HOLD ONTO YOUR KNICKERS!! Testing the "new and improved DAISEY CUTTER today
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HOLD ONTO YOUR KNICKERS!! Testing the "new and improved"DAISEY CUTTER today
Giant bomb to be tested at Florida Air Force base
Associated Press
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A conventional bomb so big that its first name is "massive" is set to be tested for the first time at this Florida Panhandle base today.
Air Force officials Monday warned residents of communities surrounding the western half of Eglin's 724-square-mile military reservation to be prepared to hear an explosion that sounds like thunder or a slamming door between noon and 5 p.m. CST although the blast will be miles away.
The loudness of the 21,000-pound "massive ordnance air burst," or MOAB, will vary depending on wind currents and some people may not hear it at all, Eglin officials said in a brief news release.
They added that the test will be conducted only under weather conditions best for minimizing the sound and inside a buffer zone to keep a shock wave and debris from the explosion inside Eglin's boundaries. The backup date for the test is Thursday during the same time frame.
MOAB is similar to but 40 percent heavier than the 15,000-pound BLU-82, billed as the world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb and known to send up a mushroom cloud similar to a nuclear weapon.
The BLU-82, nicknamed "daisy cutter," was developed during the Vietnam War to create jungle clearings for use as helicopter landing areas. It was most recently dropped in Afghanistan on caves where al-Qaida leaders were suspected of hiding.
In the Persian Gulf War, it was used to clear minefields. MOAB is expected to be ready for use this year if the test is successful.
Associated Press
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A conventional bomb so big that its first name is "massive" is set to be tested for the first time at this Florida Panhandle base today.
Air Force officials Monday warned residents of communities surrounding the western half of Eglin's 724-square-mile military reservation to be prepared to hear an explosion that sounds like thunder or a slamming door between noon and 5 p.m. CST although the blast will be miles away.
The loudness of the 21,000-pound "massive ordnance air burst," or MOAB, will vary depending on wind currents and some people may not hear it at all, Eglin officials said in a brief news release.
They added that the test will be conducted only under weather conditions best for minimizing the sound and inside a buffer zone to keep a shock wave and debris from the explosion inside Eglin's boundaries. The backup date for the test is Thursday during the same time frame.
MOAB is similar to but 40 percent heavier than the 15,000-pound BLU-82, billed as the world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb and known to send up a mushroom cloud similar to a nuclear weapon.
The BLU-82, nicknamed "daisy cutter," was developed during the Vietnam War to create jungle clearings for use as helicopter landing areas. It was most recently dropped in Afghanistan on caves where al-Qaida leaders were suspected of hiding.
In the Persian Gulf War, it was used to clear minefields. MOAB is expected to be ready for use this year if the test is successful.
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Long as we're on the subject.....
Who needs nukes??
The Washington Times
March 15, 2002
INSIDE THE RING
Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough
Big BLU
The Pentagon is rushing to produce a new and bigger bunker-busterbomb for use against hardened targets, like some of the underground hide-outsused by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Pentagon sources tell us the new bomb is being developed for the AirForce by Northrop Grumman Corp. in California and is called Big BLU- for bomb live unit. The new bomb will be bigger and more powerful than the new BLU-118 thermobaric warhead dropped on caves in Afghanistan recently. Big BLU, we are told, will be six times bigger than the F-15E-carried thermobaric bomb and will be packed with some 30,000 pounds of high explosive. It will be guided to targets by satellite and will sport a cobalt-alloy penetrating warhead that allows the bomb to dive up to 100 feet below the surface before detonating. The bombs are so big that it will take a B-2 bomber to carry one of them, we are told. Three Big BLUs have been ordered by the Air Force on an urgent basis.
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The Washington Times
March 15, 2002
INSIDE THE RING
Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough
Big BLU
The Pentagon is rushing to produce a new and bigger bunker-busterbomb for use against hardened targets, like some of the underground hide-outsused by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Pentagon sources tell us the new bomb is being developed for the AirForce by Northrop Grumman Corp. in California and is called Big BLU- for bomb live unit. The new bomb will be bigger and more powerful than the new BLU-118 thermobaric warhead dropped on caves in Afghanistan recently. Big BLU, we are told, will be six times bigger than the F-15E-carried thermobaric bomb and will be packed with some 30,000 pounds of high explosive. It will be guided to targets by satellite and will sport a cobalt-alloy penetrating warhead that allows the bomb to dive up to 100 feet below the surface before detonating. The bombs are so big that it will take a B-2 bomber to carry one of them, we are told. Three Big BLUs have been ordered by the Air Force on an urgent basis.
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If you want to know way too much about these bombs go here
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ions/dshtw.htm
This is an excellent site for anything military,policy, or war related.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ions/dshtw.htm
This is an excellent site for anything military,policy, or war related.
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Originally posted by Fast Gator
Think of all the poor ole crickets, snakes, racoons,etc in the Florida woods. Wouldn't it be safer to test the weapon over Baghdad
Think of all the poor ole crickets, snakes, racoons,etc in the Florida woods. Wouldn't it be safer to test the weapon over Baghdad
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I remember about ten years ago, this pipeline exploded about 70-100 miles away from my home in the Heights section of Houston. It rattled the windows, and shuddered the walls a little. I can imagine what this puppy will sound like
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Originally posted by schoolbus
just wishful thinking...as i wish i could be over there serving my country, but they dont want me!!
moose
just wishful thinking...as i wish i could be over there serving my country, but they dont want me!!
moose
Let's take Fast Gators truck, in case the need arises for FAST get-a-ways.
Plus I don't want to get my truck dirty...