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I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
(April 14, 2017 at 2:48 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
(April 14, 2017 at 2:36 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Actually, the weapon's main threat is the blast wave, which doesn't come into effect nearly as well in the wide-open. Confined quarters -- like a tunnel complex, if you target (one of) its openings -- make a pretty good funnel for the shock wave. Not to mention the oxygen that the combustion uses up.

I don't think that they hit one of the openings, of which, no doubt, there are many.  From what I read, the thing exploded mid-air, hundreds of feet off the ground.

Even a few hundred feet above an opening, the tunnel can and will channelize the part of the shock wave it "sees" -- which can itself be deadly. These things are smart, so hitting inside your CEP isn't that difficult.

Of course, I don't know that that is what happened; this is just speculation on my part.

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I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Jehanne - April 14, 2017 at 7:50 am
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 14, 2017 at 8:14 am
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 14, 2017 at 8:28 am
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Drich - April 14, 2017 at 10:02 am
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by brewer - April 14, 2017 at 12:38 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Thumpalumpacus - April 15, 2017 at 2:49 am
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 14, 2017 at 12:17 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 14, 2017 at 12:41 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 15, 2017 at 9:44 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 14, 2017 at 2:12 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 15, 2017 at 10:05 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 15, 2017 at 10:26 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 15, 2017 at 6:03 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 19, 2017 at 12:51 pm
RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone. - by Isis - April 19, 2017 at 2:04 pm

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