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2009-01-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Doctors Spooked by Israel's Mystery Weapon

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Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-29 14:09|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I would personally prefer that the DIMEs use some thing like pulverized bones from swine or bacon grease in the explosives as a binder.........

Posted by James Carville 2009-01-29 14:43|| 2009-01-29 14:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Good to see that initial field trials were successful.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-01-29 14:47|| 2009-01-29 14:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like an absolutely great idea.

Posted by Rednek Jim 2009-01-29 14:53|| 2009-01-29 14:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Mads Gilbert

That asshole keeps popping up to give Israel and the US a cheap shot whenever he can.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-29 15:12|| 2009-01-29 15:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Whew! For a minute I thought they'd found out about the top secret satellite based male shrinkage ray!

Posted by Secret Ops Group 2009-01-29 15:13|| 2009-01-29 15:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Cardinals better not use the DIME too much Sunday or the Steelers will shred them ...

Posted by Steve White 2009-01-29 15:57|| 2009-01-29 15:57|| Front Page Top

#7 "Erik Fosse, a Norwegian doctor working in Gaza"

Can't they even use google?

Posted by Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-01-29 17:00|| 2009-01-29 17:00|| Front Page Top

#8 I suspect this guy is PO'ed that there aren't more civilian casualties. Screwing up their propaganda.

Posted by tipover 2009-01-29 19:31|| 2009-01-29 19:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Secret Ops Group,

You see that sort of thing in Africa all the time. We've seen lots of stories here about people using witchcraft to steal men's--you know whats.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2009-01-29 20:26|| 2009-01-29 20:26|| Front Page Top

#10 Doctors Spooked by Israel's Mystery Weapon

We first reported on Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) munitions in 2006. The weapons originated as an offshoot of a bunker-busting program, when it was found that adding tungsten powder to explosives seemed to increase the blast effect over a small area. The powder was acting as micro-shrapnel which only carries for a few feet (compared to hundreds of feet for larger fragments), so the result was dubbed the "focused lethality munition" (FLM) which does massive damage in a small area and nothing outside.

Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
GBU - 39

Current US plans call for procurement of 24,000 SDBs and associated Diamond Back kits over the period 2005 2015. SDB will also offer extended range capability, utilizing standoff, precision attack gliding kits such as the Diamond Back, offered by MBDA. Other SDB enhancements include seekerless configurations, such as the Lockheed Martin PNAV.

September 8, 2006: USAF F-15Es recently received the new 250 pound Small Diameter Bomb I weapon, offering precision-guided accuracy within 1.2 meters of the aim point. The weapons are expected to equip the USAF 494th Fighter Squadron scheduled to deploys to Southwest Asia later this year. The squadron will be the first to use the Air Force's new Guided Bomb Unit-39 bomb fitted with diamond-back wings that enable the weapon to glide to its target from a stand-off distance.

Posted by Red Dawg ">Red Dawg 2009-01-29 23:27|| 2009-01-29 23:27|| Front Page Top

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