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Old 04-13-2017, 02:46 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Old Gringo View Post
Daisy cutter?

They're impressive.

Too big to fit in a bomb bay. They're dragged out of the cargo bay of a C-130 by parachute.

At least, that's the old corps method.
yeah daisy cutter is the old vietnam era one


the GBU-43 is laser guided

 
Old 04-13-2017, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Trump shows us his big hands.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 02:47 PM
 
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I can't bring myself to read this thread because I know there will be some clown who thinks this is somehow "Trump winning," and telling that person what I think of them and their argument would definitely violate the city-data terms of service.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 02:50 PM
 
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That video is mistitled, it is an MK84 rather than a GBU43
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:03 PM
 
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Donald Trump is steadily showing the world how much of an incompetent wimp Barack Obama really was.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:03 PM
 
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It was a MOAB... 21,000 pounds in weight. Blast radius of about 300 meters.

Works great on cave compounds. And it sends a message.
Too bad we didn't have those in Vietnam. Could have shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:06 PM
 
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One thing is for sure. We won't be having any ISIS terror attacks in this country as long as Donald is president. Those camel riders will be shaking in their tents after this. I don't think he would hesitate to send a Minuteman III if they kill Americans on our home soil.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:07 PM
 
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The US just dropped the mother of all bombs on ISIS in Afghanistan -- here's what that means

“The whole point of the MOAB (Massive ordnance air blast, AKA Mother of all bombs) is that it causes over-pressure,” Dr. Adam Lowther, director of the US Air Force’s school of deterrence told Business Insider in a phone interview.

That overpressure, caused by the bomb detonating at a low altitude over the target, crushes underground tunnels and bunkers, like the kind often employed by ISIS.

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For comparison, the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II had an explosive yield of about 15 kilotons. Lowther says the MOAB doesn’t even come close, at 0.1 or 0.2 kilotons.


So what it does is push everything towards the earth's core with a crapload of pressure.
To put it in another way:

The bomb is equivalent to the power of 1 trillion Obama administration hashtags.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:10 PM
 
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Donald Trump is steadily showing the world how much of an incompetent wimp Barack Obama really was.
Look at what we are having to do to put the world right after 8 years of incompetence and weakness. Choosing top government officials based on their color and sexual orientation.

We still have a lot to clean up at home too.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:13 PM
 
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The US designed (but never employed) an even bigger conventional bomb:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-12_Cloudmaker
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