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World’s Most Sophisticated Bomb Ready for Production
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| June 12, 2015
| Chris Pocock
Posted on 06/12/2015 6:48:22 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Dyslexics may get a chuckle outta this gizmo. d;^) New and improved?!?
SBD II? Hehehe. (Silent-But-Deadly fart for the uninitiated)
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posted on
06/12/2015 6:52:46 AM PDT
by
CopperTop
To: sukhoi-30mki
World’s Most Sophisticated Bomb Ready for Production Which Hollywood movie is it this time?
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posted on
06/12/2015 6:55:06 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
06/12/2015 6:56:43 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Thanks for the post.
This is an important weapon.
In a future war against a high tech opponent with advanced air defense this seems like it will be the most used munition.
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posted on
06/12/2015 6:57:13 AM PDT
by
buwaya
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
06/12/2015 6:59:00 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
06/12/2015 6:59:45 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
And it will be used to blow up a tent >:(
Pack a Bunch TNT inside a Barrel and Carpet Bomb the Area.
Cheapest War in the World.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:00:08 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
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To: sukhoi-30mki
I think we should expend a few more of these before we spend money on stuff we dont have yet. These work just fine.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:00:16 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
a
bomb?
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:03:26 AM PDT
by
golux
To: sukhoi-30mki
U.S. Air Force assistant acquisition secretary Dr. William LaPlante said recently that the cost per round will be about $115,000 And we can put them on our $500 million airplanes, and eventually be able to afford about 5 of each.
The USA produced about 15,000 P-51's in WWII. At the time, it was cutting-edge technology and the best in the skys. Each copy cost $50,900. If you believe the US Bureau of Labor's inflation statistics, in today's dollars that is $650,000 per
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:11:35 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: sukhoi-30mki
The F-15E Strike Eagle can carry up to 28 SDB II’s but the F-35B can only carry 4 in each internal weapons bay.
Doesn't the F-35 have two internal bays? If so that's 28 the Eagle can carry but the F-35 only a total of 8?
This cannot be right. Someone help me out here.
To: CodeJockey
(you do realize these sort of weapon discussions may well be illegal under redefined ITAR rules in the future. $1M and 20 years for all of us here.)
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:29:42 AM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: sukhoi-30mki
targets at up to 40 nm range, from a subsonic launch at about 35,000 feet. 40 nanometers does not sound like much of a range.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:35:19 AM PDT
by
lafroste
To: sukhoi-30mki
Unmentioned was the bomb’s ability to home on a cell phone signal and strike even after the call is terminated
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:36:35 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: lafroste
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:41:26 AM PDT
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buwaya
To: sukhoi-30mki
Looks like a future drone payload to me.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:43:12 AM PDT
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Stalwart
To: telstar12.5
Naw... We can talk it up all we want. I have no access to classified info. I was just asking if what was stated in the article was accurate. 28 vs 8.
To: CodeJockey
They are comparing apples to onions.
F-15 would be using external mounts as usual, the F-35 has an internal bay for use when stealth needs to be preserved, external mounting points for when it is not. So I expect the F-35 could carry many more than fit internally.
I don’t think it has the payload capacity of the F-15 though, under any conditions.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:46:10 AM PDT
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buwaya
To: buwaya
I know that is what they meant. It was an attempt at humor. I guess that is the price we pay for having an acronym happy society.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:47:59 AM PDT
by
lafroste
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