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To: blastdad51; sasportas
I'm no expert but ... 500lbs of concrete coming through your living room AT 500 MPH would probably render your house down to toothpicks. There's a whole lot of energy in that 500lb blob of rock when its moving that fast.
40 posted on 10/08/2005 7:37:54 PM PDT by cdrw (Freedom and responsibility are inseparable)
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To: cdrw

My point exactly!!

I saw a video of one of these cement bomb hitting an Iraqi tank that was hiding partially under a bridge. No explosion but the impact darn near knocked the tank out from under the bridge, and split it open like a can of corn!!!!


68 posted on 10/08/2005 8:49:56 PM PDT by blastdad51 (Proud father of an Enduring Freedom vet, and friend of a soldier lost in Afghanistan)
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To: cdrw
There's a whole lot of energy in that 500lb blob of rock when its moving that fast( 500 mph)

About 4,175,293 foot-pounds of it. That's like having a 10,000 pound weight dropped on your house from 417 feet, (in a vacuum of course).

85 posted on 10/08/2005 9:28:14 PM PDT by El Gato
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