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2007-03-28 Science & Technology

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Posted by 3dc 2007-03-28 00:57|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Especially for delivery in a B-52. That would be a MegaMoab.

Posted by Alaska Paul at Homer, Alaska">Alaska Paul at Homer, Alaska 2007-03-28 01:47|| 2007-03-28 01:47|| Front Page Top

#2 OOH! Looks like someone is coordinating press releases and leaks now! So far so good, as long as it means what I think it means! :-)

Posted by gorb 2007-03-28 02:43|| 2007-03-28 02:43|| Front Page Top

#3 The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) announced on 15 March the successful test of a 30,000 lb (13,600 kg) conventional bomb, which is designed to destroy hardened underground facilities.

This one's for you, Mahmoud, baby.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-28 02:54|| 2007-03-28 02:54|| Front Page Top

#4 The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency

That would be reduction, as in 'Your facility is reduced to a pile of rubble'.

Posted by phil_b 2007-03-28 04:23|| 2007-03-28 04:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Wonder how much of it is explosives. The 5,000 pound GBU-28 is only 630 pounds of tritonal, the rest is iron.

Posted by gromky 2007-03-28 04:29|| 2007-03-28 04:29|| Front Page Top

#6 It's called the "Massive Ordnance Penetrator," or "MOP" for short.

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "mopping up."

Posted by Mike 2007-03-28 05:59|| 2007-03-28 05:59|| Front Page Top

#7 woid problem: with a strap on solid fuel rocket pack. 30,000 lbs + plus rocket pack.

Dropped from 50,000 feet, terminal velocity @ ground, 2000 thousand MPH [rocket assist].

13607.7711 kilos
4473.88 m/s velocity

Kinetic Energy @ ground-pound point =
136,183,866,953.2596 Joules. [not counting explosive]

140 grn bullet moving at speed of 1000 ft per second = 40 Joule [way approx]

1 foot pound = 1.3558179 Joule

1 joule = 0.000947817 Btu
proof math..

mathBhard I forgot the question.

Posted by RD 2007-03-28 06:09|| 2007-03-28 06:09|| Front Page Top

#8 136,183,866,953.2596 Joules = 1 Godamighty Wallop

Posted by Mike 2007-03-28 06:34|| 2007-03-28 06:34|| Front Page Top

#9 And whats best, no radioactive fallout to deal with.

That's American ingenuity.

In WWII, the Air Force use to write on the ordinance before dropping them. I image they probably did it in the later wars too.

Sarcastic suggestions as to what to write are on these puppies welcomed.

Posted by Delphi2005 2007-03-28 08:37|| 2007-03-28 08:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Delphi-

I know one popular one my old B-52 unit uded during Desert Storm was, "If you can read this...you're dead."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-28 08:54|| 2007-03-28 08:54|| Front Page Top

#11 I've seen one that makes me giggle. On the bottom of the bomb they wrote, "Bad guy goes here"

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-03-28 10:05|| 2007-03-28 10:05|| Front Page Top

#12 Darth, "Point this end at the Kaaba"

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-03-28 10:21|| 2007-03-28 10:21|| Front Page Top

#13 "This side towards enemy"

"For external use only"

"WARNING: Contents under pressure"

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-03-28 10:26|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-03-28 10:26|| Front Page Top

#14 "I can't believe it's not butter."

I know this one is a bit oblique but they will have plenty of time to figure it out in Orc paradise.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-03-28 10:53|| 2007-03-28 10:53|| Front Page Top

#15 "Removal of this tag is punishable by law."

Posted by Perfesser 2007-03-28 11:40|| 2007-03-28 11:40|| Front Page Top

#16 136,183,866,953.2596 J...wow...16 significant figures...

Posted by Chemist 2007-03-28 12:11|| 2007-03-28 12:11|| Front Page Top

#17 "Heads up!" always made me laugh.

Posted by GORT 2007-03-28 12:31|| 2007-03-28 12:31|| Front Page Top

#18 I just thought of another one:

"DUCK!"

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-03-28 12:39|| 2007-03-28 12:39|| Front Page Top

#19 Wow that's bigger than the WW2 bomb called Grand Slam.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-03-28 14:24|| 2007-03-28 14:24|| Front Page Top

#20 "Allah oh sh**"

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2007-03-28 14:32|| 2007-03-28 14:32|| Front Page Top

#21 During GWI, our carrier's Morale Suppression Squad made us discontinue the practice of writing on bombs hung on the trusty Intruder soon to be delivered. No good reason was given, but I later found out the head of the MSS was a Hornet driver so I think there was a little Delivery Envy there ( 26K of bombs vs. 9)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-03-28 14:46|| 2007-03-28 14:46|| Front Page Top

#22 136,183,866,953.2596 J...wow...16 significant figures..

Or about 32 tons equivalent of high explosive.

Posted by Valentine 2007-03-28 14:50|| 2007-03-28 14:50|| Front Page Top

#23 HIJACK THIS FAGS.

http://www.confluere.com/img/bomb.jpg

Posted by Anon4021 2007-03-28 15:22|| 2007-03-28 15:22|| Front Page Top

#24 Here, catch this one!!!

Posted by Delphi2005 2007-03-28 16:15|| 2007-03-28 16:15|| Front Page Top

#25 You've your suicide boomers, and we've ...

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-28 17:17|| 2007-03-28 17:17|| Front Page Top

#26 "Aloha"
It means hello and goodbye

Posted by flash91 2007-03-28 17:38|| 2007-03-28 17:38|| Front Page Top

#27 On the blast door in an ICBM silo:
"Delivered in 30 minutes or less or your next one is free"

Posted by exJAG 2007-03-28 18:42|| 2007-03-28 18:42|| Front Page Top

#28 30 nanosecond delivery or it's free.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-28 19:15|| 2007-03-28 19:15|| Front Page Top

#29 "Candygram"

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-28 19:17|| 2007-03-28 19:17|| Front Page Top

#30 Telegram for AhMongohad.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-03-28 19:27|| 2007-03-28 19:27|| Front Page Top

#31 "Back In The Well, Bitch!"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-28 19:59|| 2007-03-28 19:59|| Front Page Top

#32 "Here comes the 'BOOM!' ready or not"

Posted by Mike 2007-03-28 23:41|| 2007-03-28 23:41|| Front Page Top

#33 Yo' ass is mine.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-28 23:57|| 2007-03-28 23:57|| Front Page Top