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To: meyer; LonePalm

A Lancaster could carry a MOAB, would fall about 3-4 tons short for a MOP unless engineers got creative.


4,583 posted on 06/25/2025 12:02:40 AM PDT by Axenolith (Don’t bother holding my beer, I’ll finish it first…)
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To: Axenolith; meyer; LonePalm
***A Lancaster could carry a MOAB, would fall about 3-4 tons short for a MOP unless engineers got creative.

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Kim Jong Un has just demonstrated his version of an air-dropped "Bunker Buster."



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4,585 posted on 06/25/2025 12:45:25 AM PDT by Porkchop
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To: Axenolith
A Lancaster could carry a MOAB, would fall about 3-4 tons short for a MOP unless engineers got creative.,

The Dam Busters took out all their guns and ammo to lighten the plane due to the weight and mechanism to spin the bomb so it would skip like a stone and come to rest just before the dam wall.

A depth sensor activated and hydraulic pressure did the rest.

,p.


4,698 posted on 06/25/2025 12:48:07 PM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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