Posted on 11/20/2009 8:30:29 PM PST by Rabin
Some Democrats worried in 2007 that President Bush’s funding request to enable B-2 bombers to deliver effective deep penetration ordinance, could be a sign of plans for an attack on Iran.
(Excerpt) Read more at globalsecurity.org ...
Boeing's Phantom Works: "While complete physical destruction may be desired, for some hard and deeply buried targets this effect isn't practicable with current weapons and employment techniques. It may be possible, however, to deny or disrupt the mission or function of a facility. Massive conventional delivery ordnance, that can overwhelm target characterization uncertainties, are being developed and demonstrated to provide a 10x increase in weapon lethality and improved penetration capability compared to inventory weapons.
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On July 31, 2009, US Department of Defense put in a formal request to accelerate by three years the deployment of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). The MOP is a 30,000-pound conventional penetrating weapon that will defeat a specialized set of hard and deeply buried targets. The MOP is designed specifically to attack hardened concrete bunkers and tunnel facilities. Designed to be carried aboard B-2 and B-52 bombers and deployed at high altitudes, the MOP's innovative design features include a Global Positioning System navigation system. The MOP is approximately 20.5 feet long, with a 31.5-inch diameter. The weapon will carry over 5,300 pounds of explosive material and will deliver more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor, the BLU-109. The MOP features short-span wings and trellis-type tails. The 30,000 lb weapon contains a 6,000 lb explosive charge, some sources report "more than 5,300 pounds" of explosives. MOP is designed to go deeper than any nuclear packet, provide amelioration for roughly 25 percent of the underground and deeply buried opportunities worldwide. It is designed to penetrate up to 200 feet of 5,000 psi reinforced concrete, or 25 feet into 10,000 psi reinforced concrete, prior to detonation....
Ouch.
Zero better deploy this on FOX news STAT!!!
The only thing it can’t penetrate is a Congressman’s skull.
My question is, even if it did, would it actually detonate in such a complete vacuum?
Hussein has been apologizing for the penetrator over seas. Word is he has used a scale model or the penatrator for personal private meetings with Ram Manuel and several of his gay czars.
The very name penetrator excites Obama. He wants to form a trade delegation to Iran to sell it there.
If a Congressman’s skull exploded would he vote any differently?
Skull or no skull, the evidence PROVES there is nothing but inert matter contained within so the answer is... no.
Then we’ve found the perfect place to store spent nuclear fuel. Let’s start building reactors.
How will we know unless we try? :)
LoL!
Now now! Let’s not be wasteful. They tested it on 10,000 psi reinforced concrete and it only went in 25 ft. Better save it for Iran.
yep...thats gonna leave a mark.
Agreed. Breeder reactors too. And a double-bonus: invite the Klintoon to tour same -- he won't be able to resist.
“Heh, yeah, Ah’d date that fuel rod. That’s a nice lookin’ fuel rod.”
The One, The Original and Only True Deep-Deep-Deep Sixer
bunker, they can neither run nor hide. Its a fools game for sure. Relevant question remains however. Who is to be the fool.
R
From Rabin | 11/21/2009 12:02:06 AM PST newT Im thinken y0u may have a skin thikness affliction event. Best you should post what you will sea’n as rest may think threes a gonads prob also.
Rabin
Ps the spellin was sub stander and the syyyymtax sucked, otherwise , how we doin?
Spelling syntax and grammar suck big time, Rabin. What is your problem?
tiger is on a run or something, its late so Ill opine. Feeble seems to have twisted the stem.
Tiger, so lad you marched forward and am filled with remorse that I may have inferred a feebleness to your problem.
good luck and god bless
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