Bomb name makes town unhappy (BBC) Okay, so I admit I'm having some problems taking this seriously: (1) This name controversy is just funny. (2) I'm going to guess it's a typographical error and say Massive Ordinance Air Burst instead. (3) Nonetheless, that's a really stupid name for a weapon. (4) Pack the force of a small nuclear weapon? You're kidding me, right?! So, I'm curious what people think about big weapons. Is it that a nuclear bomb is radioactive? Otherwise, then, the destruction is okay? Help me out here .... Wouldn't this count as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction"? You can't possibly sell me on the idea that this is intended for "surgical bombing". It's an airburst. So what are we talking about here, anyway? A "small nuclear weapon"? Is that just a one-mile blast radius or something? Instead of five to twelve? Do we get another "Napalm girl" photo from this one? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! :m: peace :m:, Tiassa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! (D'oh! I screwed up the poll. Now I can't remember what the "T" word was supposed to be. Oh, well.)
The universe will smile should Moab residents reverse their opinion and vote to change their city's name to "Boom". Otherwise, it will continue to largely ignore them without much comment.
Fragmentation? You're serveral Newtonian orders of magnitude off the mark. Try "Feynmenian", if you wish the acronym any hope of working.
Surely you must be joking. Mr Feynman? Yes. Dam. I wish I'd thought of that, GPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Mother Of All Bombs to test in Florida US to test "Mother of All Bombs" in Florida (Reuters/Yahoo) Well, this answers my question of how the bomb achieves the force of a "small nuclear device" (see BBC article in topic post). A friend of mine, a student of Tibetan Buddhism, commented back in October, 2001, that invading the Hindu Kush had, historically, proven foolhardy. I see mention of Tora Bora and our Daisy-Cutters and can only think: It somehow wasn't enough. Yet I would imagine this bomb has been in the making since the Clinton administration, at least. I have no idea, though. But "shock and awe" may be exactly correct. I seriously hope CNN or somebody gets some distant footage of one of these things going off in Iraq so people can see it. So we'll trade scorched earth for presidential palaces; but can you imagine this thing going off over Baghdad? Think of it: It's a weapon of mass destruction. It has the force of a small nuclear device; as a weapon it will be somewhat indiscriminate about what's in its blast radius. The whole point of this weapon is that we've agreed to not set off a nuclear device. Apparently, this is only for environmental concerns, as we still want to do the damage. The air around you, the very sky above, will catch on fire and all within the grasp of this bomb will be set alight. The strategic advantage is that it might incinerate any biological or chem stocks readied for use, but to the other, if Hussein is still hiding that much stuff, isn't this bomb the kind of stuff that leads an insane, power-hungry dictator to use such ugly weapons? When the bullet hits the bone? How about when the sun hits the sky and the world is reborn less than a mile overhead .... It spreads a flammable mist over the target, then ignites it, producing a highly destructive blast. :m:, Tiassa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Phack! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! The U.S. Air Force successfully tested the most powerful conventional bomb in its arsenal on March 11, 2003, sending a mushroom cloud billowing into the sky over its Florida test range. It was the first test of the 21,000-pound MOAB explosive device nicknamed the 'mother of all bombs.' (DOD/Reuters) Air Force tests 21,000-pound bomb in Florida (Yahoo/AP) Image/caption credit: Yahoo Commentary Okay. You know--at first I thought I was looking at an explosion over water; they were out on America's Wang, after all. And then I looked closer, squinting through the ganja haze and realized that I saw trees. Needless to say, I'm smoking another one. That's a big fPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!cking bomb. :bugeye: :m:, Tiassa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! P.S. on edit - I think I see Jesus' face in there, or maybe it's Ayatollah Khomeni's. But then again, I also see Mr. Magoo and the Pink Floyd pig. Sorta. Yes ... I'm smoking another one.
What do Bush and Saddam have in common? - they both seem to develop new weapons of mass destruction - they both do not recognize the new international court of justice
