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U.S. Hits Taliban With VW-Size Bombs
New York Daily News ^
| 11/06/01
| NEWS WIRE SERVICES
Posted on 11/06/2001 1:15:25 AM PST by kattracks
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posted on
11/06/2001 1:15:25 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
A manly bomb!
2
posted on
11/06/2001 5:21:08 AM PST
by
Aztech
To: kattracks
Bada Bing!!
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:23:59 AM PST
by
Nitro
To: Aztech
Strong Stuff !
To: kattracks
At $27,000 per, we can afford to build and employ lots of these. Leaves a crater as wide as 5 football fields. I once saw one of these go off in the jungle in Nam. Cleared an area, nearly to bare ground, about 1/2 kilometer in diameter. Great for creating LZ's in the middle of nowhere.
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:25:00 AM PST
by
scooter2
To: kattracks
Roll it!
To: kattracks
I am very glad I am on the American side.
It will be very interesting to find out how effective this little Daisy is.
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:26:36 AM PST
by
chatham
To: kattracks
It's a great DUMB Bomb! No intelligence here, just a big old BOOM!
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:27:36 AM PST
by
DrJasper
To: kattracks
$27,000? Lets make millions of them!
To: chatham
Somebody please do the math for me. One BLU-82 cuts a 1/2 km diameter crater. So how many do we need to pave Kabul, Khandahar and Mazar El Sharif?
To: Camerican
About a million! give or take about 100K of them!
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:31:52 AM PST
by
DrJasper
To: kattracks
The bomb 80% of which is explosive material 12,000 lb of high explosive, going off in one tiny spot. Remind me to stay away from such spots.
Because the blast is so enormous, the bomb must be dropped from an altitude of at least 6,000 feet so that the plane carrying it can avoid the massive shock wave.
Sounds like a damned fine thing to drop into a steep-walled valley -- especially one with cave entrances at the bottom.
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:34:11 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: kattracks
|
The United States has used 15,000-pound ``daisy cutter'' bombs, similar to the one shown in this undated file photo, in the Afghanistan campaign, a defense official said Monday Nov. 5, 2001. The BLU-82 bomb, was developed to provide the USAF with a high-blast bomb for creating corridors through large minefields, but also for use against ground forces. This bomb was also used to clear helicopter landing areas in the jungle. The bomb was designed to be delivered by pushing it out of the rear cargo doors of the USAF's MC-130H Combat Talon (Hercules) aircraft. The bomb was first used in the mine-clearing role by the USAF in 1991, to open the Desert Storm ground war. ( AP Photo/JANES) - Nov 06 12:34 AM ET |
To: kattracks
The daisy cutter gets its nickname from the distinctive daisy-like pattern of destruction it leaves behind. I don't think so. It's because it cuts all (as in ALL!) vegetation down to the ground.
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:34:43 AM PST
by
ladtx
To: kattracks
The more important point may be that these are very effective in clearing mine fields, of which there are supposedly many between the Norhtern Alliance and Kabul.
To: DrJasper
It's a great DUMB Bomb! No intelligence here, just a big old BOOM!Just the appropriate bomb for these uncivilized dumb barbarian rag heads, I'd say!
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:35:43 AM PST
by
zbogwan2
To: r9etb
Here is the delivery protocol:
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:37:12 AM PST
by
Nitro
To: kattracks
The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, nicknamed Commando Vault, is the high altitude delivery of a 15,000 pound general purpose bomb from a C-130. This system depends upon the accurate positioning of the aircraft by either a fixed ground radar or onboard navigation equipment. The ground radar controller or aircrew navigator as applicable, is responsible for positioning the aircraft prior to final countdown and release. Primary aircrew considerations include accurate ballistic and wind computations provided by the navigator, and precision instrument flying with strict adherence to controller instructions. The minimum altitude for release due to blast effects of the weapon is 6,000 feet AGL.
The BLU-82 is a 15,000 pound GP bomb originally designed to clear helicopter landing zones in Vietnam. The warhead contains 12,600 pounds of GSX slurry and is detonated just above ground level by a 38-inch fuze extender. The weapon produces an overpressure of 1,000 pounds per square inch. Eleven BLU-82s were dropped during Desert Storm, all from Special Operations C-130s. The initial drops were intended to test the ability of the bomb to clear mines; no reliable bomb damage assessment exist on mine clearing effectiveness. Later, bombs were dropped as much for their psychological effect as for their destructive power.
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:39:31 AM PST
by
Procyon
To: Nitro
Fox and Friends is showing video of a BLU-82 detonation from several angles. The shock wave is very visible, and the destruction to an old 2-story wooden barracks is complete. If and when you see the video, note that the building is next to the blast, not directly under the exploding bomb!
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:43:10 AM PST
by
HiJinx
To: HiJinx
This is real All-American smash-mouth war making!!
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posted on
11/06/2001 5:48:54 AM PST
by
Nitro
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