I see these headed to Iran in the near future,
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| Author: | 262crew [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-1 ... ready.html |
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| Author: | the330thbg [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
I see these headed to Iran in the near future,
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
the beehive is definetely swirling in the mid east!! the next generation bomber is on paper / computer..... dubbed the 2018 bomber. how much are they going to cost?? i've read where super aircraft carriers are now cost prohibitive & there will be no more. the new fad will be high tech ww 2 sized essex carriers. i read where an allied mid east country is buying some of those big assed 30 thousand boom booms. where does it end?? |
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| Author: | the330thbg [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
tom d. friedman wrote: i read where an allied mid east country is buying some of those big assed 30 thousand boom booms. That.., would be Israel! Look out Iran! |
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| Author: | The Inspector [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
What was the designator for that artillery tube turned down and into the casing for the C&C bunker buster that we all watched go throught the roof of that building in Iraq during Gulf War #1? |
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| Author: | the330thbg [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
lol Those were great! GBU-28's at just 5,000lb with a mere 630lbs of HE. But they did the job. Israel has about 100 of those puppies sitting around as well. Surely designated when Iran turns their energy reactors into weapons. |
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| Author: | The Inspector [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
I was thinking about the BLU-115. An artillery tube around 8in in diameter was turned on a lathe to lighten it and the casing was upended and filled by 5 gallon buckets of warmed explosive, and I've heard it went on to a C-130 while still warm from the explosives, and I think was dropped from an Aardvark using PAVE LOW I believe. I know an inert one was test dropped and digging for it was given up after 30 or 40 feet of excavating. |
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| Author: | the330thbg [ Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
Quote: The initial batch of GBU-28s was built from modified 8 inch/203 mm artillery barrels (principally from deactivated M110 howitzers), but later examples were purpose-built.[3] They weigh 4,700 pounds (2132 kg) and contain 630 pounds (286 kg) of high explosive. The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and the munition guides itself to the spot of laser light reflected from the target.
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| Author: | b29flteng [ Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
Back to the future..... http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... allboy.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... ns/t12.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-12_Cloudmaker |
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| Author: | the330thbg [ Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 30,000LB. Bunker buster! |
ahhhh. the 'Daisy Cutters' Totally different concept.., but YIKES! Able to turn entire neighborhoods into vats of potted jam in a second! |
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