DESTRUCTION: The world's largest non-nuclear bomb tested by Russians
Posted on 09/11/2007 5:59:17 PM PDT by Stoat
Russia has exploded the world's biggest non-nuclear bomb in a dramatic escalation of the new Cold War.
Nicknamed 'the father of all bombs', it was filmed being dropped from a strategic bomber and exploding in a massive fireball.
The film then showed the debris of apartment buildings and armoured vehicles at a testing range, as well as ground burned by a massive explosion.
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DESTRUCTION: The world's largest non-nuclear bomb tested by Russians
It didn't give the bomb's military name or say when it was tested.
Yuri Balyko, head of the Russian defence ministry's institute in charge of weapons design, said yesterday: "We have got a relatively cheap ordnance with a high strike power."
The test comes as Russia spends massively increased oil revenue on rebuilding its military might.
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It has been nicknamed the "dad of all bombs" and is four times more powerful than the U.S. "mother of all bombs."
The device is said to be four times more powerful than America's Massive Ordnance Air Blast, nicknamed the Mother Of All Bombs.
It would target more specific areas than nuclear bombs, and is an immediate threat to problem areas such as Chechnya.
Last night a source close to the US National Security Council said it was a "matter of concern" that Moscow would develop such a huge weapon at a time when there was no obvious need.
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A computer image of a new ordnance from Russian tv which is claimed by the Russian military the world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb
He added that the US would ask for an explanation. He said there was "no chance" that America would become involved in a new arms race with the Russians and that the US had no use for bombs larger than the ones already in its arsenal.
While US intelligence was aware that Moscow was working on a new thermobaric device, it did not know that a test was imminent.
The latest raising of tension by Russia comes after president Vladimir Putin revived the Cold War era practice of flying bombers on long-range patrols.
Last week Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept eight Russian military planes flying in airspace patrolled by Nato.
The incident was the latest this summer in which British fighters have been used to warn off long-range Russian reconnaissance aircraft.
The so-called Mother of all Bombs is the biggest weapon in America's arsenal, capable of detonating 21,000lb of explosives above the ground.
The huge bomb, dropped from a slowmoving C130 Hercules aircraft and guided to its target by the satellite-linked global positioning system, can create temperatures of up to 1,000f (538c).
It is designed to obliterate chemical or biological agents concealed in bunkers.
The US is believed to have 15 in its arsenal but none is believed to have been used against an enemy.
MOAB is a penetrator bomb. This RUsskie bomb is a fuel air bomb for surface targets
Well, he certainly had an affinity for Soviet Russia in his college days, a sentiment shared, no doubt, by his "wife" and evidenced by her eagerness to embrace any and all Socialist concepts.
As to strengthening ties with 'modern' Russia, I grant you that he seemed far more interested in giving away our Top Secret technologies to the Red Chinese.
As to the rest of what you say, I feel that She Who Will Crush All In Her Path will not give Bubba much of a free hand beyond "goodwill ambassadorships" and other "free champagne and hookers" appointments to keep him out of her way.
I confess I remain convinced that Putin would regard Hillary as a Fellow Traveler, who will bend over backwards to support The Miracle of Socialism, in all it's forms..
She is well aware of her reputation as someone who would be a third-rate backwater lawyer if it weren't for Slick, and I'm guessing that she would love an opportunity to demonstrate her own capabilities.
That being said, it's all an academic matter because I refuse to believe that the American people would be so utterly, breathtakingly stupid as to elect That Woman.
There remains a danger, however, that she will win entirely as a result of vote fraud, and this concerns me greatly.
Wrong - bombs are not measured by their actual weight, they are measured by the weight of the explosive charge (equivalent to TNT). The MOP you linked is only a 6000lb ordinance. I believe the additional weight is for penetration prior to detonation.
LMAO!!!
Be advised that all Prisoners of the Stoat Prison Camp are required to eat a really nice steak at least once a week and are required to "continually amuse and please" the Prisoners in the Camp next door, which is populated entirely by vivacious and buxom but particularly lonely tennis stars, fashion models and "young ladies who were asked to leave exclusive, private schools not because of poor grades but because they were simply too pretty".
Here's your half-hourly ration of Single Malt to get you started :-)
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Russia tests superstrength bomb military International Reuters
"Seven tons of secret explosive equivalent to eleven tons of TNT."
Well, I'll bet that 11 tons of TNT is a lot less complex and more cost effective than 7 tons of "secret explosive". Either that, or someone made a typo
Interesting, The B-1Ski even has sticks like the real B-1, and unlike most bombers or transports. So does the B-2, but the Russians aren’t likely to be able to copy that one anytime soon.
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They might not be able to fit an 11 ton bomb on the aircraft, or it may not have the lifting capacity.
I agree that 11 tons of TNT would be a lot cheaper, but telling the world that you have a "secret explosive" also tends to furrow the brows of defense analysts as well as guarantee better hookers for your diplomats overseas.
Geez, I hope not!
The C130 Hercules can easily carry over 20 tons. And that's what they used to drop this thing. I'm not sure whether I should be unimpressed with the writers at The Daily Mail or with the Russians.
Um, communism?
"Quizzical expression on face"
bbbbut....both the Daily Mail and Reuters report the aircraft to be the Tupolev Tu-160:
It showed a Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber dropping the bomb over a testing ground. A large explosion followed.
Karl Marx was Prussian, not Russian.
The Russians always have to one up weapons, no matter how stupid or useless they are. Tsar Bomba is an excellent example. For what possible reason could anybody need a 100 MT bomb? A 10 MT bomb would be massive overkill for a large city.
This is just more of the weapons propaganda that we saw during the Cold War. Bigger submarines, bigger nukes, bigger rockets, bigger artillery, etc. What is Putin going to do with it next, parade it in the streets?
And . . . ?
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