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To: lbryce

hopefully the pictured event is a very tame version.....using its 20 ft length against the terrain (which would appear to be beach sand) and the objects that remain intact in the last pic, I’m not very impressed while I imagine many feet of concrete reinforcement and depths of underground nuke bunkers/facilities/whatever in Iran/NK........like I said, I hope this is a very tame version


9 posted on 09/19/2009 5:42:34 AM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

I’m not impressed with your poor comprehension of the written word.


14 posted on 09/19/2009 5:51:16 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

I think there’s 100-200 feet of reinforced concrete in between that blast bubble and the actual explosion. Look at the other two pics. It looks like there’s a structure that’s flush with the ground in the middle of that beach sand.


19 posted on 09/19/2009 6:01:16 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Question O-thority!)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

Remember, it’s *not* designed to produce a huge crater in the earth. It’s designed to burrow deeply and then damage/destroy/disrupt the ‘stuff’ at depth from shock wave and overpressure. It’s not a conventional ordinance at all.

Think of a hollow point bullet. Small/unimpressive entry wound; massive internal damage.


32 posted on 09/19/2009 6:29:15 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

Not to worry the bulk of the damage occurs where you can’t see it which is, where it is supposed to be, underground.


33 posted on 09/19/2009 6:32:36 AM PDT by thile44 (Simplicity is too complex.)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

The majority of the blast is directed to the target, not wasted on empty air above.

Much like armor piercing rounds, the area of penetration is unimpressive to the untrained eye. It’s what happens behind the little hole that is important.


51 posted on 09/19/2009 7:14:03 AM PDT by EricT. ("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

The picture is not the MOP.

The picture is a 5,000lb “bunker-buster,” not the 30,000lb MOP.


54 posted on 09/19/2009 7:22:52 AM PDT by Hulka
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