U.S. Uses Huge Bomb Against Taliban Forces

Associated Press ^ | November 5, 2001 | staff

[Dan Day]

The weapon produces an overpressure of 1,000 pounds per square inch.

Impressive. For comparison, even a 10-20 psi overpressure can utterly demolish concrete buildings.

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

"..."ou=tcome based" math..."
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.....another O-B-E joke.....
......ha HA....I Love It !! !! !! !!

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

"...first time a major company put their logo on a bomb..."

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I'd have bet money on the Ford Mustang...
...or the Ford Pinto, at least {;-p

Those things are a wreck, just a-waitin' for a tree to hit....

[reagan_fanatic]

Couldn't we just strap Rosie O'Donut to a parachute and drop her on the Tala-baloney's front lines?

Surely, that would cause horrendous mass casualties as well...

[Erasmus]

Let's keep the SUV's here. Send them an Air Born B-58 Buick Special.

As long as we're talking '58 Buicks here, might as well make it a deuce-and-a-quarter.

[Eagle74]

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - With its use of the 15,000-pound "daisy cutter" bomb in Afghanistan, the United States has unleashed one of its most powerful weapons - billed as the world's largest conventional bomb.

The BLU-82 combines a watery mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum with air, then ignites the mist for a huge explosion that incinerates everything within up to 600 yards. The shock wave can be felt miles away.

The BLU-82 uses about six times the amount of ammonium nitrate explosive that Timothy McVeigh used in the bomb that blew up the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995.

This report is all wrong. The bomb uses ammonium nitate and fuel oil, a mixture call ANFO. Aluminum powder is known to increase the power of ammonium nitrate and may have been used by Timothy McVeigh, but isn't a component of the BLU-82. The explosive doesn't mix with the air before detonation. It's called a daisy cutter because of the 5ft fuze extender, which detonates the bomb above ground, minimizing the crater, and maximizing the horizonal blast. And so it blasts all the vegitation away, hence daisy cutter. Fuel air explosive bombs, on the other hand do mix with air before detonation. FAE bombs are also useful in clearing landing zones, due to their high blast.

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

"....the Free Republic Bonnie BLU-82!! "

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Punny !! !! !!
...just wish that I'd thought of it.....

....I'll take Confederate Humor, fer 800, Alex......

[garycooper]

WAS BIN LADEN A FOOL IN YOUR EYES?

[Victoria Delsoul]

But this one is working fine. :-)

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

"...Hindenburg burned so strongly because the skin was a mixture or iron oxide..."
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YEP!

A 'Home-School' version, as a Science Project, uses a 'Steel Wool' pad - unrolled - and lighted with a match/lighter.
Makes an impressive show - serves three.....

[gortklattu]

The bombs cost about $27,000 each.

How many mufflers is that? We've got to put it in words that the Dummocrats (Daschle) understands.

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

WOW !! !!

I hope those two guys, in the lower right, brought along their sun-screen....

[RoarNLion]

Just another way of saying Washington is now desparate for a victory of any sort. Indeed, as the foreign media is reporting, thus far this war has been a dismal failure.

[Senator Pardek]

Nice head!

[freebilly]

You seem to have a problem with a nation defending itself. The Taliban had numerous opportunities to prevent our military from blowing the snot out of them. They most respectfully declined to turn over Bin Laden. They've only themselves to blame.

Moral: When the biggest guy with the biggest stick talks only a fool will refuse to listen.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You bet!

[Senator Pardek]

LOL!

[Victoria Delsoul]

[Bogey78O]

1. Member since Nov, 5th
2. Posts anti-bush, peace surrenderist lingo
3. Hit and run
Conclusion: Moron.

[Bob Evans]

Break out the marshmellows and the weenies ... it's a taliban roast!(:^>