MOAB

[SPEEDO]

I can't wait to see the video of what this bad boy is gonna look like when it goes off..........

MOAB

[Chuckiechan]

I hope the first one is used on Saddam's favorite palace, and I hope that palace is within sight of Bagdad. And I hope we annouce it!

[Bill in SD, CA]

11 tons! Should be good.



Bill

[vass0922]

So essentially it loads up the air with flammable air vapor and then ignites it?
Do we have other bombs that approach it in this manner?
What kind of area would this effect? I'm guessing this would not be a bomb for a single building, unless it was a rather large factory or something.
Basically what would be the scale of its explosion?

[nurdonsite2]

and this isn't a "weapon of mass distruction"?

[Toadman]

FAE bombs(Fuel-air explosives) clear minefields thru sheer overpressure. A cloud mist is discharged and ignited. They litterally can suck the oxygen out of a given area and rupture eardrums over long distances. Still a MOAB is cleaner than a carpet bomb strike by B-52's.

MOAB = Mother Of All Bombs. Remember Saddam had that unfinished "supergun" under construction in 1991? Luckily it was dismantled.

[Brainchild]

ABC News Link

This says the only video taken was from a chase plane

I wanted to see the video too,21,000 pounds Should be intresting to say the least

[Chuckiechan]

I don't think it worked right! The image that I saw wasn't great, but I didn't see a "pressure wave" that high explosives usually create. Also, not a lot of "flash" that usually preceeds a pressure wave, plus a lot of lingering fire afterwards. Also, the cloud was rising too slow for the amount of heat something like that creates. It's as if it was lit off underground.

IMHO...

We'll have to see

Originally posted by nurdonsite2
and this isn't a "weapon of mass distruction"?

Ah!

But you see its a US "Mother Of All Bombs" so how can it be a WOMD?

WOMD are only in Middle East and other "wacko" countries. And since the US is not a wacko country to make such a device and destroy another country, is it?

Makes sense, no?

So, logically, its not a WOMD.

[SPEEDO]

The video is up on my link this morning.................