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2011-09-25 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The 2,000-pound bombs are designed to destroy hard targets. They are capable of penetrating 6 feet (at least 1.8 meters) of reinforced concrete and more than 3 feet (approximately 1 meter) of steel-reinforced concrete.

Dig a lot deeper Mahmoud.

The Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) bomb is designed to penetrate hardened targets before exploding, capable of penetrating 100 feet of earth or 20 feet of concrete.

GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb - "six feet of reinforced concrete", "more than three feet of steel-reinforced concrete"

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-09-25 07:31|| 2011-09-25 07:31|| Front Page Top

#2 TW: the last time I saw this article linked, the comment thread attached disputed the statement that GWB blocked the sale. It turns out the delivery was lined up and when the Presidency changed the shipments were diverted to Diego Garcia instead.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-09-25 09:55|| 2011-09-25 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 ...and I see you linked to an article to that effect now.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-09-25 09:57|| 2011-09-25 09:57|| Front Page Top

#4 So let me be the first to say, they lie, boy!

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-09-25 09:58|| 2011-09-25 09:58|| Front Page Top

#5 :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-25 11:04|| 2011-09-25 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 And then in 2010, the president changed his mind...

HIS WHAT.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-09-25 11:10|| 2011-09-25 11:10|| Front Page Top

#7 are 55 enough?

Posted by Water Modem 2011-09-25 11:42|| 2011-09-25 11:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Why have a picture of German planes?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-09-25 12:42|| 2011-09-25 12:42|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-09-25 12:43|| 2011-09-25 12:43|| Front Page Top

#10 "~~Knife~~ Bomb? That's not a ~~knife~~ bomb! This is a ~~knife~~ bomb!"

Posted by PBMcL 2011-09-25 12:59|| 2011-09-25 12:59|| Front Page Top

#11 "six feet of reinforced concrete",and "more than three feet of steel-reinforced concrete"

Frank - you want to tell them that reinforced concrete is (nearly always) steel-reinforced?

I think the media dopes got confused and meant to say six feet of (plain un-reinforced)concrete or three feet of reinforced concrete.

Posted by Bobby 2011-09-25 13:29|| 2011-09-25 13:29|| Front Page Top

#12 heh heh - yeah.

"Math and Science is hard": Journalism Barbie

Posted by Frank G 2011-09-25 13:46|| 2011-09-25 13:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Better idea channeled through "Bomber" Harris: drop large quantities of "aerial mines" on populated areas of major enemy cities! Enough of this PC warfare! Fight to win!

Posted by borgboy 2011-09-25 15:03|| 2011-09-25 15:03|| Front Page Top

#14 Why have a picture of German planes?

Because I am a little civilian end-user, Bright Pebbles, and that level of accuracy is well beyond my capability to develop such capabilities. Fred's image said "bombers" and that was good enough for me.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-25 16:01|| 2011-09-25 16:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Comment 8 has a lovely picture of a WW2 Lancaster bomber carrying a bunker busting tall-boy bomb.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-09-25 19:03|| 2011-09-25 19:03|| Front Page Top

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