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2011-04-29 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2011-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 sigh...

Posted by Mr. Bill 2011-04-29 00:27|| 2011-04-29 00:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-04-29 01:37|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-04-29 07:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Kinetic energy is our friend.

Posted by Spot 2011-04-29 09:23|| 2011-04-29 09:23|| Front Page Top

#5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment

Posted by 746 2011-04-29 10:21|| 2011-04-29 10:21|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-04-29 10:32|| Front Page Top

#7 If it works..

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-04-29 11:55|| 2011-04-29 11:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Kinetic energy for a kinetic military action...

Posted by tu3031 2011-04-29 11:58|| 2011-04-29 11:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-04-29 18:56|| Front Page Top

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