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1. Oh yes! Are you watching Ahminmedinnerjacket? Want one of these Kim Jong mentally Ill? Form an orderly queue.

   Posted by LyndonB       06/15/2009  at  03:51 PM  



2. Oh and a hat tip to a great man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Wallis

   Posted by LyndonB       06/15/2009  at  03:53 PM  



3. Kind of funny.  After only 60+ years they’ve managed to come up with a bomb that duplicates the ones Barnes-Wallace designed and built during WWII; see Tall Boy and Grand Slam.

   Posted by emdfl       06/15/2009  at  04:27 PM  



4. The Tall Boy and Grand Slam references were a given. Aside from being precision guided, this one packs quite a bit more punch, and uses modern super metals to penetrate quite a bit further.

   But yeah, it’s another gigantic “earthquake” bomb just like those two were. A bit of comparison can be made here

   http://op-for.com/2006/05/the_mother_of_all_moabs.html

   I think the US built a 40,000 pound bomb once, but I don’t think it ever saw production.

   Posted by Drew458       06/15/2009  at  06:39 PM  



5. I just read an article in Aviation Week’s Ares blog saying: “We know about the MOP, or GBU-57A/B, as it has been a technology demonstration program for a while. Now the Air Force hopes to award a quick-reaction capability contract by year-end for up to 20 bombs - five for flight tests beginning in June 2011 and up to 15 “residual assets” to be available by June 2012. The B-2 will carry one MOP in one of its internal weapon bays to attack deeply buried hardened bunkers.”

   Not very many but it might come in handy someday.  I doubt something that large could be brought back into production rapidly.

   Posted by Wes       06/16/2009  at  08:42 PM  

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