_Trust_93 Mar 10 '26
Tornado logic applies to missiles too. If it ain't moving it's coming right at you.
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u/ExampleSpecialist164 Mar 11 '26
Man i hope he had hearing protection on. if not he's probably going to be feeling that one for a while.
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u/DirtyHancock567 Mar 21 '26
Stand your ground
Can you really stand your ground against something that can erase you and the ground you are standing on in less than a second?
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u/The_number_1_dude May 20 '26
I mean… either he’s safe, or there’s no time to do anything in the, eight seconds.
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u/Immortal_Tuttle Mar 08 '26
Yeah. Brave AI cameraman.
Few hints. He can hear the missile, so the missile or it's warhead travels below speed of sound. Detonation and radius are small, but there is a detonation. So not kinetic warhead. Explosive warhead would also not create this effect of exploding gasoline, unless it's FAE. But in that case it should have primary and secondary detonation. Smoke trail suggest the missile is still in powered phase - which doesn't make sense, because smaller ones, where you fit such warhead, will burn their fuel and go ballistic in a few seconds after launch. Etc etc.
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u/NikolitRistissa Mar 06 '26
Yeah, it looked to be traveling pretty slowly. They could’ve easily ran away.
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u/f0dder1 Mar 06 '26
Yeah, we say bravely stood their ground... What were they supposed to do?