The RAF has used its biggest bomb in an attack against an IS tunnel
 

Ah the paveway ordnance, was it designated by buccaneers?


(sorry checked my watch, I'm 25 years behind)

Cue lots of posts about how much bigger the bombs were in days gone by. <sigh>

Nice work. More of the same, please.

Now if you put a guidance package on a Tallboy and had an aircraft that could lift it and fly high enough . . .

BBMF might just have the thing ...............

Can't get a Tallboy in city of Lincoln without removing the bomb bay doors (617 and 9 Sqn lancs had the deep bay doors). Could always lob it out of the back of a cargo aircraft like a C-17 or a Herc though.

Yep ... Best 'use' of my income tax contributions this year ... Very happy for the MOD to spend more :ok:

That's got to be value for money.

Happy to chip in a few 'Pension Quid" if they need some more ;)

The fact that it's a 2,000 bomb is a bit of a yawner. A decade and more ago our Vipers were flying routine missions, on call or planned strike, over Iraq with GBU-31 JDAM: 2000-lb bomb, GPS guided. It was part of a standard load out.

What interests me about the Paveway and this strike is its "bunker buster" feature since getting at things under ground/in caves is a different weaponeering problem. That's been an interesting nut to crack over the years.
Nice job, RAF, and looking forward to more good news.

This isn't even the first time the RAF has used PWIII, I don't see the fuss...?

Lonewolf

The 2000lb PW3 (and EPW3) was similarly carried by UK forces over Iraq. The point the article makes is its the biggest used against ISIS (so far). Not such a yawner this side of the pond!

True enough, but reading between the lines this is the first time in a generation, ie the last combat use was before many current crews had ever strapped in to a jet

Were they not used in Libya? The Mod was certainly advertising their being 'deployed' for that mission.

as tallboy and grandslam (now THATS a bomb) had fins to impart spin...just how fast was the bomb spinning on impact?

FISH.

Has there been an post-attack intelligence regarding the number of daesh scum turned into hamburger by the PWIII attack?

I thought that FAE thermobaric devices were the weapon of choice to jellify such cave dwellers?

Anyway, good to see another successful attack!

I transfer my pension cash donation to FAE ... for the psychological impact ;)

A voice heard from above...
"I say, Mohammed - Organise us another few truckloads of virgins, will you? There's a good chap.

Its hardly working as a strategy to end the war..... or conflict. This sort of news is dribbled out every few weeks. The UK public are yawning and wondering what it is all about. Those that can be bothered to listen or read about it, that is. Or post about it. How much does a mission to drop one totally cost in cash?