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Penetrator bomb slides under radar (Massive Ordnance Penetrator - MOP)
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| 5/6/2006
| Mladen Rudman
Posted on 05/06/2006 11:10:54 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: Andy28
Definitely won't see that coming!Won't hear it either...its plunge speed is faster than the speed of sound.
To: Dark Skies; FairOpinion
"Optimum dual delivery:A second(rocket assisted)penetrator immediately follows the first.A depth of up to 40meters can be achieved in moderately hard rock."Pretty impressive.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:40:34 AM PDT
by
Thombo2
To: Dark Skies
Looks like the author inadvertantlt dropped a portion of a sentence...Perhaps they just figured that Iranian intellegence Googles for Iran America and Bomb, and wanted to make sure the search picked up this story.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:41:06 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Dark Skies
I think the author is alluding the the fact that the MOAB was big in the news in the run up to the invasion of Iraq, but the MOP isn't getting a lot of news right now.
One reason is that the MOAB makes a big explosion which looks great on video. The MOP goes underground and kicks up some dust on the surface which is pretty boring (unless your the unlucky one in the bunker it hits).
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:41:13 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
I STILL say that If you were Tape and RE-PLAY Any
Speech by Schrillary --In Iraq or Afghanistan--
You'd have the terrorists PLEADING to be taken away!!
How about just calling it " THE CURE " ??
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:41:46 AM PDT
by
AirBorn
To: Dark Skies
Great site,thanx for the link.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:41:54 AM PDT
by
Thombo2
To: Dark Skies
I think this ongoing development work has a lot to do with why GWB is trying to keep things cool for a year or two, figuring we have time to take out the Iranian underground facilities with a high degree of success once they perfect the MOP.
If eventual sanctions work on Iran, and they realize we have a very high probability to take out any of their facilities, with little loss or none on our side, they just might cave in on the nuclear enrichment program as well as admitting the IAEA to carefully monitor their future reactor operations to guarantee they will not be able to get any plutonium extracted from the spent fuel rods.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:46:09 AM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: JRios1968
The need to call it the BMFB...and I won't go into the details of the acronym. BigOlMofoBo!
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:49:19 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Any guest worker program that does not require application from the home country is Amesty.)
To: AirBorn
Yes, when the war for the US started in Afghanistan, I read about that and how they reacted in Afghanistan.
The enemy didn't know what hit them.
The article mentioned how the ( either the Daisy Cutter or M.O.A.B. ) would sound between 2 mountain ranges in the gully or valley and the reverberations of the blast.
It's enough to make Mohammad ( Islams leader ) and Allah convert to Christianity.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:52:11 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: Marine_Uncle
I think you are correct. Here are the spec's...notice the 2007 test dates...
Weight, total 13,600 kg [30,000 lb] Weight, explosive 2,700 kg [6,000 lb]
Length 6 m [20 feet]
Diameter ??
Control short-span wings and trellis-type tail
Penetration:
60 meters [200 feet] through 5,000 psi reinforced concrete
40 meters [125 feet] through moderately hard rock
8 meters [25 feet] through 10,000 psi reinforced concrete
Contractors Boeing, Northrop Grumman
Sponsors Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate
Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Platforms B-52, B-2
Guidance GPS aided INS
Schedule 2005 - Refine MOP concept and begin detailed weapon development and testing
2005 - statically emplaced Proof-of Principle test of payload effectiveness
2006 - static lethality demonstration against hard and deeply buried targets
2006 - scaled penetration and lethality testing
2007 - Conduct Massive Ordnance Penetrator Demonstration
2007 - full-scale performance demonstration against realistic hard and deeply buried targets
Source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/dshtw.htm
To: JRios1968
Get the drift, same for rocks, BFR comes to mind.
To: JRios1968
I thought the Viagra bomb should be the name...... it conjurs up visions of adequate stiffness for deep penetration.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:59:59 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
To: coconutt2000
Isn't the MOAB delivered by a C-130? It seem to me you would have to suppress the air defenses FIRST before you moved the slow moving C-130 into the area. They don't dodge real good.
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posted on
05/06/2006 12:05:39 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: dljordan
Didn't think of that. How about, "Mr. Miyagi say - "MOAB on, MOP off. Defend yourself.... Nahnananana... Stand up! Now, MOAB on, MOP off."
Trying to find a funny way to use MOAB and MOP in a sentence. If you can think of one, suggest it.
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posted on
05/06/2006 12:09:29 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: dljordan
To: dljordan
To: Dark Skies
Am I the only one who would like to find out about these after they get used?
To: DoughtyOne
You know if it goes into production, us AF line types will call it that, anyway! :)
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posted on
05/06/2006 1:06:21 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: Dark Skies
Yeah, it looks like part of the paragraph dropped off.
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posted on
05/06/2006 1:06:57 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
05/06/2006 1:09:16 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
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