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To: cuban leaf

During the Vietnam War the US experimented with tiny kinetic missiles dropped from low flying aircraft. Each weighed around an ounce I believe and was conical shaped. After one run an officer surveying damage said it looked like the ground was tenderized. Also one of the projectiles entered the next of a solider and exited out his groin.


23 posted on 07/02/2019 6:48:10 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: LukeL

If they were made of steel they could clean up the scene with a big magnet. I wonder why this never caught on. I suppose they are pretty heavy.


29 posted on 07/02/2019 6:49:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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“... the next of a solider ...”

Huh????


49 posted on 07/02/2019 6:59:51 AM PDT by JBW1949
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To: LukeL
During the Vietnam War the US experimented with tiny kinetic missiles dropped from low flying aircraft. Each weighed around an ounce I believe and was conical shaped. After one run an officer surveying damage said it looked like the ground was tenderized. Also one of the projectiles entered the next of a solider and exited out his groin.

Look up "Lazy Dog"(bomb) on Wikipedia. I may still have a couple that I got from a surplus store when I was a kid.


67 posted on 07/02/2019 8:49:46 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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