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Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:30 pm to cubsfan5150
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also dropped from the greatest aircraft ever, the C-130
You're thinking of the A-10 as the GOAT aircraft.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:33 pm to sicboy
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EOD guy
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finding the right plane big enough to carry it that could also get far enough away from the blast after drop.
The EOD guy doesn't know what he's talking about. The MOAB is dropped by a C-130, which is far from fast.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:34 pm to tiger81
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:36 pm to tke857
Who dropped that in Yemen?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:36 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Nope, I work/worked both. The AC-130W is the meanest killing machine I've been around. Obviously the AC-130J will top it, but both are incredible.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:36 pm to tiger81
It would be more exciting to drop one of these
We made some low yield nukes back in the day, only like 300 ton yield. Uranium hyride or something like that.
We made some low yield nukes back in the day, only like 300 ton yield. Uranium hyride or something like that.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:37 pm to tke857
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U.S. just dropped the mother of all bombs ( non-nuclear)
here is one going off in yemen
youtube LINK
looked fake at first, that's bad arse. I'd hate to pick a fight with
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:38 pm to PJinAtl
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They are designed to be dropped on targets by the Boeing-made B-52 Stratofortress long-range bomber or Northrop Grumman Corp.'s B-2 stealth bomber.
I'm confused. The CNN article says that this was dropped from an MC-130. I also remember the video of the test back in the early 2000s where they dropped it from the back of a Herc.
If it is designed to be dropped from a bomber, are they making modifications to drop it from a Herc, or are they just putting it on a dolly and sliding it out?
People are mixing things up. The bomb dropped in Afghanistan is the GBU-43/B Mother of all Bombs (MOAB). It is a fuel-air bomb that's main effect is blast. It weighs 23,000 lbs, but detonates on contact.
The weapon designed for the bomber is the GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). It weighs 30,000 lbs, but only has about 5,000 lbs of explosives. The rest is an extremely hardened case so that it can penetrate hardened, deeply buried targets.
Two completely different weapons, designed for drastically different target sets.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:38 pm to cubsfan5150
quote:What's the difference other than a W or J in the name?
The AC-130W is the meanest killing machine I've been around. Obviously the AC-130J will top it, but both are incredible.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:39 pm to baldona
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What would be the point of dropping a huge bomb on people?
Trump is hooking up a bunch of stinky douche bags with 100 virgins each
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:41 pm to AUCE05
I cant believe this guy called you a snowflake lol
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:41 pm to tke857
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here is one going off in yemen
Pretty sure that's not a MOAB. Just looks like a 2,000 lb weapon to me.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:42 pm to The Mick
LINK
The W-model is a legacy version of the -130. The J-model is the newest version. It flies faster, higher and farther.
The J and W models will have very similar if not nearly the exact same weapons packages on them from what I understand.
The W-model is a legacy version of the -130. The J-model is the newest version. It flies faster, higher and farther.
The J and W models will have very similar if not nearly the exact same weapons packages on them from what I understand.
This post was edited on 4/13/17 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:45 pm to tiger81
Aloha Snackbar!
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:49 pm to FlyingTiger06
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Pretty sure that's not a MOAB. Just looks like a 2,000 lb weapon to me.
another angle...if that is only a 2klbs bomb then my god the MOAB must be a total MADD wep
LINK
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:49 pm to cubsfan5150
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:53 pm to baldona
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I thought they were usually meant for just clearing like a mountain top of say vegetation for like a base? What would be the point of dropping a huge bomb on people? Were they in a cave system maybe and that cleared all the caves of living matter?
What in the hell are you going on about?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:57 pm to tke857
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here is one going off in yemen
Big boom, but that shite couldn't even hold the MOAB's jock strap.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 12:57 pm to tiger81
Nangarhar Province, no, Nanganotgonnabetheranymar Province
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