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US NOW USING C-130 "DAISY CUTTERS" IN AFGANISTAN
ABC News (Radio) ^
| 11/22/01
| ABC NEWS (RADIO)
Posted on 11/22/2001 9:39:18 AM PST by Goldi-Lox
No further details...except the 3 day cease fire must be over. Happy Thanksgiving.
Comments & updates welcome.
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:39:18 AM PST
by
Goldi-Lox
To: Goldi-Lox
C-130 is an aircraft
Daisy Cutters are bombs
They have been using both for several weeks now, which is why we beat the crap outta the Taliban so quickly.
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:42:05 AM PST
by
Bommer
To: Goldi-Lox
Two nukes could end this right now.
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:42:35 AM PST
by
Nateman
To: Goldi-Lox
Sounds like cease fires and surrenders are over.
To: Goldi-Lox
A C-130 is a airplane gunship. A daisy cutter is a hugh bomb probably delivered by a B-52.
To: Goldi-Lox
Those daisy cutters will rattle those cave walls, for sure.
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:43:14 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Goldi-Lox
Not only does that make me feel all warm and fuzzy, but I imagine it makes the Taliban all "warm and fuzzy" as well...
=o)
To: Goldi-Lox
Must have gotten a 'hot tip' on a hole in the ground!
I wonder what the roasting time would be for a 14 lb. turkey, using one of those 15,000 pounders?
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:44:49 AM PST
by
Crowcreek
To: Crowcreek
That Daisy Cutter is roasting a hot 180lb. Tali-Tubbie turkey right now!
To: go star go
C-130 is a transport. AC-130 is a gunship. The Daisy Cutter is
too big for a B-52, so it's carried by a C-130 transport, hence the confusion.
Then again, a C-130 full of ANFO would make a dandy bomb.
To: go star go
"A C-130 is a airplane gunship. A daisy cutter is a hugh bomb probably delivered by a B-52." From what I hear, the original poster is right. A daisy cutter is delivered by a C-130, pushed out the back by hand.
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:47:45 AM PST
by
elfman2
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To: go star go
Daisy Cutters are delivered via C-130s - not B-52s.
How the hell would you get this, with its' skid, into a B-52 weapons bay? You can't. That's why it is dropped from the C-130 using a parachute to drag it out of the cargo bay. Although I'd bet that you could load a C-17 with a bunch of them for a "carpet of Daisies". hehehe
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:49:18 AM PST
by
11B3
To: go star go
A C-130 is a airplane gunship. A daisy cutter is a hugh bomb probably delivered by a B-52. The C-130 is a cargo plane which is used to drop the daisy cutter bomb.
The AC-130 is a C-130 cargo plane outfitted with the big guns. An Attack C-130.
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:49:31 AM PST
by
RJL
To: Crowcreek
I wonder what the roasting time would be for a 14 lb. turkey, using one of those 15,000 pounders?Let's see, according to my Better Bombs and Missiles Cookbook, for a 14 lb. turkey at 3500 degrees that would be about 2.3 milliseconds.
USDA Warning: Be sure to cook your meat all the way through. Wash your hands before and after handling your meat.
To: innocentbystander
I read in one news release that there are now 9 C-130's assigned to Afghanistan...may be a whole lot of shakin' going on.
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posted on
11/22/2001 9:50:51 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: 11B3
it's 4.5 feet in diameter and 12 feet long...
To: go star go
The net result is a lot of well toasted tallitubbies today
To: Goldi-Lox
Good hunting. Even better finding and dispatching.
This thread is turning into an Abbott & Costello routine.
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