Anyone see or hear this?


Message posted by Magoo on December 08, 2003 at 0:55:33 PST:

USAF Conducts Another Live Test of MOAB
Aviation Week & Space Technology
12/08/2003, page 13

CAVE CRUNCHER

Late last month, U.S. Air Force researchers conducted another live test of the 21,700-lb. Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon, the biggest conventional bomb in the country's inventory (AW&ST Nov. 17, p. 68). The 30-ft.-long weapon, designed for use against such underground targets as caves and tunnels, was dropped from an MC-130 Combat Talon I flying at 20,000 ft. above the Nevada test range. It glided to the target and detonated, creating a 2-mi.-high plume. The weapon had been modified for faster detonation and increased reliability.


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