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EGLIN STUDYING MASSIVE 30,000 POUND BOMB, 40 PERCENT BIGGER THAN MOAB! (IT'S CALLED A MOP!)
LOCAL 10 ^ | 11/08/04

Posted on 11/08/2004 11:22:55 AM PST by areafiftyone

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1 posted on 11/08/2004 11:22:56 AM PST by areafiftyone
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You couldn't drop a bomb that big from either aircraft! The bays are too small.


2 posted on 11/08/2004 11:24:06 AM PST by Armedanddangerous (Death to traitors)
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To: areafiftyone

Why not just drop Michael Moore and be done with it.


3 posted on 11/08/2004 11:24:13 AM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR POWERS EQUAL TO THE TASKS)
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To: areafiftyone

Cool! Any pics?


4 posted on 11/08/2004 11:24:34 AM PST by demlosers
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To: areafiftyone

Sounds like the Lawn Dart from Hell.


5 posted on 11/08/2004 11:25:00 AM PST by Tallguy (Don't disturb me with talk of Hillary08!..I'd just like to bask in the afterglow for a while longer!)
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To: areafiftyone

Dear Iran - please take note.


6 posted on 11/08/2004 11:25:01 AM PST by WoodstockCat (W2 !!! Four more Years!!)
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To: Armedanddangerous

It's has to be a external centerline bomb. It may also need a
unique ejector rack.


7 posted on 11/08/2004 11:26:24 AM PST by demlosers
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To: areafiftyone

That sounds like just the tool we need to clear some of those big Iraqi ammo dumps.


8 posted on 11/08/2004 11:26:44 AM PST by cripplecreek (Greetings from Militiagan.)
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To: areafiftyone
The Air Force built a weapon so big it was nicknamed "Mother of All Bombs" ...The proposed Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, would weigh 30,000 pounds, nearly 40 percent more than the 21,000 pound MOAB

Who's your daddy?

9 posted on 11/08/2004 11:27:03 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Armedanddangerous; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; ...
I was just about to ask.................."What the heck are they going to drop it from??"

PING.......

10 posted on 11/08/2004 11:27:12 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: areafiftyone

They could push it out the tail of a C-17.


11 posted on 11/08/2004 11:27:32 AM PST by demlosers
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Both also are seen as psychological weapons that can demoralize an enemy.

Well, getting blown into plasmatic tiny bits would certainly demoralize me!

12 posted on 11/08/2004 11:27:41 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: areafiftyone

btt


13 posted on 11/08/2004 11:27:42 AM PST by safisoft (Give me Torah!)
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To: areafiftyone

Nice to know my beloved BLU-"82" has grown to "84"........:o)

Presstitutes suck !


14 posted on 11/08/2004 11:27:45 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: areafiftyone

It's still not as big of a bomb as "Alfie." ;)


15 posted on 11/08/2004 11:27:49 AM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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". . . MOP would have inertial and satellite guidance, just like MOAB, but it would have a more slender shape so it could be dropped from high altitude by a B-52 or a B-2 stealth bomber. . . .<.i>"

This is what is really needed. Increased safety for our guys in delivering "the package" and greater accuracy enabled by an internal guidance system.

Forgive me for liking it.

16 posted on 11/08/2004 11:29:36 AM PST by StJacques
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30,000 pounds, nearly 40 percent more than the 21,000 pound MOAB

30,000 / 21,000 = 1.42857, or about 43% more.

I suppose 43% is "nearly 40%" more, in journalism school...

17 posted on 11/08/2004 11:29:49 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: demlosers

You couldn't mount a bomb that big on the centerline of any current US bomber (not enough clearance). I don't know of any aircraft, other than a transport, that could carry it.


18 posted on 11/08/2004 11:30:07 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: dfwgator

Better Living through Mayhem...

Always been my motto...


19 posted on 11/08/2004 11:30:07 AM PST by Armedanddangerous (Death to traitors)
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To: areafiftyone

How about a test drop on the main mosque in Fallujah?


20 posted on 11/08/2004 11:30:16 AM PST by The Great RJ
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