A truck driver outsmarted a guided missile by accelerating away from it at the very last second.
The missile is of a type that can be guided visually until impact, which explains the driver’s decision to wait until the bomb is directly beside him before stepping on the pedal.
With just split-seconds to spare, the truck lurches forwards a few metres an instant before it detonates - too late for the bomb to follow.
It damages a building behind the truck.
The astonishing clip, uploaded to video sharing site LiveLeak, was apparently filmed in Syria.
“TOW” [tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided] missiles were used.
A yellow object seen near the truck may be the flag of Islamist group Hezbollah, which has been fighting for Assad in the Syrian Civil War since 2013.
It is not clear who launched the missile. Hezbollah’s opponents in the war include Isis, which has control of much of the country, and the Free Syrian Army – formed by defectors from the Syrian armed forces in 2011.
TOW missiles were developed in the 1970s as anti-tank weapons.
Rebel groups are reported to have stepped up the missiles’ use since Russia began air strikes on Syria three months ago.