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| The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Will Be the Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever |
| 2009-08-10 |
| The Pentagon is trying to speed up the deployment of an ultra-large bunker-busting bomb, which would constitute the largest non-nuclear bomb the U.S. has ever used. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, is a 30,000-pound bomb that would dive deeper than any previous bomb, and could be strapped to B-2 or B-52 bombers by July of 2010. GBU-24: This GBU-24 bunker buster is tiny in comparison to the new MOP. The MOP is 20 feet long and can penetrate bunkers up to 200 feet before exploding. At 15 tons, the MOP is a third heavier than the previous "mother of all bombs", the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, which was only 10.5 tons. The MOP also packs a whopping 5,300 lbs of explosives, which is 10 times the amount its predecessor bunker-buster, the BLU-109, carried. Basically, it's massive. Pant...pant.....Whoa..... Occidental gun sex |
| Posted by:whitecollar redneck |
| #9 #7 IG9686 Is that where your ex lives? No. Dear Leader Zero. |
| Posted by: Injun Grinesing9686 2009-08-10 18:05 |
| #8 I would guess it's the coordinates of the White House. Or possibly the Capitol. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-08-10 18:05 |
| #7 IG9686 Is that where your ex lives? |
| Posted by: Lord garth 2009-08-10 16:29 |
| #6 Short round are you paying attention? Me thinks there is only one possible scenario for needing something like this. This could be a fun youtube video. I'm way past the gun sex thing but I do like a really nice explosion once in a while. |
| Posted by: James Carville 2009-08-10 15:50 |
| #5 Maybe they can test it here: N38° 53.8128' W77° 2.1482' |
| Posted by: Injun Grinesing9686 2009-08-10 15:34 |
| #4 "He's going to be very popular..." -- Young Frankenstein |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-08-10 14:02 |
| #3 AP, maybe, but I'm sure the human operators are. Think ballons filled with strawberry jam. :-/ |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-08-10 10:21 |
| #2 Well, what'll it do on the Richter Scale? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-08-10 06:27 |
| #1 I wonder if the centrifuges for U235 enrichment are susceptible to shock waves from such a bomb. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-08-10 01:13 |