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Helicopter sledgehammer used to scale loose rocks from a cliff in Norway.
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Video: Helicopter Based Rock Scaling “Sledgehammer”

October 1, 2009 rockman 3

[Updated May 26, 2011] A new, cleaner, longer version of the video has surfaced on YouTube recently.  You can see it embedded below.  It includes some footage of attempts to "water bomb" the rock loose […]

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