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Penetrator bomb slides under radar (Massive Ordnance Penetrator - MOP)
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| 5/6/2006
| Mladen Rudman
Posted on 05/06/2006 11:10:54 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: Dark Skies
The need to call it the BMFB...and I won't go into the details of the acronym.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:14:01 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: All
Not sure what the following is supposed to mean. Looks like the author inadvertantlt dropped a portion of a sentence...
That's in contrast to its older brother the MOAB -- the 21,600-pound Massive Ordnance Air Blast -- even though there's tension between America and Iran.
To: Dark Skies
Can we make contributions so our names as sponsors can be on the first one that hits Iran?
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:16:47 AM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: Dark Skies
"Not only does the weapon have to be accurate, it has to stay intact during its high-impact, high-speed burrow through ground, hillsides, mountainsides or feet of reinforced concrete.
"
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Sounds about right to be used to hit Iran's underground nuclear facilities.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:18:49 AM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
To: JRios1968
Heh heh heh, I'm not sure it would fly as a public governmental acronym. None the less, it's my favorite.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:19:18 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(The United 'Door Mats' of America! Go ahead, scrape your feet on it. Everyone else is.)
To: Dark Skies
To: Dark Skies
One could think that a shaped charge (if need be, assembled from small synchronized nukes) with a very heavy cone to provide the penetration jet could fit the bill. What was the penetrating ability of a Big Bertha shell [the closest analog of this MOP]? Something like 150' of concrete, IIRC.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:19:58 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Dark Skies
"First you MOAB the air defenses, then MOP up what's left."
Air Force Guide to good house cleaning.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:19:59 AM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Dark Skies
Paging the President of Iran, can you hear me now?
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:21:38 AM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
To: doug from upland
Can we make contributions so our names as sponsors can be on the first one that hits Iran?
Good idea! It would be worth a $300 donation to have my name put on that.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:22:23 AM PDT
by
CMS
(Posting from FOB Speicher 5 gallons of rotorwash & 100yds flight line for sale inquire by freepmail)
To: Dark Skies
"Unlike MOAB, which was designed to explode close to the ground to destroy concentrations of troops or equipment, MOP has to be right on target and traveling fast to do the job, he said. The penetrator will exceed the speed of sound while it's plunging."
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The MOAB is for killing a lot of people in one place, which is not what we really want to do in Iran.
The MOP penetrates deep, hopefully deep enough to hit Iran's underground nuclear facilities.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:22:27 AM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
To: FairOpinion
I wonder what would happen if several MOP's were dropped one behind the other to the same coordinates.
To: Dark Skies
Bet that one is going to move the Richter's in DesMoines.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:22:34 AM PDT
by
mmercier
To: Dark Skies
"I wonder what would happen if several MOP's were dropped one behind the other to the same coordinates."
Some suggested, that's the way to penetrate even deeper. It may work.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:23:56 AM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
To: CMS
I once called the Pentagon with a willingness to make a good donation if my name could have been put on a MOAB for Afghanistan or Baghdad. They told me that they would be glad to have a contribution, but it would go to the general fund. Darn, I really did want to sponsor a MOAB.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:25:02 AM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: Dark Skies
Definitely a useful device. Definitely won't see that coming!
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:29:57 AM PDT
by
Andy28
(Proud US Army DEP'er, shipping in June. Hooah!)
To: doug from upland
Called it " Spot On Big Blast Bomb " S.O.B.B.B.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:34:18 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: Dark Skies
MOAR (Mother Of All Rodents)
To: HereInTheHeartland
" Paging the President of Iran, can you hear me now? "
Maybe the Daisy Cutter, M.O.A.B. are not loud enough, so the US Air Force has the M.O.P.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:37:49 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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