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America drops "largest non-nuclear bomb in history" on Afganistan
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America drops "largest non-nuclear bomb in history" on Afganistan
April 13, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Quote:A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said.

They said the target was an ISIS tunnel and cave complex as well as personnel in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province

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I don't know what to think about this.  If no civilians were killed, that'd be good. It seems we just cannot get out of the middle east.  Sad
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April 13, 2017 at 1:44 pm
Chemical explosive device, lest we be wasting neutrons . . . .
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April 13, 2017 at 1:51 pm (This post was last modified: April 13, 2017 at 1:52 pm by brewer.)
I don't understand why an in air detonation bomb is being used on a tunnel/cave complex. Seems that tunnels and caves calls for bunker busters.

Maybe they had an outdoor picnic scheduled.
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April 13, 2017 at 1:53 pm
Well, they had this new toy and they were just dying to use it.........
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April 13, 2017 at 1:59 pm
Might be able to adjust the detonation altitude to 'tune' the concussion to the expected structural integrity/depth of the existing tunnel complex.

I'd assume bare rock excavation, there not being much in the way locally of trees for lumber shoring, or concrete/rebar for even sturdier reinforcement.

Also note, even if a tunnel does not collapse, spalling from the rock surface in a confined space can be an entirely unpleasant weapon effect too . . .
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April 13, 2017 at 2:02 pm
[Image: 1280px-MOABprototype.jpg]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_M..._Air_Blast
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April 13, 2017 at 2:06 pm
I'm thinking they just thought it was big enough to cave in the tunnels. Bigger is always better, amirigt?
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April 13, 2017 at 2:41 pm
I don't know that it's necessary to cave in the tunnels - though it would be preferable, to deny future use. I would think that overpressure and spalling would wreak havoc on the occupants.
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April 13, 2017 at 2:44 pm
(April 13, 2017 at 2:41 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I don't know that it's necessary to cave in the tunnels - though it would be preferable, to deny future use.  I would think that overpressure and spalling would wreak havoc on the occupants.

the spalling would seriously rip apart anyone getting caught in that blast
i say we drop 1 or 2 more to be sure.
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April 13, 2017 at 3:10 pm
If it's caves and tunnels, why aren't we using exploding bats? 

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