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| Concrete 'training bombs' |
| 2011-04-29 |
| [Emirates 24/7] [Emirates 24/7] French jet are dropping inert bombs packed with concrete instead of explosives to destroy Libyan ruler Muammar Qadaffy's tanks without killing civilians, the military said Thursday. Military front man Thierry Burkhard denied rumours the use of the 300-kilo (660-pound) training devices was prompted by a shortage of real bombs. He said the first such strike crushed an armoured vehicle on Tuesday. "The aim of this munition ... is to use the effect of the impact while limiting the risk of collateral damage," Burkhard told news hounds. "It is a very precise strike. There is no, or very little, shrapnel thrown out." The military said French warplanes have made 216 sorties in Libya over the past week and destroyed targets including 15 armoured vehicles and big guns as well as a munitions depot. Burkhard said French forces were also continuing to use real bombs against other Qadaffy targets in the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... -led assault, which aims to frustrate Qadaffy's forces and protect civilians in his assault on rebels. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Laser guided bomb kit. It's a very advanced version of throwing rocks like the Palestinians do... and a good way to fight a war effectively on the cheap. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-29 18:56 |
| #8 Kinetic energy for a kinetic military action... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-04-29 11:58 |
| #7 If it works.. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-04-29 11:55 |
| #6 Apparently fitted with a JDAM kit Laser guided bomb kit. A 500-1000 lbs of steel encased concrete traveling near the speed of sound will penetrate the top armor as well as break the running gear. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-04-29 10:32 |
| #5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment |
| Posted by: 746 2011-04-29 10:21 |
| #4 Kinetic energy is our friend. |
| Posted by: Spot 2011-04-29 09:23 |
| #3 According to our family Marine's personal experience watching one 'connect' with a target, the concrete is pretty effective, too. Apparently fitted with a JDAM kit, they can guide these little puppies down into an ally and destroy a tank hiding there without leaving much more than crushed metal, small concrete chunks and a few 'paint scrapes'. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2011-04-29 07:51 |
| #2 Actually, the US used a bunch of concrete bombs fighting Saddam's forces in Baghdad, Mosul, and other big cities in Iraq for the very same reasons - no explosives so there is limited collateral damage. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-04-29 01:37 |
| #1 sigh... |
| Posted by: Mr. Bill 2011-04-29 00:27 |