| 1-800-big-boom [message #5388] |
Tue, 11 March 2003 10:26  |
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A-DawG
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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/florida/MGA4RKD55DD.html
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) - A conventional bomb so big that it's first name is "massive" is set to be tested for the first time at this Florida Panhandle base Tuesday.
Air Force officials Monday warned residents of communities surrounding the western half Eglin's 724-square-mile military reservation to be prepared to hear an explosion that sounds like thunder or a slamming door between noon and 5 p.m. CST although the blast will be miles away.
The loudness of the 21,000-pound "massive ordnance air burst," or MOAB, will vary depending on wind currents and some people may not hear it at all, Eglin officials said in a brief news release.
They added that the test will be conducted only under weather conditions best for minimizing the sound and inside a buffer zone to keep a shock wave and debris from the explosion inside Eglin's boundaries. The backup date for the test is Thursday during the same time frame.
MOAB is similar to but 40 percent heavier than the 15,000-pound BLU-82, billed as the world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb and known to send up a mushroom cloud similar to a nuclear weapon.
The BLU-82, nicknamed "daisy cutter," was developed during the Vietnam War to create jungle clearings for use as helicopter landing areas. It was most recently dropped in Afghanistan on caves where al-Qaida leaders were suspected of hiding.
In the Persian Gulf War, it was used to clear minefields. MOAB is expected to be ready for use this year if the test is successful.
Areas where civilians may be able to hear the blast are Mary Esther, Navarre, Holly, Holt and western Crestview.
i wonder if aCk  will be around there(were the explosion is :twisted: )
I Deslike you!
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| 1-800-big-boom [message #5418] |
Tue, 11 March 2003 10:59  |
KIRBY098
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If he does, he damn well better get some pics of it, and post them here.
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| 1-800-big-boom [message #5645] |
Tue, 11 March 2003 19:15 |
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Im sure someone took pictures of it.Im just too lazy to look.
Ack: "My map is cool and stuff"
All: "No it's not, it drops FPS and causes choppiness and what not"
Ack: "you just mad cause i pwn you"
Announcer: "Thickheaded?"
~Raven
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| 1-800-big-boom [message #5647] |
Tue, 11 March 2003 19:24 |
Vy7a1
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Nope, didn't get the chance to see it. I didn't even hear the damn thing. I was asleep until about 1 PM... So they dropped it early in the morning.
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....Dam*it!!!!! :sneaky: :angry: o well maybe we'll here bout it if they use it in the iraq thing thats going on, if that happens anyway. :stern: *crosses fingers that no war happens cause of war happy *!#^* :biggrin:
*sees b-52 fly over head and notices sumthing large and round under it ---> :bomb: * uh oh.... :eh:
"I like going up against the polish army. Some polish guy threw a grenade at me. I pick it up pulled the ping and threw it back."~John Shaft Jr.
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| 1-800-big-boom [message #5659] |
Tue, 11 March 2003 20:17 |
Raven
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Yeah, I could see ack walking around there at the base drawing sketches for his next Elgin Air Force base map then looking up to see that bomb coming right for him. I can picture him looking at the bomb and saying "it's MOAB not Moab"
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| 1-800-big-boom [message #5669] |
Tue, 11 March 2003 20:36 |
LTKirovy
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Nope, didn't get the chance to see it. I didn't even hear the damn thing. I was asleep until about 1 PM... So they dropped it early in the morning.
My brother-in-law told me he heard it... haha. Too bad I couldn't get pictures of it.
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FUck you are one heavy sleeper.
WOL:LTKirovy
GSA:LTKirovy
Renegade owns!
RIP Westwood 
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I wonder if the military hasn't released any yet...
:rolleyes:
