02-03-2003 17:19									#1
	Massive Ordnance Air-burst Bomb, or MOAB Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/c...1%5E401,00.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/853354/posts

Biggest non-nuke bomb ever. The Rooskies have one, but ours is bigger.

In a related story...The town of Moab near Salt Lake is *****ing about the common name, but eh.

http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s795414.html

Can take out massed armor, headquarters units, dug-in infantry. The hope is that a few of these things go off and the Iraqi army will surrender in droves.

	02-03-2003 17:39									#2
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You're a bit of a Psychopath, aren't you, Lancer?

	02-03-2003 17:43									#3
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Prefer not to know BB?

	02-03-2003 18:24									#4
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Here we have a genuine weapon of mass destruction, as opposed to dodgy stuff like anthrax and VX.

	02-03-2003 18:43									#5
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Wow. It's ours and it's the biggest. I'm becoming engorged.

	02-03-2003 19:13									#6
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Good against soft targets, lousy against hard and hardened targets.

	02-03-2003 19:40									#7
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Most interesting from the second link:

quote: The new FAS bomb, called MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Burst) gets around some of these problems by borrowing (or licensing) from Russia research in this area.

	02-03-2003 20:04									#8
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Indeed, GWB now has the biggest Cheney.

	02-03-2003 22:54									#9
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I think I heard about this. They say it produces a mushroom cloud similar to a nuke.

I think they are just telling us it's a conventional weapon when it really is a nuke

	02-03-2003 23:43									#10
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, immensly and nonselectively destructive, name is a biblical reference, is going to be used against a muslim country.

	02-03-2003 23:48									#11
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quote: The new bomb's purpose would be the same as the daisy cutter - "to create a massive explosion"

Oh, my sides are splitting!

In other news:

quote: The new gun's purpose would be the same as the previous model's - "to shoot holes in people"

	03-03-2003 00:02									#13
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IIRC the MOAD was originally developed during the Vietnam War. It was designed to dropped on the thick triple canopy jungle so that the Air Cav (helicopter mounted infantry) could create an instant landing zone. Reportedly it did an excellent job and instantly cleared a LZ which was a half mile wide. Later, the MOAB was also used to create a Km wide "Kill Zone" in places the enemy had deeply fortified combat positions.

Apparently, the blast is so big that the shock wave causes people in the kill zone to rupture their internal organs. That meant it was perfect for use when Taliban & Al Qaeda units had dug into hill sides during the war in Afganistan. The MOAD is so big it won't fit through normal bomb bay doors and instead it is loaded onto a C-130 and pushed out of the rear loading hatch.

Pushing it out of the back door doesn't sound like the most processes means of delivery but I guess they only have to get with in 1 Km of the target so it doesn't matter.

	03-03-2003 00:08									#14
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"Ours is bigger"
Sooooooooooo consistent with every prejudices against Americans. You really are a relief to every antiamerican of these board

	03-03-2003 00:36									#15
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You can't use this thing on enemy cities.

	03-03-2003 00:41									#16
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You could, but why would you?

	03-03-2003 00:47									#17
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For instant hickory smoked civilian jerky?

	03-03-2003 00:48									#18
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I want to see pictures of this bad boy.....anyone got a link of it(preferably in action ).

	03-03-2003 02:30									#19
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indeed, a pic of this thing exploding would be a spectacular sight, almost like one of those old pics of the nuclear tests...

	03-03-2003 02:36									#20
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I'm glad you guys have had so much fun w/ my "ours is the biggest." ...it was intended as humor.

	03-03-2003 03:39									#21
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Well it is certainly fascinating, and I would like to see pictorial evidence too...

	12-03-2003 15:38									#22
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bump

	12-03-2003 16:54									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison Well it is certainly fascinating, and I would like to see pictorial evidence too...

Unfortunately it's in Swedish, but you could always look at the picture and Realplayer movie.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhet...,275138,00.html