Howdy!

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Postmark
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> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 2:59 PM -0400, "Phil Pugliese (via tml list)"
> <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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>> [I'd sure like to see the before & after photo recon!]
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>> FYI;
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>> US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan
>>
>> (RNN) - The U.S Air Force dropped a MOAB bomb in the Nangahar Province in
>> Afghanistan on a suspected ISIS target, military officials told CNN.
>> The bomb was dropped on a target in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan,
>> near its border with Pakistan.
>> Called "the mother of all bombs," the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast
>> is a large-yield conventional bomb.
>> The MOAB is 30 feet long and weight 21,000 pounds. It detonates about six
>> feet off the ground, maximizing the range of its destructive power.
>> It leaves a blast radius of a mile in each direction.
>> This is apparently the first time the bomb has been used in combat, though
>> it has been tested in various places, including at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.
>>
>> Copyright 2017 Raycom News Network. All rights reserved.
>
> I'm left wondering why the USAF designed and built such pointless bomb.
>
> If the target is on top of the ground, a number of smaller bombs would do
> the job.
>
> If the target is underground, one of Barnes Wallis's 10ton Grand Slam
> "Earthquake" bombs detonating 10's of metres underground would be more
> effective.
>
> I mean, it's not as if we didn't let you play with a couple in 1946.
>
> ;-)
>
As I understand it, this bomb is designed to generate one monstrous shock
wave/overpressure wave. The idea here was to get the blast wave deep into
caves and tunnels.

yours,
Michael

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