what kind of bomb?
Witnesses also said they saw a U.S. plane drop a bomb Tuesday at the Bagram front lines, about 25 miles north of Kabul, creating a mushroom cloud that billowed at least 1,000 feet into the air. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011030/ts/attacks_afghanistan_549.html
Re: what kind of bomb?
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 09:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > cpaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >> Witnesses also said they saw a U.S. plane drop a bomb Tuesday >> at the Bagram front lines, about 25 miles north of Kabul, >> creating a mushroom cloud that billowed at least 1,000 feet >> into the air. >> >> >> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011030/ts/attacks_afghanistan_549.html >> > A really big one. Still conventional. Besides, a standard-sized one > might have hit a munitions or fuel bunker. > > Hell, a 10 acre tire fire in central California made a "mushroom" > shaped cloud several thousand feet high. > > During Vietnam there were boxcar-sized bombs used to clear an LZ in the > jungle. How many tons? I don't know but they made ~100 yard circle. > BLU-82 15,000 lb. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm
Re: what kind of bomb?
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 08:39 PM, FogStorm wrote: > On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 09:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> cpaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >>> Witnesses also said they saw a U.S. plane drop a bomb Tuesday >>> at the Bagram front lines, about 25 miles north of Kabul, >>> creating a mushroom cloud that billowed at least 1,000 feet >>> into the air. >>> >>> >>> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011030/ts/attacks_afghanistan_549.html >>> >> A really big one. Still conventional. Besides, a standard-sized one >> might have hit a munitions or fuel bunker. >> >> Hell, a 10 acre tire fire in central California made a "mushroom" >> shaped cloud several thousand feet high. >> >> During Vietnam there were boxcar-sized bombs used to clear an LZ in the >> jungle. How many tons? I don't know but they made ~100 yard circle. >> > BLU-82 > > 15,000 lb. > > http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm It also could have been a fuel-air explosive. The BLU-95 is 500 pounds & the BLU-96 is 2000. They use propylene oxide gas. Slide show of weapon in action with brief description: http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~bronkhor/clmf/faeseq.html
Re: what kind of bomb?
cpaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Witnesses also said they saw a U.S. plane drop a bomb Tuesday >at the Bagram front lines, about 25 miles north of Kabul, >creating a mushroom cloud that billowed at least 1,000 feet >into the air. > > >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011030/ts/attacks_afghanistan_549.html > A really big one. Still conventional. Besides, a standard-sized one might have hit a munitions or fuel bunker. Hell, a 10 acre tire fire in central California made a "mushroom" shaped cloud several thousand feet high. During Vietnam there were boxcar-sized bombs used to clear an LZ in the jungle. How many tons? I don't know but they made ~100 yard circle.
