30,000LB. Bunker buster!

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-1 ... ready.html

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

I see these headed to Iran in the near future, :twisted:

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:59 pm

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??

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

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!

The Inspector · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:53 pm

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?

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

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.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:42 pm

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.

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

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.

b29flteng · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:06 am

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

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

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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