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As reported on ABC World News the military is planning on dropping a bomb so powerful that its like a small nuclear explosion.......the MOAB or Massive Ordnance Air Burst bomb. It's a 21,000 lb bomb designed to take out anything buried and have psychological effect on troops lucky enough not to be in its destructive range.
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Oh dear the media luuvies will not like this at all.
As reported on ABC World News the military is planning on dropping a bomb so powerful that its like a small nuclear explosion.......the MOAB or Massive Ordnance Air Burst bomb. It's a 21,000 lb bomb designed to take out anything buried and have psychological effect on troops lucky enough not to be in its destructive range.
http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~crk/boom.gif
Oh dear the media luuvies will not like this at all.
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Its been done
I believe Barnes Wallis called his Grand Slam.
Rather effective against buried Huns, they tend to stay buried.
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Rather effective against buried Huns, they tend to stay buried.
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Grand Slam? - I think not. That was definitely sub-surface burst, usually about 80 feet below the surface, which was why it was so effective against difficult targets such as bridges. It just created a huge underground void and the whole structure, along with a fair amount of the surrounding scenery, collapsed into it. This sounds more like an extra large FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) device which can create a huge overpressure, much higher than that from a nuclear device.
There was a thread about FAEs some time ago. I think they have tried up to 10,000 lb versions so far, this could be the logical (?!) progression.
Grand Slam? - I think not. That was definitely sub-surface burst, usually about 80 feet below the surface, which was why it was so effective against difficult targets such as bridges. It just created a huge underground void and the whole structure, along with a fair amount of the surrounding scenery, collapsed into it. This sounds more like an extra large FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) device which can create a huge overpressure, much higher than that from a nuclear device.
There was a thread about FAEs some time ago. I think they have tried up to 10,000 lb versions so far, this could be the logical (?!) progression.
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What was the one they used in Vietnam for making instant helicopter landing sites in the jungle - Daisycutter was it called?
Memory tells me it was about 15,000lbs and detonated at just below treetop height.
Happy to be corrected on details.
Memory tells me it was about 15,000lbs and detonated at just below treetop height.
Happy to be corrected on details.
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OK, so they're the same thing. Now I feel like a tw@t, because I should have known that....
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm38.htm
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm38.htm
