[The Mayor]

Yea, how many feet per second, and fastest mph before impact.

I wonder how deep the water is.
as much as I hated to click on cnn.com I did.

look at this.
The bomb was dropped from an altitude of about 7,200 feet at an air speed of about 200 knots.

The Air Force investigation in 2001 estimated that the bomb landed nose first in the seabed and is now buried in 5 to 15 feet of mud.

The report also estimated it would take as long as five years and cost $5 million to $11 million to recover the bomb.

Why so long and so dam much money.
Leave it where it is.

[gutshot]

Why so long and so dam much money.

Government contracts?

[blackdog]

I also made electronics filters for Eagle Picher who makes the guidance systems for the JDAMS and other precision guided munitions used today. A lot of the components in the bomb are driven by a gel-acid battery in a plastic case. The filters we made were also plastic, potted in urethane. Plastics used inside cabinets which are recieving 1/4 watt guidance signal are a bit dicey from an EMI design standpoint. It doesn't take much noise from a solenoid or linear motor to stomp that signal right into background noisse.