| From: | Jason 'Ding' Dowd jdowd@****.edu |
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| Subject: | [OT] Fuel - Air Bomb |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Apr 1999 09:31:43 -0700 |
>> The most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the U.S. military's arsenal is an
>> 18,000lb conventional dumb bomb. We used a couple in Vietnam, and we used
>
> Could you describe that too me. Again, that sounds a little big to
>be packed into a case that can be carried by strike craft, but about
>the right size for a BLU-32. And your utilization counts are about
>right, if we are thinking of the same thing, but the smallest thing that
>the US uses that can carry it is a C-130.
Correct. I never said that the 18k bomb could be mounted
on a strike aircraft. :) IIRC it's simply a huge
cylindrical tube packed with explosives. (I don't
know what explosive filler is used, but I'm pretty
sure it is something more efficient than simple
TNT.) The C-130 can carry it, as can the B-52. I
would assume the B-1 and B-2 could carry it as
well, but I don't know that for sure. In Vietnam
they were dropped by C-130s and B-52s, and in
DS I believe it was dropped by a C-130.
Jason "Ding" Dowd
http://home.san.rr.com/jdowd
"There is no problem in this world that cannot be solved by the
judicious application of high explosives."
