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2003-01-08 Axis of Evil

US To Use Magnetic Bombs In Invasion Of Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-01-08 01:55 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lots of people in the middle east having attacks of hysteria once they realized they had angrily declared "jihad" against the worlds greatest superpower, the one with dozens of nuclear power submarines and aircraft carriers.

I think they also have figured out that americans may have come from europe, but they arent european. When attacked, americans stop negotiating and start exterminating.

This a lesson the japanese/germans/spanish/mexico/sioux/british have learned over the years. It might have been worth the long distance charges to drop a call to the japanese for example and ask and ask them "Say, we were thinking of declaring war against the american people, any thoughts?"

I'm thinking "Jihad" must mean "What the hell were we thinking".

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-01-08 13:54:47|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-01-08 13:54:47|| Front Page Top

#2 I think instead of "BC2", they meant to say CBU = Cluster Bomb Unit. Which include this beauty:
"The Sensor Fuzed Weapon [SFW] is an unpowered, top attack, wide area, cluster munition, designed to achieve multiple kills per aircraft pass against enemy armor and support vehicles. After release, the TMD opens and dispenses the ten submunitions which are parachute stabilized. Each of the 10 BLU-108/B submunitions contains four armor-penetrating projectiles with infrared sensors to detect armored targets. At a preset altitude sensed by a radar altimeter, a rocket motor fires to spin the submunition and initiate an ascent. The submunition then releases its four projectiles, which are lofted over the target area. The projectile's sensor detects a vehicle's infrared signature, and an explosively formed penetrator fires at the heat source. If no target is detected after a period of time, the projectiles automatically explode after a preset time interval, causing damage to material and personnel." There's your 40 small missles, VOI.

Posted by Steve 2003-01-08 14:17:15|| 2003-01-08 14:17:15|| Front Page Top

#3 And here is their "microwise bomb". Space Daily says: "Military experts say the Pentagon has developed a series of accurate and powerful new weapons, including a microwave bomb, that could be used in a war against Iraq. The electromagnetic E-bomb, designed to destroy electronic nerve centers, could already be in the US arsenal, although Washington has not announced it publicly. While it does not kill people, it is capable of causing burns. On top of that, the E-bomb "could sever communications between Saddam Hussein and troops that might be ordered to use chemical and biological weapons," said John Pike, a military affairs expert. "It could freeze weapons of mass destruction, at least that would be the hope," he added. "
EMP bomb, or more likely cruise missle will fry all unshielded electronics in its area of coverage. Some of the Russian stuff was built to handle a EMP pulse, but the shields and grounding would have to have been carefully maintained.

Posted by Steve 2003-01-08 14:38:29|| 2003-01-08 14:38:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Asymmetrical warfare: The big guy has a seriously overdeveloped right arm.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-01-08 14:38:48|| 2003-01-08 14:38:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Shhhhh, don't mention the nano-bombs we have. Woops! Did I say nan^H^H^H.....uhhh, pretend you never heard anything I said....

;)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-01-08 16:48:29|| 2003-01-08 16:48:29|| Front Page Top

#6 The SFW has been around since the mid 80s. When each little cannister submunition is dispensed, a little fin on it makes it wobble so the infrared detector on the bottom actually scans in a spiral pattern on its way down. If fires the instant it sees a heat souce. The penetrator is amazing, somehow changing shape from a lense shaped disk to a kind of arrowhead shape when fired from the way the explosion is controlled.

Posted by John K 2003-01-08 18:32:35|| 2003-01-08 18:32:35|| Front Page Top

#7 The penetrator is amazing, somehow changing shape from a lense shaped disk to a kind of arrowhead shape when fired from the way the explosion is controlled

COOOOOL

Posted by Frank G 2003-01-08 18:40:16|| 2003-01-08 18:40:16|| Front Page Top

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