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To: blam
(six planes, heavily?)

That could be very heavy, if they are all dropping Daisy Cutters!

19 posted on 11/16/2001 1:20:56 PM PST by The Real Deal
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To: The Real Deal
"That could be very heavy, if they are all dropping Daisy Cutters!"

For the record, B-52s don't carry Daisy Cutters. The bomb is too big to fit in the bay.

Instead, they're mounted on pallets and skidded out the back of a C-130 by deploying a parachute. Kinda low tech. But effective...

53 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:14 PM PST by okie01
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Daisy cutters are too big for the B-52's. They are carried in C-130 cargo planes and pushed out the back to drop.
67 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:22 PM PST by dglang
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