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Perhaps a small point, but isn't it nice to hear the Administration calling them "ISIS" instead of Obama's preferred "ISIL"?
 
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They must think someone important was in there. Those things aren't cheap ($14,600,000 ea. plus shipping charges).


Good Lord.


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Those things aren't cheap ($14,600,000 ea. plus shipping charges).


No shipping if you use Amazon Prime.
Yes, but then we'd have to wait 2 weeks for it to ship, and USPS would probably deliver it to the wrong location or lose it...


Or break it.

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How is that effective against caves and tunnels? Does it suck the air out and suffocate the occupants?


Probably the shock wave just colapses them in place...


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If I recall it is the gas vapor fueled bombs that consume all the oxygen in a tunnel complex to kill combatants. My recollection is that type may be of British design but am not sure. Most HE bombs get their power by creating their own oxygen during the explosion to combine with the burning/exploding material to accelerate the chemical reaction. Either way it's going to hurt like a mother if you are in the way.



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21,600 pounds.

Does it even need to go off?



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Those things aren't cheap ($14,600,000 ea. plus shipping charges).


No shipping if you use Amazon Prime.
Yes, but then we'd have to wait 2 weeks for it to ship, and USPS would probably deliver it to the wrong location or lose it...


On the plus side, if they happen to get it ANYwhere in the neighborhood, you'll pretty much know it....


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21,600 pounds.

Does it even need to go off?


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I wonder if that was something they had available in theater in case they needed it or if it was something they recently sent over.
 
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I wonder if that was something they had available in theater in case they needed it or if it was something they recently sent over.


Let's just say...this has been in the works for some time.
 
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My only complaint is the savages probably didnt suffer enough.

Oh well, Boo-yah, shitheads!
 
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Interesting this would be part of a real strategy for a change and it's a week after doing syria.


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How is that effective against caves and tunnels? Does it suck the air out and suffocate the occupants?


Probably the shock wave just colapses them in place...


Penetrator. You. Don't. Want. To. Be. Under. It.


That is a MOP not a MOAB. These are Air Burst Bombs. You are thinking about bunker busters. Those are for hardened or deeply buried caves/bunkers.

I don't want to be near either of them when they go BOOM.



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If they can make one of these that also contains glitter, I would happily contribute whatever taxes were needed to make that happen.
 
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Either way it's going to hurt like a mother if you are in the way.

Only for a micro-second


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Nice to have the adults back in charge...

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