Test of Massive Air Force Bomb Set for Tuesday at Eglin AFB (Florida)

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[Humidston]

Dummy question - I have a friend in Destin. Will they hear it??

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Ohhh Sadddaaaaaam! We got a little somethin' for ya. Come get some.

[JamminJAY]

Sure can’t fault the military or American business for not delivering a perfect product. These guys like to be blown up, this should blow them up real good.

Jammer

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It's designed to be air dropped from a C-130, so it also be dropped from almost all USAF air cargo planes, the C-141, C-5, or C-17.

[We Happy Few]

Why waste a perfectly fine mega-daisy-cutter? Why not test it in the field?

[yarddog]

According to what they have said, it shouldn't be heard in Destin, but I now live about 60 miles from Eglin main and about 30 from the closest bombing range, and I regularly hear what I think is bombs going off, can't imagine what else it could be.

[Lawdoc]

Isn't a Cameroon a type of cookie...

[ModelBreaker]

They may be testing it now for North Korea. The problem there is that the NK's have tons of artillery within range of Seoul. So if we bomb their plutonium "factories", they can devastate Seoul before we can destroy the artillery with conventional weapons. The only current alternative is to preempt by attacking the artillery with tactical nuclear weapons. Saves Seoul--but we have to cross the nuclear threshold to do it.

I read that the MOAB is actually powerful enough to create a mushroom cloud. A preemptive strike using MOABs may be a non-nuclear alternative in NK.

Pure speculation alert.

[MindBender26]

Drop your coc* and grab your socks, Cletus
It's gonna be showtime in LA! (Lower Alabama)
We haven't had this much fun since the pitcher show burned down!

[jwalburg]

I hope someone posts a photo of the mushroom cloud it's supposed to produce!

[VRWC_minion]

Another reason for delay to attack Iraq after the satelite

[nwrep]

This is a picture? What plane can carry it?

A B-52 or a B-2 Spirit (shown below)

[PhilDragoo]

[scooby321]

I;ll See I Live 10 miles from Elgin

[snippy_about_it]

Ping for MOAB

[Sam Cree]

Wonder if we can hear it in Miami?

[PhilDragoo]

MOAB is a highly destructive and terrifying weapon. If used in Iraq, it would demoralize any Iraqi troops in the vicinity who survived the explosion. The force of a MOAB explosion is sufficient to knock over tanks and kill any people within several hundred meters of the detonation.

Everyone likes something new, and, Saddam, this new BLU's for you.

Heh heh, etcetera.

[Humidston]

Thanks!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"Say Hello to my Lil Fren..."