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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #1

    MOAB bomb tested

    1:00 pm @ Eglin AFB in Floridas panhandle. Mushroom cloud visible for many miles....



    21,000 pounds. Note the folding fins and satellite guidance package on the rear. Video is supposed to be coming from the DoD later this afternoon.

    Dr. Mordrid
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 11 March 2003, 12:25.
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps
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    • Jammrock
      The Berserker
      • Aug 1999
      • 8661
      #2
      Big badda boom!

      Any pics of the explosion yet?

      Jammrock
      “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
      –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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        • Dr Mordrid
          Moderator
          • Apr 2001
          • 26592
          #3
          Looking hard.

          I'd have given my eye teeth to see that test (from a safe distance)

          Dr. Mordrid
          Dr. Mordrid
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          An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

          I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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            • Admiral
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 2000
              • 3125
              #4
              Mushroom cloud !?

              What exactly is a MOAB bomb ?

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                • Tjalfe
                  Super MURCer
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 3053
                  #5
                  Mother Of All Bombs?
                  We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


                  i7-920, 6GB DDR3-1600, HD4870X2, Dell 27" LCD

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                    • Ant
                      Administrator
                      • Aug 1999
                      • 2375
                      #6
                      Did someone report seeing Bin Laden on vacation in Florida?

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                        • Admiral
                          Super MURCer
                          • Aug 2000
                          • 3125
                          #7
                          Originally posted by tjalfe
                          Mother Of All Bombs?
                          Well, thanks

                          conventional or nuke ?
                          Last edited by Admiral; 11 March 2003, 13:05.

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                            • Paddy
                              Super MURCer
                              • Mar 2000
                              • 6067
                              #8
                              Originally posted by tjalfe
                              Mother Of All Bombs?
                              LOL!

                              see http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40272
                              The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                                • Brian R.
                                  Super MURCer
                                  • Aug 1999
                                  • 3874
                                  #9
                                  Massive Ordnance Air Burst

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                                    • Admiral
                                      Super MURCer
                                      • Aug 2000
                                      • 3125
                                      #10
                                      see http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40272 [/B]
                                      aha

                                      (seemed rather odd testing nukes in Florida)

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                                        • Paddy
                                          Super MURCer
                                          • Mar 2000
                                          • 6067
                                          #11
                                          well it gets rid of the tourists!
                                          The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                                            • SpiralDragon
                                              Super MURCer
                                              • May 2002
                                              • 3548
                                              #12
                                              i thought the idea was to get rid of terorists...... but seriously thos of you proud of this acheevment think again.... that is just one more WMD to add to the list... the world is geting scarier.... i was thinking of imigrating to canada now i belive that pluto is a safer location...
                                              "They say that dreams are real only as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?"

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                                                • KRSESQ
                                                  Super MURCer
                                                  • Feb 2000
                                                  • 3224
                                                  #13
                                                  This is a kitchen match compared to some of the stuff in the world's arsenals. Ironically, weapons like this were intended to make tactical nukes obsolete. All the punch, none of the fallout.

                                                  Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this bad boy have the same yield as the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs (and weigh about the same)?

                                                  Kevin

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                                                    • Jon P. Inghram
                                                      Super MURCer
                                                      • Oct 1999
                                                      • 3878
                                                      #14
                                                      Don't worry about "Weapons of Mass Destruction", the world is covered with natural explosives (Resurgent Calderas) that are more than capable of causing rather serious problems.

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                                                        • Jon P. Inghram
                                                          Super MURCer
                                                          • Oct 1999
                                                          • 3878
                                                          #15
                                                          The Hiroshima bomb was roughly 15 kilotons, that's 30,000,000 pounds, THIRTY MILLION. That MOAB is in the 21000 pound range.

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