zincwarrior
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Thanks for the clarification...and cool! Moral of the story, the Brits know how to blow ^*%$ up!
"Mother-Of-All-Bombs"
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It's not about bomb weight, it's about the blast yield. The Grand Slam had a blast yield of 6.5 tons of TNT, the MOAB is 11 tons.
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast costs an estimated $16M apiece.
Gents, this was all for show, using an air blast ordinance against tunnels is ineffective, especially considering the fact that the US has weapons specifically designed for such targets, such as the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), a.k.a. the "Bunker Buster."
But what a show!
I cannot confirm it, but I believe the video posted earlier in this thread is actually a BLU-82B "Daisy Cutter" that the USAF dropped in Afghanistan numerous times in the past. The one CNN was using was from testing and development (you can see the chase plane alongside the MC-130); but they since have posted one released by the DoD.
Cheers! M2
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The media? Excuse my skepticism...
The GBU-43/B MOAB could be useful for shallow tunnels; but it is the follow-on to the BLU-82 which was designed during the Vietnam War to clear helicopter LZs in the jungle. Attempts to use it to set off land mines have been fairly unsuccessful, thus leading me to believe it is fairly inefficient for tunnels as well. However, the use of the BLU-82 during the first Gulf War demonstrated the psychological effect such a large explosion has that it's been used more in that role than anything else. In fact, it was during DESERT STORM that its use resulted in a British (I have also heard Australian) SAS team on a reconnaissance mission near the explosion believing we had nuked the Iraqis in Kuwait Leaflets had been dropped warning the Iraqis of the upcoming drop, stating "Tomorrow if you don't surrender we're going to drop on you the largest conventional weapon in the world." It was intentionally dropped at night to betters emphasize the explosion, with an enormous mushroom cloud flaring into the dark; and the Iraqi radios went nuts afterward!
The next day a USAF MC-130 Combat Talon swept over the bomb site for another leaflet drop with a follow-up message: "You have just been hit with the largest conventional bomb in the world. More are on the way." The Iraqis didn't need much more convincing. The day after the BLU-82 attack, an Iraqi battalion commander and his staff raced across the border to surrender.
Cheers! M2
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Texan-in-Training
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If you're trying to collapse the tunnel system, yes. There are better ways to go about it.
I think their intent was to use the over-pressure to take out anyone inside them. 2PSI over "ambient" causes severe injury, 10 PSI and nothing is left.
ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
Some things are inherently pleasurable, make me smile and leave a warm feeling inside me. This bomb drop accomplished all of those things! Knowing that concussion from this bomb turned their terrorist brains to soup, is a real treat!
Flash
Flash
Way back when, we used to guard the kind of bombs we're still not supposed to talk about. We would convoy them from the bunkers to the Buff's. Printed clearly on the side of each one were the stenciled words. "DO NOT DROP." I always thought it was prophetic.
motorcarman
Compulsive Collector
ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
I'm fascinated by the picture of that woman posted earlier. That type of whiny, perpetually pissed off "B" is the perfect cure for World population explosion! Who would want to fiddle with a beast like that?
Flash
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