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Pentagon Eyes More Powerful 'Bunker-Buster' Bomb
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| August 2, 2009
Posted on 08/03/2009 7:02:39 AM PDT by Strategy
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:02:39 AM PDT
by
Strategy
To: Strategy
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:06:20 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: Strategy
A 30,000 lb bomb is 15 Kilotons. The “Little Boy” bomb that exploded over Hiroshima in WWII was between 13 and 18 Kilotons estimated yield.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:08:38 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: Strategy
The precision-guided weapon, built by Boeing Co, could become the biggest conventional bomb the United States has ever used. Unless I've missed one somewhere, it would be the biggest conventional bomb anyone has used.
The second biggest would be the British "Grand Slam" at 22,000 lbs.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:10:05 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Strategy
That system needs to be operational yesterday, not 2010!!
Lets hope its further along than the article indicates.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:12:02 AM PDT
by
rahbert
("when they feel the heat they'll see the light")
To: Yo-Yo
A 30,000 lb bomb is 15 Kilotons. The “Little Boy” bomb that exploded over Hiroshima in WWII was between 13 and 18 Kilotons estimated yield.A 30,000 lb bomb is 15 tons. Math error.
To: Strategy
Testing the penatrator.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:14:42 AM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
To: Strategy
Sorry, misread article. I confused penetrator weight with explosive force.
"Nevermind."
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:15:37 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: DuncanWaring
The US tested a 44,000 lb bomb at Edwards AFB in 1947.
To: Strategy
To get a much higher weight bomb, the Pentagon should combine this program with the cash-for-clunkers program. Instead of destroying engines and cars, they could be crunched and crushed into a tight little heavy bomb, with ordnance.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:16:33 AM PDT
by
C210N
(A patriot for a Conservative Renaissance!)
To: Yo-Yo
A 30,000 lb bomb would be 0.015 Kilotons.
Only 0.006 Kilotons of this one are actual explosive.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:16:33 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: 17th Miss Regt
Yeah, I’m wrong on so many levels...
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:16:53 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: Yo-Yo
A 30,000 lb bomb is 15 Kilotons.Off by a factor of 1000. A 30,000 lb bomb is 15 tons, not 15 kilotons. A 170 Kiloton nuke actually only weighs about 700lb including the heat shield.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:17:18 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("Never pick a fight with an old man. He'll kill you.")
To: 17th Miss Regt
I’ll be darned.
I guess I missed one.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:17:37 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
Yet another correction.
Actually about 0.0026 kilotons.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:19:32 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
Understandable. They never fielded it because it was quite impractical.
To: Yo-Yo
Wrong. Your decimal point slipped a bunch of places.
Fifteen Kilotons is 30,000,000 lbs. - 15,000 TONS of TNT.
This is 15 tons - and most of that is steel casing.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:22:13 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Do we have a Plan B?)
To: Yo-Yo
The MOP has more than 5,300 pounds of explosives, which is a little more than 2 tons. A 30,000 lb bomb is 15 tons or 15/1000th of a Kiloton. The MOP would be rated on the weight of the explosives, not the total weight of the bomb. The casing can weigh much more than the explosives. Some penetrators used hard tipped 8” howitzer barrels for casings, to ensure deep penetration into bunkers.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:23:10 AM PDT
by
Freds2nd
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To: Yo-Yo; 17th Miss Regt
Either way, the “kiloton” term reflects the effect of a quantity of TNT. Whatever is in this thing, I’m sure it’s much more potent than TNT.
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posted on
08/03/2009 7:25:26 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(John Galt was exiled.)
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