MOAB - Son of Daisy Cutter

StrategyPage.com ^ | 27 Feb 03 | StrategyPage.com

[11B3]

I hadn't seen this posted yet. So much for ol' Daisy - but this one sounds like it is even more effective. If things turn into combat in cities for Baghdad, this one would change their minds in a real hurry.

[Utah Girl]

The citizens of Moab, Utah are having a fit over the AF naming a bomb after their fair city.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Uh... You forgot the mandatory pictures.

[TBall]

"gets around some of these problems by borrowing (or licensing) from Russia research in this area." I bet Russia got a lot more compensation from the US than clinton got from China. Yeah, the citizens of Moab got shafted big time. With as many mushrooms that get consumed in that town, only a nuclear weapon is worthy.

[humblegunner]

TheGreatOokie signed up 2003-02-27.

"Won't that thing make such a nice fireball in downtown Bahgdad? I can smell the buring corpses already. Go Team!"

Uh-huh. Those are "buring" textbooks you smell there, skippy.

[Utah Girl]

LOL! You must have visited Moab.

[CIBvet]

What an astonishingly stupid statement.

Might TheGreatOokie signed up 2003-02-27 be one of those America-Hating, Pacivist disruptors who has sneaked in here today to make our forum look as evil as possible?

Did TheGreatOokie signed up 2003-02-27 also bring along some germs to make FR run sloooow??

I think JR ought to bring out the Raid and ... pssst pssst the pest will be gone.

[Interesting Times]

Won't that thing make such a nice fireball in downtown Bahgdad? I can smell the buring corpses already. Go Team!

Sorry, you're in the wrong huddle.

Your team is the one with the "peace" protestors who only oppose wars when a Republican is president.

[TBall]

Unfortunately I never made it to Moab, but I know a nice getaway during the mud season.

[DoctorMichael]

Just a FYI: The movie OUTBREAK (Dustin Hoffman, 1995) has two separate Daisy Cutter drops in it (computer generated, but gives you an idea on the scope of the damage they can cause).

[Thinkin' Gal]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOAB is a highly destructive and terrifying weapon.

Moab = "of his father"

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[Thinkin' Gal]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOAB is a highly destructive and terrifying weapon.

Moab = "of his father"

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[freepersup]

Moab

Mother
Of
All
Bombs

[null and void]

Related thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/852653/posts

‘Massive Ordnance Air Burst’ Bomb Set to Go if War Begins (Improved Daisy Cutter)

Best line: MOAB= Mother Of All Bombs

[Fee]

I like it. Saddam made his contribution to the English language.

[11B3]

I wish I could find some photos, but so far no luck.

[HighWheeler]

I quit on the first line. They are wrong on the Daisy cutter being a FAS (or FAE), it is not.

per

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm

"Frequent press reports to the contrary, the Daisy Cutter is not a fuel-air explosive (FAE). It is a conventional explosive incorporating both agent and oxidizer. In contrast, an FAE consists only of agent and a dispersing mechanism, and takes its oxidizer from the oxygen in the air. FAEs generally run between 500 and 2000 pounds; it would be difficult to make an FAE the size of Daisy Cutter because the correct uniform mixture of agent with ambient air would be difficult to maintain if the agent were so widely dispersed. Thus, the conventional explosive technique of Daisy Cutter is more reliable than that of an FAE, particularly if there is significant wind or thermal gradient."

[Centurion2000]

Now we just need to convert a few 747's that can carry about TEN of the suckers at a time and do a big line drop over troops and tanks.