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| UPDATE: US set to develop huge bomb aimed at buried targets |
| 2004-07-16 |
| EFL The United States plans to develop an experimental 30,000-pound (13,600 kg) bomb, the biggest in its inventory, aimed at destroying deeply buried targets beyond the reach of existing bombs, the Air Force said on Friday. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, would be about one-third heavier than the 21,000-pound Massive Ordnance Air Blast, MOAB, dropped twice last year in "live" tests at a range in Florida. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #15 Miss Barbara- Snark? That's another weapon entirely.*S* Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-07-16 11:43:03 PM |
| #14 Seems like the possibility of a string of JDAM's on the same aimpoint, each timed to strike through the previous one's material fluff up, would dig a pretty deep hole. |
| Posted by: Anymouse 2004-07-16 11:24:03 PM |
| #13 C'mon, snark - go for it! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-16 11:14:15 PM |
| #12 nice clip PD - looks like a way to create a public swimmin' hole in Fallujah |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-16 10:02:13 PM |
| #11 Just put some of those naval rail guns in space. Make them "duals" (pointing in both directions so they don't change orbits) and shoot straight down at a hyper-velocity. Dropping only gets you 450 meters/second impact speed. Rocket acceleration can get 900. That's maybe 60 to 90 meters into limestone (newest scientific american). A rail gun in space should do way better shooting down. Maybe even lots of repeating shots like a mini-gun to swiss-cheese the place. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2004-07-16 9:46:15 PM |
| #10 Helluva hole, no? Lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-16 5:44:35 PM |
| #9 Me likey, .com. Just cut up 3 seconds of the bunker buster impact video and play it at the end of every presidential address. |
| Posted by: BigMutha 2004-07-16 5:39:55 PM |
| #8 But email yourself (home 'puter) the link, first! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-16 4:32:14 PM |
| #7 Great! Now I have to clear my history on my work computer. Bwawawawa! |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-07-16 4:28:42 PM |
| #6 DF - Don't miss this one - assuming your sense of humor is still intact! ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-16 4:25:12 PM |
| #5 That was amazing! |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-07-16 4:19:56 PM |
| #4 Michael - Like this one? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-16 4:18:22 PM |
| #3 Settle down!! I know it is tempting... |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2004-07-16 4:12:34 PM |
| #2 Gives new meaning to a .... oh, I can't. I can't say it. |
| Posted by: snark 2004-07-16 4:07:21 PM |
| #1 You can never have a bomb that's too big. Only problem I see is droping on target will probably be a big deal. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-07-16 4:05:19 PM |