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2003-04-04 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-04 08:33 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If I remember my physics from school, three or more decades ago, KE=M*V. A 1000 pound concrete bomb, moving at 32ft/sec/sec, from say, 5000 feet, would hit with quite a thump - enough to dig a very deep hole, or cave in about 8 inches of hardened steel a couple of feet. I've been inside a T-55 - there isn't that much spare room. Not to mention dozens of very fragile components (including fragile human beings) that would probably stop working after such an impact.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-04 21:21:56|| 2003-04-04 21:21:56|| Front Page Top

#2 I think I'm more impressed by this than by MOAB bombs. Minimalism at its finest.

Posted by Dave D. 2003-04-04 21:38:35|| 2003-04-04 21:38:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Old Patriot,
KE = ((M * (V**2))/2
In other words KE grows with velocity squared. I do not know whether it will flatten a tank but for sure it will be noticed.

Posted by marek 2003-04-04 21:40:16|| 2003-04-04 21:40:16|| Front Page Top

#4 So now they got high tech big rocks. Any word on that laser guided sharp stick they've been working on?

Posted by tu3031 2003-04-04 22:11:20|| 2003-04-04 22:11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 The USAF has been using these to. Basicly a JDAM kit on a inert bomb. Very nice for trashing an aircraft parked next to a daycare center. Oh, and that laser guided stick? Try a gps guided crowbar, from orbit. It's in planning phase. One shitload of kinetic energy.

Posted by Steve 2003-04-04 22:20:24|| 2003-04-04 22:20:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Its kind-of obvious when you think about it (and sci-fi writers have speculated about it for years).

Explosive force and imprecision go hand-in-hand. Once you have precision you don't need explosive force. Anti-tank weapons have used this principle for years.

I would assume that that the concrete just gives mass and there is something harder at the pointed end of the weapon.

Posted by Phil B 2003-04-05 00:07:53|| 2003-04-05 00:07:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Pictures aqnd video,PALESE!I gotta see this,must be like haveing a ring side seat for a meteor strike.
Keneitic energy weapons(banned WMD)used in a war on TV series Babylon Five

Posted by raptor 2003-04-05 09:52:02|| 2003-04-05 09:52:02|| Front Page Top

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