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2006-09-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-08 01:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It'd be a pity if it prematurely detonated in the munitions bunker or loading hangar.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-08 01:04|| 2006-09-08 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 See also SPACEWAR.com.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-09-08 01:14|| 2006-09-08 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Delivery mechanism: Donkey-drawn cart led by 10-year-old led to believe he'll be a martyr with a plastic key to heaven's door hanging around his neck.

Hey, Ahmadinahijab! Why don't you go over there and give that thing a tap on the nose with a hammer for good luck.

Posted by gorb 2006-09-08 01:35|| 2006-09-08 01:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The depth of the Mad Mullahs' inferiority complex is truly profound.

Posted by flyover 2006-09-08 04:23|| 2006-09-08 04:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Gee, they've made something else that the US had in WW2. Real impressive. Now load it on that allegedly "Iranian-designed" fighter they were waving around and try to get past the USAF.

Maybe they'll come up with a can opener next.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2006-09-08 09:36|| 2006-09-08 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Laurence,

If they try to hang a 2K bomb on anything resembling an F-5, it's gonna be a short, exciting ride for what will remain of the pilot's life. The F-5 did not do at all well with any kind of usable bombload, and required a truly gawdawful takeoff run just to get into the air even with a good sized belly tank.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-09-08 09:55|| 2006-09-08 09:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I would pay good money to see them try to bomb us with that thing.
Short but sweet ride for the pilots.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-09-08 10:37|| 2006-09-08 10:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Lets send them some of ours, we can blow up a few places in Iran and then we can compare how good their 2000 pounder is compared to ours then test theirs on the Taliban

Posted by A 2006-09-08 11:12|| 2006-09-08 11:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Ours is bigger. Dear Dr. Freud would have had a field day with these people.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-08 12:05|| 2006-09-08 12:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey, it ain't the size of the equipment, it's how you use it, or somehting like that......

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-08 13:54|| 2006-09-08 13:54|| Front Page Top

#11 A woman once told me, "The guy who said 'size doesn't matter', must have had a small one."

Speaking of small ones:

The Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) transition program (formerly known as Miniaturized Munitions Capability) provides the warfighter with increased kills per sortie on current and future manned and unmanned aircraft. The Small Diameter Bomb system includes two variants of the Small Diameter Bomb, a bomb carriage system, a mission planning system and logistics support. The GBU-39 variant of the 250-pound class bomb is equipped with an INS/GPS guidance system suitable for fixed and stationary targets. The GBU-40 second variant adds a terminal seeker with automatic target recognition capabilities more suitable for mobile and relocatable targets.

The Munitions Directorates successful completion of the Miniaturized Munition Technology Demonstration (MMTD) Program, provided an innovative weapon called the Small Smart Bomb. The miniaturized munition concept was a weapon that is six feet long, six inches in diameter, and weighs only 250 pounds with approximately fifty pounds of Tritonal explosive material. The weapon is effective against a majority of hardened targets previously vulnerable only to munitions in the 2,000 pound class. The Air Force Research Laboratorys Munitions Directorate set the baseline for small bomb development by successfully demonstrating the technology that will be used to further the development of a 250-pound class munition. Small Smart Bombs size will allow future fighter and bomber aircraft to carry more weapons in their weapons bays.

In other words, we can ~~bang~~ hit the Iranians just as hard and much more accurately and more often with a bomb almost ONE TENTH the weight (and probably the size) as theirs. Humiliated Persian seething in 5 ... 4 .... 3 ...

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-08 14:24|| 2006-09-08 14:24|| Front Page Top

#12 To be called MOAB, no doubt. "Mother of all Bullsh*t"

Posted by Unemble Clomolet8349 2006-09-08 15:17|| 2006-09-08 15:17|| Front Page Top

#13 We dropped a few 15,000-pound bombs during the Vietnam War. They made a nice blast pattern - nothing standing for 300-500 yards around the impact point. The only problem with it is the same problem we have with the MOAB - it takes a LARGE cargo aircraft to drop it.

One 2000lb bomb isn't going to do much damage to a US military outfit, even if it hits them. Dispersal and protective measures would keep the casualty count relatively low. Against fixed targets like cities, however, it can do serious damage. Nothing like a flight of Buffs fully loaded, but enough to make a city manager tear his hair out. We really DO need to demonstrate the full military capability of the United States to this bunch of pompous donkey-rears, and soon. Show them what a REAL fighting capability is. Two carrier-air-groups, a wing of Buffs, a wing of B-1s, and a couple of squadrons of F-22s and EB-111s for defense, all aimed at Qom or Bandar Abbas, would be a real eye-opener (and closer) for the MMs.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-09-08 18:51|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-09-08 18:51|| Front Page Top

#14 It's a laser guided bomb. Something new for the Iranians. Russia, the gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by ed 2006-09-08 20:55|| 2006-09-08 20:55|| Front Page Top

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