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| Inexplicably MOAB becomes a museum piece |
| 2004-05-21 |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #13 MOAB - Northwest Fallujah? Oops I'm being mean. But, wouldn't that help Sadr see some virgins, or was he elsewhere! Oops I'm being mean again. Sorry - It's Friday. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-21 7:42:38 PM |
| #12 I read the Global Security article and raised a glass to the late, great Barnes Wallis, designer of the Grand Slam and the Tallboy in WW2. Also the Bouncing Bomb of Dambusters fame. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2004-05-21 7:39:59 PM |
| #11 The MOAB was designed to clear an area to become a fire base or landing zone, as was the "Daisy Cutter", not as an anti-personnel or anti-materiel device. Brass. |
| Posted by: Brass 2004-05-21 4:03:13 PM |
| #10 MOAB was only meant as a stopgap. Something that has to be rolled out the back of a C-130 at 20,000 ft is not an optimum weapon. Maybe the replacement will fit inside a REAL Bomber. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4904 2004-05-21 12:21:31 PM |
| #9 MOAB was nothing more than a propaganda weapon. If it made Iraqis quake in their boots, great. |
| Posted by: Gromky 2004-05-21 11:33:19 AM |
| #8 Spot: Been there (with the Cub Pack*), seen that. It just struck me in particular that they had specimens of the currently-in-service Things That Go BOOM In The Night prominently on display. *My 8-year old couldn't tear himself away from the WW2 gallery. The boy has good taste in airplanes. His favorite movie is Battle of Britain. "I'm proud of you, son." |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-05-21 11:31:31 AM |
| #7 Mike-The Air Force Museum also has LOTS of bombs including mock-ups of the fatman and little boy atomic bombs of WWII, and a fusion bomb under the B-52. Those boys are proud of their toys! |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-05-21 10:16:50 AM |
| #6 KA-BOOOOOMM!!! |
| Posted by: Topless Skateboard Nun 2004-05-21 10:01:51 AM |
| #5 TSN, for pictures check out this Global Security article. Scroll down for lots of pics. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-05-21 9:51:47 AM |
| #4 There's a "Daisy Cutter" (BLU-82) and a "Bunker Buster" (GBU-28) in the USAF Museum in Dayton. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-05-21 9:08:31 AM |
| #3 More to the point, it can't be used in a guerilla war in urban terrain - the chance of actual civilian casualties (as opposed to AFP "civilian casualties") is probably 100%. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-05-21 9:01:20 AM |
| #2 Picture on web anywhere - must be the size of a truck!? |
| Posted by: Topless Skateboard Nun 2004-05-21 8:54:32 AM |
| #1 The military created 14 MOABs – officially an acronym for Massive Ordnance Air Blast – but none was used in the war. There are no current plans to make more of the 21,000-pound bombs, the largest guided air-delivered munition in history One on display, two tested, rest on the shelf, plans in the computer in case they need more. It's a very specialized weapon, suitable only for use against large area targets with no air defense. Most targets are better attacked with smaller precision weapons dropped in someone's backpocket. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-05-21 8:51:42 AM |