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US Plans to Arm B-52 With ‘Mother of All Bombs’
Sput ^
| Jun 26, 2018
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Posted on 06/26/2018 1:50:07 PM PDT by Eddie01
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:50:07 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
“B-52s can also carry nuclear weapons, which, ironically enough, are much smaller than the MOAB yet thousands of times more powerful. “
Ironic?
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:54:03 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: Eddie01
From what I read, the last B-52 was delivered in 1962!!!
Astounding that they haven’t found a good replacement.
If nothing else they should recognize that, like the F-16, 18, 15 and 10, it just was perfectly suited for its task and MAKE SOME MORE.
I am sure someone with more info and less opinion that I will stop by to explain why I am so very, very wrong.
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:55:01 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("We were designed as gardeners, not cubicle rats." (/robroys woman))
To: Eddie01
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:57:16 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: Eddie01
MOAB........ Mother of All Banners
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:58:51 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
To: TexasGator
The bomb made waves last April when a US military plane dropped a GBU-43/B MOAB on an allegedly Daesh-run terrorist camp in Afghanistan.I thought that the MOAB was used by President Bush. Gaddafi quickly fell into line. Is that not true?
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:59:03 PM PDT
by
olezip
To: Eddie01
...the bay doors are only 28 feet long and the MOAB is 30 feet long...
...US Air Force Working on Baby Mother of All Bombs...
I'm a no peacenik hippie (with some time in the service) and understand the thinking that comes from my many old pals from Lockheed Martin, Grumman, Boeing, etc., but the older I get the more this sort of thing makes me laugh and think of the almost infinite capacity of mankind to devise newer, cleverer, and outrageously more ridiculous and expensive ways to kill his brothers and sisters. And then - when we finally are fighting really bad guys, our politicians mothball these things and instead send boys to die. If there's an Eisenhower doing a "faceplant," post it!
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:59:30 PM PDT
by
golux
To: freedumb2003
I am sure someone with more info and less opinion that I will stop by to explain why I am so very, very wrong. B-52s will be used until 2040 (or so), at which point they will have been replaced by the B-21 Raider.
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:59:44 PM PDT
by
Simon Green
("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
To: freedumb2003
I won’t.
I watched one take off from Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda Mi. Airbase show in the 70’s.
*LOUD* even from the far airstrip.
Black smoke from all engines.
I will never forget it.
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:00:24 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:00:32 PM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
("Vi veri vniversum vivus vici" "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe)
To: golux
CORRECTION: “I AM NO PEACENIK HIPPIE,” or, in Italian, I’m-a-no-peacenik hippie...
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:01:10 PM PDT
by
golux
To: golux
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:03:20 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
I hope Iran and Erdogan are listening.
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:04:05 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: bert
I had the pleasure of freeping Walter Reed 9/12/09.
I remember all the great pics from that era.
Thanks for the memory.
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:04:57 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: olezip
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
If the radio room is under water and that sonofabitch is still scanning and transmitting, don't abandon ship: pour him a nice brandy!
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:08:18 PM PDT
by
golux
To: Eddie01
The WW2 British “Grand Slam” aka “Earthquake” bomb weight 22,000 pounds. The “Tall Boy” weighed 12,000 pounds. These two are the “grand parents” of the current group of the 20 - 22,000 pound MOAB’s.
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:08:50 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: Eddie01
Being stationed at Ellsworth, I got to see the BUFFs taking off and landing. What a site to see.
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:09:47 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
To: Eddie01
I did some work down in Fort Worth, TX - probably 1987 or so. The B-52s would be lined up heading back to the airport in the evening - a seemingly endless line of them.
I visited a buddy that was on a refueling plane, he would be a week on for 24-hour readiness, then a week off. As we drove by the base and a few B-52s sitting on the tarmac I asked “So now are those loaded with nukes and ready to go?”
“I can neither confirm or deny that statement. However, those armed guards DO have live rounds in their rifles.”
I would think it would be easier to take a few feet off the length of the bomb that to re-engineer the wings on a B-52.
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:11:06 PM PDT
by
21twelve
To: olezip
>> The bomb made waves . . . <<
An intended pun, right?
(a colossal percussive air blast = sound wave)
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:15:16 PM PDT
by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
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