US forces dropped a Moab bomb in combat for the first time today.
Perhaps a small point, but isn't it nice to hear the Administration calling them "ISIS" instead of Obama's preferred "ISIL"?
April 13, 2017, 02:43 PM
RichardC
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Originally posted by 220-9er: They must think someone important was in there. Those things aren't cheap ($14,600,000 ea. plus shipping charges).
Good Lord.
April 13, 2017, 02:55 PM
tacfoley
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Originally posted by AKSuperDually:
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Originally posted by Flashlightboy:
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Originally posted by 220-9er: 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.
tac
April 13, 2017, 03:00 PM
Doc H.
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Originally posted by SBrooks:
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Originally posted by 4x5: 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.
"And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day"
April 13, 2017, 03:07 PM
bettysnephew
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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April 13, 2017, 03:16 PM
Yellow Jacket
We needed a Donald Trump 50 years ago.
We could have defeated North Vietnam easily if it hadn't been for the administration that had no intention of winning that war.
USAF Bien Hoa 1969-1970.
God's mercy: NOT getting what we deserve! God's grace: Getting what we DON'T deserve!
"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal
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April 13, 2017, 04:20 PM
SevenPlusOne
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21,600 pounds.
Does it even need to go off?
"Ninja kick the damn rabbit"
April 13, 2017, 04:22 PM
slabsides45
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Originally posted by AKSuperDually:
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Originally posted by Flashlightboy:
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Originally posted by 220-9er: 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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April 13, 2017, 04:30 PM
SIGnified
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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:
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21,600 pounds.
Does it even need to go off?
Physics nerd and brute force fan!
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
April 13, 2017, 04:51 PM
mbinky
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.
April 13, 2017, 05:04 PM
SIGguy229
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Originally posted by mbinky: 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.
April 13, 2017, 05:10 PM
DoctorSolo
My only complaint is the savages probably didnt suffer enough.
Oh well, Boo-yah, shitheads!
April 13, 2017, 05:15 PM
jhe888
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Originally posted by Ryanp225: They say that the best weapon is the one that you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree! I prefer... the weapon you only have to fire once. That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it... and it's worked out pretty well so far.
