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Is this really unexploded ordnance?
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Posted on 10/15/2001 6:58:05 AM PDT by finnman69
Edited on 04/29/2004 1:59:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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I wonder if this is really unexploded ordnance or is this maybe a drop tank? Any experts care to weigh in? The scale of this picture is a little misleading with that figure in the background, but on news footage i saw this weekend this object appeared to be 8' to 10' long.
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posted on
10/15/2001 6:58:05 AM PDT
by
finnman69
To: finnman69
Looks like a drop tank to me. I have some experience working for General Dynamics in Comparative Vehicle Analysis.
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:04:56 AM PDT
by
rlbedfor
To: rlbedfor
I think it looks like a drop tank also. If it was a bomb it probably would be a different color also. Plus there is no precision guided seeker package at the nose or any trace of it. Looks like the media got this one wrong.
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:09:06 AM PDT
by
finnman69
To: finnman69
I think it's Bin Laden's "Personal Pleasure Device".
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:09:51 AM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: finnman69
I'm no expert but I'll guess: This is too big to be a standard "dumb" bomb and shape doesn't match either FAE, "daisy cutter", or "bunker-buster" types (large special purpose bombs).
If it is a UXB, it would have to weigh at least 2000 lbs. If you drop something that heavy from 30K feet, it would bury itself in the ground at least six feet. This object is laying on top of the ground, which tells me it's empty space inside.
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:12:00 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
To: Dakmar
Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off.....
good one
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:12:34 AM PDT
by
finnman69
To: finnman69
I think it is adrop tank, also. Looks like it may be off of an F/A-18.
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:16:02 AM PDT
by
wjcsux
To: finnman69
It's what's left of their missle that requires (required) 30 trucks to carry.
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:17:05 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: finnman69
I was watching Fox yesterday morning when they showed footage of "activity at a forward airbase in Uzbekistan"
It was Navy planes taking off from a carrier, complete with catapults and blast shields that raised up from the deck.
Did anyone else catch this?
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posted on
10/15/2001 7:17:30 AM PDT
by
Bill Rice
To: finnman69
Definately a drop tank. I was wondering when someone would post a pic of the thing. Dumb news reporters!
To: finnman69
It's something small that fell out of Richard Gere's a$$.
To: finnman69
Looks to me to be a "keep tank", they may be referred to as drop tanks, but the past reality has always been to KEEP them.
It is difficult to see, but there do appear to be three ports between the lugs, that would be consistent with an external fuel tank.
How it got on the ground is a mystery...could have been a switchology problem....
Former A6 Bombardier
To: Cliff Dweller
you mean like this.....
To: Bill Rice
No, I didn't see that, but I did see Hackworth on Fox this AM. He made the statements "Our press corp is mentally deficient with respect to the military" and "They wouldn't know a tank from a turd."
I would view the report you saw as proof. Even Fox.
To: finnman69
Looks like an elephant's tusk to me.....
To: Cliff Dweller
Looks to me to be a "keep tank", they may be referred to as drop tanks, but the past reality has always been to KEEP them.
Could they have dropped it to increase the aerodynamic profile of the aircraft if they were doing something that required the full performance of the aircraft? What that could be over Afgan, I do not know, but is that a possibility?
To: Protect the Bill of Rights
That is what I think, or a tusk of a wild pig.
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posted on
10/15/2001 8:05:18 AM PDT
by
Dudoight
To: wjcsux
Drop tank. Seen and been next to bunches of them. Also looks like the fill hole between the two hang points. It also appears crushed or distorted on the bottom. They are made of fiberglass and would deform like this.
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posted on
10/15/2001 8:05:45 AM PDT
by
willyone
To: finnman69
It's definately a drop tank.
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posted on
10/15/2001 8:39:32 AM PDT
by
sean327
To: danielobvt
If performance is an issue, then we have been under-engineering our platforms. Delivery of ordnance typically doesn't require the extreme edge of the envelope flying. The only thing enhanced by dropping it is reduced parasitic drag, (or in some cases increased drag because of the loss of an aerodynamic store).
In any case, it found its way to earth, perhaps looking for added benefits from a dumb luck hit.
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