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MOAB - Son of Daisy Cutter
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| 27 Feb 03
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Posted on 02/27/2003 4:21:08 PM PST by 11B3
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To: 11B3
"I wish I could find some photos, but so far no luck."Don't feel bad...the Air Force is probably still looking for the camera that took the photos, anyway!
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03/03/2003 8:03:23 AM PST
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Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: polemikos
Ummm, send one to 'SayDamn' and tell him it a rocket and he can shoot it off to hit Israel, that will do that bunch of SayDamns in orbit.
To: archy
MOAB doesnt need a parachute, like the Daisy Cutter, but uses a GPS (like JDAM) and an aerodynamic body to detonate the bomb at a precise area. Thus the MOAB can be dropped from a higher altitude (like outside the range of machine-guns and rifles). Like the Daisy Cutter, MOAB is shoved out the back of a cargo aircraft (usually a C-130, but since the MOAB uses GPS and higher altitude drops, the C-17 can probably be used as well.) How does GPS and aerodynamic body make this bomb more precise?
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03/11/2003 1:27:54 PM PST
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John123
To: John123
"How does GPS and aerodynamic body make this bomb more precise?"
Instead of just falling at he mercy of the wind variations and such, the GPS information is used to controls fins that guide the bomb to a more precise target point.
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