US working on a 13,600 kg bomb
The United States plans to develop an experimental 30,000-pound (13,600 kg) bomb, the biggest in its inventory, aimed at destroying deeply buried targets beyond the reach of existing bombs, the Air Force said on Friday.
The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, would be about one-third heavier than the 21,000-pound Massive Ordnance Air Blast, MOAB, dropped twice last year in “live” tests at a range in Florida.
Yowza! Thanks to Back Country Conservative for the link.
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That’s some bomb, all right, but it still won’t disturb anything with more than about a dozen feet of dirt over it. It’s remarkable how quickly packed-down dirt will attenuate a conventional explosive blast.
Now, if they teach it how to burrow into the ground searching for a buried structure, that’ll be something to write home about.
Ah, but if the charge was a little nuke….
Ah, but if it has a little nuke…
What a bunch of eyewash. A suitcase neutron nuke would do the same job and probably much cheaper in that WE ALREADY HAVE THEM!!!!! All that is needed is to attach it to an existing burrowing conventional bunker buster type munition like the ones used in Afghanistan. They dug down from 100 to 300 feet before detonating. Also, consider detonating at these depths will limit fallout and residual radiation by using neutron nukes (3 days?).
Using C-130s and C-17s is rediculous on the face of it. It is a total waste of our VERY limited “trash hauling” capability. If we need someting so big as 30,000 pound conventional munition we might as well go nuclear anyway. I truly hope the Pentagon has something better to spend their money on, which I am sure they do. Jeeeez
Why just target hardened sites? Let’s see if the vile turbans can be hardened.