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To: johnk

I’ve heard it sucks the oxygen out of the tunnels, asphyxiating the guys hiding fairly deep in the mountain.

I read about it here like over a decade ago.


100 posted on 04/13/2017 10:41:02 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Blast radius of 1 mile.


108 posted on 04/13/2017 10:45:31 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Mr. Douglas
I’ve heard it sucks the oxygen out of the tunnels, asphyxiating the guys hiding fairly deep in the mountain.

In WW-II, marines were assured that after massive air and naval barrages against tiny atols, they would go in unopposed.

110 posted on 04/13/2017 10:47:26 AM PDT by fso301
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I believe the November Hellfires can do it in smaller scale. Soldiers would go in to finish clearing the buildings and come out vomitting talking of dudes with lungs aspirated out of their faces exploded with eyes and guts popped out.


137 posted on 04/13/2017 11:04:41 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: Mr. Douglas

FTL: For the Lazy

GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast
https://youtu.be/zghQeYm7FUs

Other Videos - GBU-43 (MOAB) :
https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww#q=GBU-43&hl=en&tbm=vid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast

(...excerpt...) At the time of development, it was touted as the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed.[2] The bomb was designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules, primarily the MC-130E Combat Talon I or MC-130H Combat Talon II variants.


237 posted on 04/13/2017 12:52:51 PM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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