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Used in Iraq during DESERT STORM. Not sure about the '03 ops. Both the GBU-43 and the BLU-82 are deployed from C-130's (usually a special ops variant)
Steamforger wrote:From my limited time in Aviation Ordnance, I was under the impression a "Daisy Cutter" is made when the extended fuse is affixed to the ordnance. As such, any bomb equipped with the proper fuse is a Daisy Cutter.
Same name, different uses. The extend fuses you referenced go back to at least Korea if not WWII. The term generally became used to refer to the BLU-82 after Vietnam.
I think we still had the extended fuses in the inventory, but we didn't do a lot of planning for them in the late 80's early 90's when I was active. I think a lot of the weapons effects attained by the extended fuses (mostly anti-personnel and light anti-material) were being achieved by then with CBUs and FAE.
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".
As impressive as it is, most humbling to consuder it's like a fly swatter next to the Hiroshima bomb, which was considerably weaker than the Nagasaki bomb.
There must be an end to this intimidation by those who come to this great country, but reject its culture.
Yeah. The Davy Crockett's warhead was apparently of a similar yield as the MOAB, and it sounds like it took a lot of testing and design refinement to make a nuke that small that would work reliably.
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Netpackrat wrote:Yeah. The Davy Crockett's warhead was apparently of a similar yield as the MOAB, and it sounds like it took a lot of testing and design refinement to make a nuke that small that would work reliably.
Depends on the specific warhead. Apparently the Davy Crockett could have a yield of anywhere from 10-1,000 tons depending on what you loaded it with.
The zeitgeist was trying to sell them as equivalent to the gas attacks the day after the tomahawk strikes to draw the US further into the conflict in Syria. This kinda silenced that concerted effort.