To: VadeRetro
How effective is a skinny little 250-pound bomb (say, 180 actual pounds of TNT) that lands 25 feet from its zero point, especially if the target has any hardening at all? It's about twice the size of a 155mm artillery shell. Those have a casualty radius of 100 meters.
Of course they could build out a 250lb FAE bomb and use overpressure too.
17 posted on
04/22/2004 10:32:03 AM PDT by
Centurion2000
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To: Centurion2000
Those have a casualty radius of 100 meters. Radius? Kewl! But that's probably for infantrymen in the open.
18 posted on
04/22/2004 10:34:04 AM PDT by
VadeRetro
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To: Centurion2000
It's about twice the size of a 155mm artillery shell. Those have a casualty radius of 100 meters.
How about a 250 lb shaped charge? That might punch a hole through a fair amount of armor or concrete. Besides, the payload is about 2000 lbs. Bet they can load a 2000 lb JDAM if the mission calls for it.
19 posted on
04/22/2004 10:38:39 AM PDT by
Kozak
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