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You were supposed to start your own fireball thread
Sorry, missed that part.You were supposed to start your own fireball thread
Funny pic though I guess you could light all that "fluid" and see what happens.Sorry, missed that part.
I think the fuel air bomb nick named "daisy cutter" is an example of BA ordnance.The Army has some bad azz stuff that makes awesome fireballs and was happy to be on our side !
The "Daisy Cutter" sounds cute daaaaazaaaannngggggg !I think the fuel air bomb nick named "daisy cutter" is an example of BA ordnance.
"During the Vietnam War, the USAF used 10,000-pound M121 bombs left over from World War II, to blast Helicopter Landing Zones in the dense undergrowth. As the supply of M121 bombs dwindled, the USAF developed the Bomb Live Unit-82/B (BLU-82/B) as a replacement. Weighing a total of 15,000 pounds, the BLU-82/B was essentially a large thin-walled tank (1/4-inch steel plate) filled with a 12,600-pound explosive "slurry" mixture. The designers optimized this bomb to clear vegetation while creating little or no crater, and it cleared landing zones about 260 feet in diameter -- just right for helicopter operations. Since only cargo aircraft could carry them, C-130 crews delivered the BLU-82/B with normal parachute cargo extraction systems."
Well that led to this...
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, colloquially known as the "Mother of All Bombs") is a large-yield bomb. It was first tested in 2003. At the time of development, it was said to be the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the American arsenal.
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Imagine loading 6 100 lb "bales" of gun powder to launch a 16in diameter shell weighing over a ton and sending it accurately over 20 nautical miles. Navy takes long range seriously...
First trip to Mexico as a grade school kid we were told we could buy any thing we wanted. So we saved and saved. At that time soda came in those glass bottles. People would just dig a hole and dump their trash. So those 2 quart bottles were all over. Found an M-80 was a perfect fit. Fuse in middle, two bottles end to end. They threw glass further than we could see. Adults back at camp drinking and ignoring us had no idea what the hell we were up do further down the beach. Amazing none of us got badly hurt.A Djeep lighter taped to a pair of M80s. Blew a 6"funnel shaped crater in fresh asphalt and rolled a mushroom shaped fireball that would have made any bomb technician proud.
Gawd, I miss M80s.