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What kind of bomb causes a howling wind?
1 posted on 10/11/2001 1:16:05 PM PDT by al_possum39
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A large bottle rocket.
2 posted on 10/11/2001 1:18:27 PM PDT by Cagey
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A Clinton or Daschle hot air bomb?
3 posted on 10/11/2001 1:19:31 PM PDT by garyhope
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My guess would be a fuel-air. The heat from the fireball would cause an immense updraft, pulling in air from all directions.
4 posted on 10/11/2001 1:20:25 PM PDT by dirtboy
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What the hell is around there to stop sound waves? Nuttin thats what.
7 posted on 10/11/2001 1:24:49 PM PDT by ThePoetsRaven
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BLU-82

http://dfair.virtualave.net/bombs/blu82.htm

The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, nicknamed Commando Vault, is the high altitude delivery of a 15,000 pound general purpose bomb from a C-130. This system depends upon the accurate positioning of the aircraft by either a fixed ground radar or onboard navigation equipment. The ground radar controller or aircrew navigator as applicable, is responsible for positioning the aircraft prior to final countdown and release. Primary aircrew considerations include accurate ballistic and wind computations provided by the navigator, and precision instrument flying with strict adherence to controller instructions. The minimum altitude for release due to blast effects of the weapon is 6,000 feet AGL.

The BLU-82 is a 15,000 pound GP bomb originally designed to clear helicopter landing zones in Vietnam. The warhead contains 12,600 pounds of GSX slurry and is detonated just above ground level by a 38-inch fuze extender. The weapon produces an overpressure of 1,000 pounds per square inch. Eleven BLU-82s were dropped during Desert Storm, all from Special Operations C-130s. The initial drops were intended to test the ability of the bomb to clear mines; no reliable bomb damage assessment exist on mine clearing effectiveness. Later, bombs were dropped as much for their psychological effect as for their destructive power.

10 posted on 10/11/2001 1:29:42 PM PDT by jbstrick
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What kind of bomb causes a howling wind?

If you're close enough, pretty much all of 'em.

11 posted on 10/11/2001 1:30:10 PM PDT by SGCOS
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a howling wind

It's probably just the winds of change. BinLard predicted those, didn't he?

14 posted on 10/11/2001 1:48:43 PM PDT by Cachelot
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The reporters may never have heard a jet at high speed at low level. It makes a LOUD howling noise, nothing like an airliner taking off or landing.
16 posted on 10/11/2001 2:06:57 PM PDT by Grut
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Consider this, a 2000 lb (with roughly 600lb of actual explosive, tritonal in this case) iron bomb has enough blast, fragmentation and concusion effect to kill over a mile away from the impact site, if no cover is available. Image just the noise of the 1800 lbs. of shrapnel hurling through the air..........
17 posted on 10/11/2001 2:07:11 PM PDT by ScreamingFist
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