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Magnus18
09-16-2008, 06:48 AM
yesterday i found that pic at another forum.

can anyone help me to identify that bomb type?

i've never seen it before.

http://img524c.imageshack.us/img524/9479/usblu82faedi9.jpg
Alfacentori
09-16-2008, 06:50 AM
Assuming it is a bomb (I'm not convinced it is) it could only be a fuel air type at a guess.

Alfa
playtym
09-16-2008, 06:52 AM
If I right click on your picture I see it's named "usblu82faedi9.jpg"

If I search for "BLU 82" I get this (http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=blu+82&spell=1) - mystery solved.

Check out the FAS page (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm) on it
Alfacentori
09-16-2008, 06:55 AM
If I right click on your picture I see it's named "usblu82faedi9.jpg"

If I search for "BLU 82" I get this (http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=blu+82&spell=1) - mystery solved.

Check out the FAS page (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm) on it

The man has skills!!! Impressive, why didn't I think of that.

Alfa
Magnus18
09-16-2008, 06:56 AM
great!
thank you !
LineDoggie
09-16-2008, 01:55 PM
yesterday i found that pic at another forum.

can anyone help me to identify that bomb type?

i've never seen it before.

http://img524c.imageshack.us/img524/9479/usblu82faedi9.jpg


Aint this the bomb dropped on the Merc Camp in "Outbreak"?
Jarhead
09-16-2008, 02:25 PM
Thats the "Daisy Cutter"
It was also used during OEF against Taliban strongholds.
T for Tetrapod
09-16-2008, 03:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_upy14pesi4
Sand Man
09-16-2008, 03:30 PM
Horrible things.
Zoomie
09-16-2008, 03:31 PM
Horrible things.
Care to elaborate?
Sand Man
09-17-2008, 03:27 AM
Care to elaborate?

Well, it's a bomb, right? ... and I saw the aftermath of the bomb in Mexico on the other thread so ...
Bro Jangles
09-17-2008, 03:37 AM
i read that the us has dropped our last daisy cutter, bring on the moab.
Magnus18
09-17-2008, 07:40 AM
woah the explosion looks cool.
thx 4 the vid!
bcax
09-17-2008, 08:41 AM
wow. monster.. it works similar to thermobaric bomb:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_qISlPoYwZ4
Magnus18
09-17-2008, 09:21 AM
the russian version of MOAB?
Crewdog
09-17-2008, 11:06 AM
i read that the us has dropped our last daisy cutter, bring on the moab.


Thats hard to do as they are built by the Air Force when they are needed. Kinda like ordering at jack in the box. We won't make till you order it. I do believe they are built at Hill AFB. and then fueled up on location.
Bro Jangles
09-17-2008, 01:42 PM
Thats hard to do as they are built by the Air Force when they are needed. Kinda like ordering at jack in the box. We won't make till you order it. I do believe they are built at Hill AFB. and then fueled up on location.
http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/military_photos_20080721233659.aspx
Crewdog
09-17-2008, 10:37 PM
Might have been the last of that batch. I do know that they were custom built at Hill AFB during the first gulf war. They may simply be moving away from this unit.
Bro Jangles
09-17-2008, 11:14 PM
Might have been the last of that batch. I do know that they were custom built at Hill AFB during the first gulf war. They may simply be moving away from this unit.
the article said did say it was the last operational one, mybe they got some in longterm storage or something.
Karaahmetoglu
09-18-2008, 12:38 AM
We could use this against the PKK!! Would the U.S even sell this?
Crewdog
09-18-2008, 01:40 AM
This is a pretty simple bomb to make, at least for an industrial country. I doubt it would be hard to a make at all. There is nothing high tech about it. Except maybe the C130 that drops it.
Karaahmetoglu
09-18-2008, 09:43 PM
This is a pretty simple bomb to make, at least for an industrial country. I doubt it would be hard to a make at all. There is nothing high tech about it. Except maybe the C130 that drops it.

Turkey has a lot of those anyway.
Bro Jangles
09-18-2008, 09:45 PM
the russian version of MOAB?
its funny, in the video the make it look like it was droped out of a blackjack, but was obviosly pushed out the back of a cargo plane.
Britboy
09-18-2008, 09:45 PM
Thats hard to do as they are built by the Air Force when they are needed. Kinda like ordering at jack in the box. We won't make till you order it. I do believe they are built at Hill AFB. and then fueled up on location.

I like this concept.

Bespoke bombs, for you and only you!

Made to measur... err, destroy.