In article <i5qvec9p5jp3c72r2a73vbev35e5686cm0@4ax.com>, Charles Lindbergh
says...
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>On 13 Apr 2017 11:07:45 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
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>>http://gizmodo.com/us-forces-just-dropped-its-largest-non-nuclear-bomb-for-1794298289
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>>Citing military sources, CNN reports the United States just dropped a
>>30-foot-long bomb with a blast yield equivalent to 11 tons of TNT on suspected
>>first time a MOAB has been used in combat.
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>>Details of the attack remain sparse. According to CNN, the bombing aimed to take
>>network also says that the bomb was dropped from an Air Force Special Operations
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>>What we do know is that the MOAB is an extremely powerful weapon. First
>>developed in the lead up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, the bomb, officially named
>>the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, had only been detonated in testing
>>psychological warfare after it was moved into the theater back in 2003. The US
>>military also distributed videos of test drops that show how the 21,600-pound,
>>GPS-guided bomb can level entire armies. They are indeed scary videos:
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>>Update 1:49pm - White House press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed the MOAB
>>detail about the attack but instead referred reporters to Gen. John Nicholson,
>>commander of US forces in Afghanistan, as well as the Defense Department for
>>more information. It remains unclear if President Trump authorized or even knew
>>about the bombing.
>>
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>The Grand Slam bomb, developed by Barnes Wallace during the second
>war, was a 22,000 lb. monster which was loaded with Torpex. Grand
>Slam was a penetrator, able to bury itself up to 130 ft below the
>surface before detonating.
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>The MOAB is loaded with H6 and is designed to air burst, not
>penetrate, if I am not mistaken.
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>I wonder what the advantages are of the MOAB vs. the Grand Slam. As I
>recall, the Grand Slam was extremely effective.
http://www.ajc.com/news/local-military/what-the-mother-all-bombs-and-what-does/MIfXaYYaPyCaraZNF4UOcK/
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