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2005-09-15 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-15 09:58|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Improvise, adapt, overcome...

Posted by Raj 2005-09-15 10:37|| 2005-09-15 10:37|| Front Page Top

#2 They don't make the nice "clang" of a cartoon anvil, though.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-15 10:40|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-15 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Why Concrete Filled Bombs are Useful

up next, Concrete Bombs w/# 24 re-bar.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-09-15 10:52|| 2005-09-15 10:52|| Front Page Top

#4 High tech version of the catapult stone. There is always something fullfilling about watching a rock moving at high speeds smash something.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-09-15 11:00|| 2005-09-15 11:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Acme Industries' anvil project ran into cost overruns.

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-15 11:09|| 2005-09-15 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 mmurray - lol! Basically your highly accurate seige engine starts at 10,000 ft high?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-15 11:12|| 2005-09-15 11:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Start them in low earth orbit next.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2005-09-15 11:50|| 2005-09-15 11:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Brings to mind the "Hush-a-Boom" or is it "Hush-a-Bomb" from "Clear and Present Danger"

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-09-15 13:07|| 2005-09-15 13:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Wonder if some of them ended up in the New Orleans levees.

Posted by john">john 2005-09-15 13:12|| 2005-09-15 13:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Nah, for the New Orleans levees we used the laser guided ice bombs. They melt and don't leave a trace.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-09-15 14:32|| 2005-09-15 14:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Mahmoud,

I have some experience in these matters. They are highly effective! You may want to consider stocking up in ACME regeneration pills.

Posted by Wil E. Coyote 2005-09-15 15:53|| 2005-09-15 15:53|| Front Page Top

#12 The original "Hush-A-Bomb" was the main espionage target of Boris and Natasha on the "Bullwinkle" cartoon.

Posted by SR-71 2005-09-15 19:24|| 2005-09-15 19:24|| Front Page Top

#13 I think a JDAM kit on an ACME anvil would be a hoot.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-09-15 22:11|| 2005-09-15 22:11|| Front Page Top

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