....Bodger got to play with explosives, which may go a long way to explaining A LOT!
However, those days are long gone.
As yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11, thought it might be a good idea to throw this out just as an idea.
With all the problems being had in Iraq and Afghanistan with insurrgent hotspots and areas of unrest, Bodger thought it might be an idea that instead of using "smart bombs" go back to the basics and drop some "dumb" bombs on these places.
By that I don't mean saturation bombing like in WWII or Vietnam, but by dropping a few "Daisy Cutters" here and there.
For the the unfamiliar, a "Daisy Cutter" was a HUGE 15,0000lb, yes that's right, 15,000lb bomb that was pushed out of the back end of C-130 cargo planes and descended by parachute.
At a predetermined height, it would explode and the resulting above ground blast would level anything within a good distance....primarily used to make helicopter landing pads in the jungles of Vietnam.
The following kinda give a perspective of the size, along with the first pic above....and these haven't been Photoshopped or altered, these are real
Vietnam era
Detonation
These lil beauties can do a world of damage to areas that are causing the most problems by armed thugs by destroying the surroundings depriving them of shelter as well as messing them up real good physically....ringing in the ears, bleeding from the ears, concussion and whatever else.
Drop several of these and it might make the armed thugs think twice about playing with guns and terrorism in general.
Nowt to do with motorcycles I know, just something that I thought of during the 9/11 remembrances.
However, those days are long gone.
As yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11, thought it might be a good idea to throw this out just as an idea.
With all the problems being had in Iraq and Afghanistan with insurrgent hotspots and areas of unrest, Bodger thought it might be an idea that instead of using "smart bombs" go back to the basics and drop some "dumb" bombs on these places.
By that I don't mean saturation bombing like in WWII or Vietnam, but by dropping a few "Daisy Cutters" here and there.
For the the unfamiliar, a "Daisy Cutter" was a HUGE 15,0000lb, yes that's right, 15,000lb bomb that was pushed out of the back end of C-130 cargo planes and descended by parachute.
On loading pallet
Delivery method
The following kinda give a perspective of the size, along with the first pic above....and these haven't been Photoshopped or altered, these are real
Vietnam era
Loading with a forklift
Detonation
These lil beauties can do a world of damage to areas that are causing the most problems by armed thugs by destroying the surroundings depriving them of shelter as well as messing them up real good physically....ringing in the ears, bleeding from the ears, concussion and whatever else.
Drop several of these and it might make the armed thugs think twice about playing with guns and terrorism in general.
Nowt to do with motorcycles I know, just something that I thought of during the 9/11 remembrances.
I'd heard of "Daisy Cutters" but had no idea of how huge they were. If it wasn't for the thugs hiding behind woman and children and other non-combatant types...our guys could make pretty quick work of them. Then there are the Fuel-air bombs or "MOABS" (Mother of all Bombs). Supposedly the Russians had some even bigger "vacuum" bomb Known as the "Dad of all Bombs." Shades of "Dr. Strangelove" with the guys sitting atop the big bomb. Definitely some awesome weaponry in the arsenals.
ReplyDeleteYep....pretty big bombs. There's a base in Northern Cali that has them in storage. Story I heard was that they've been there for years, past the service and shelf life and the guy who designed them was there on a visit. When he was told that the Daisy Cutters were right there he wanted outta there ASAP as they were unstable.
ReplyDeleteAlso heard that same place, one went off and destroyed the bunker it was in along with those nearby plus burst the eardrums of the security guard in the general area.
Dr. Strangelove.....I thought the same thing ;)
Drop these and people will know about it, that's for sure.
"Drop these and people will know about it"...... but not for long
ReplyDeleteScary to think that weapons like that were/ are about and the sort of damage they could cause. I suppose warfare was/ is a bit like keeping up with the Jones's, you got have the equal or big and better as a deterrent.
Yep, that pretty much sums it up Kawa....mines bigger and I'll use it so just behave way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteBiggest I ever worked with were 2000lb bombs, smallest were 25lb practice with others in between along with ammo, missiles and other stuff. Back in the good ol' days before things got PC.