Who needs nukes when you have "Big BLU"

Xerxes · 16th March 2002, 17:12

Article from Washinton Times

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Big BLU
The Pentagon is rushing to produce a new and bigger bunker-buster bomb for use against hardened targets, like some of the underground hide-outs used by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Pentagon sources tell us the new bomb is being developed for the Air Force by Northrop Grumman Corp. in California and is called Big BLU — for bomb live unit. The new bomb will be bigger and more powerful than the new BLU-118 thermobaric warhead dropped on caves in Afghanistan recently.
Big BLU, we are told, will be six times bigger than the F-15E-carried thermobaric bomb and will be packed with some 30,000 pounds of high explosive. It will be guided to targets by satellite and will sport a cobalt-alloy penetrating warhead that allows the bomb to dive up to 100 feet below the surface before detonating.
The bombs are so big that it will take a B-2 bomber to carry one of them, we are told. Three Big BLUs have been ordered by the Air Force on an urgent basis.
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The key sentence here is "three needed on urgent basis" - thats the code word for "We want to obliterate two targets and need another bomb for contingency planning"

Things are going to get a lot hotter in the middle east...

Mr Jones · 16th March 2002, 18:11

Let's hope it don't go off while in transit to it's target, man would that ever be a firework

Aeroe · 16th March 2002, 20:06

when will they be available at the local sporting goods stores?
i bet i can greatly improve my duck hunting with that.

Xerxes · 16th March 2002, 20:51

"How many ducks did you nab this time"?

"All of them."

16th March 2002, 22:04

Don't screw with the red, white and BLU.

16th March 2002, 17:12	#1
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,687	Who needs nukes when you have "Big BLU" Article from Washinton Times ================================= Big BLU The Pentagon is rushing to produce a new and bigger bunker-buster bomb for use against hardened targets, like some of the underground hide-outs used by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Pentagon sources tell us the new bomb is being developed for the Air Force by Northrop Grumman Corp. in California and is called Big BLU — for bomb live unit. The new bomb will be bigger and more powerful than the new BLU-118 thermobaric warhead dropped on caves in Afghanistan recently. Big BLU, we are told, will be six times bigger than the F-15E-carried thermobaric bomb and will be packed with some 30,000 pounds of high explosive. It will be guided to targets by satellite and will sport a cobalt-alloy penetrating warhead that allows the bomb to dive up to 100 feet below the surface before detonating. The bombs are so big that it will take a B-2 bomber to carry one of them, we are told. Three Big BLUs have been ordered by the Air Force on an urgent basis. ================================== The key sentence here is "three needed on urgent basis" - thats the code word for "We want to obliterate two targets and need another bomb for contingency planning" Things are going to get a lot hotter in the middle east...

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16th March 2002, 18:11	#2
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,020	Let's hope it don't go off while in transit to it's target, man would that ever be a firework

16th March 2002, 20:06	#3
Aeroe Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Assembly Hall Posts: 1,446	when will they be available at the local sporting goods stores? i bet i can greatly improve my duck hunting with that.

16th March 2002, 20:51	#4
Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,687	"How many ducks did you nab this time"? "All of them."

16th March 2002, 22:04	#5
randman Guest Posts: n/a	Don't screw with the red, white and BLU.