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NEWS MOAB . . .

jmcquate said:
We used a similar weapon in Vietnam. "Daisy Cutter". Not nearly as powerful, but also was deployed from a C-130. It was used to make an instant LZ in the jungle.
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The "Daisy Cutter" of Vietnam days referred to the fuze on the extension on the nose of conventional Mk-82 type bombs which detonated the ordnance above the ground before penetration, which would "mow down" anything just above ground level. FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) was developed with the express purpose of making an instant LZ in the jungle. There was a video of the testing of FAE that used to be shown back in the day that was eventually banned because monkeys strapped to poles around the circumference of a circle around a stationary FAE device were used to demonstrate the destructive power of using FAE. A FAE weapon also used a "Daisy Cutter" fuse and was small enough to be dropped from A-7's.
 
zipmartin said:
The "Daisy Cutter" of Vietnam days referred to the fuze on the extension on the nose of conventional Mk-82 type bombs which detonated the ordnance above the ground before penetration, which would "mow down" anything just above ground level. FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) was developed with the express purpose of making an instant LZ in the jungle. There was a video of the testing of FAE that used to be shown back in the day that was eventually banned because monkeys strapped to poles around the circumference of a circle around a stationary FAE device were used to demonstrate the destructive power of using FAE. A FAE weapon also used a "Daisy Cutter" fuse and was small enough to be dropped from A-7's.
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I stand corrected.
 
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zipmartin said:
The "Daisy Cutter" of Vietnam days referred to the fuze on the extension on the nose of conventional Mk-82 type bombs which detonated the ordnance above the ground before penetration, which would "mow down" anything just above ground level. FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) was developed with the express purpose of making an instant LZ in the jungle. There was a video of the testing of FAE that used to be shown back in the day that was eventually banned because monkeys strapped to poles around the circumference of a circle around a stationary FAE device were used to demonstrate the destructive power of using FAE. A FAE weapon also used a "Daisy Cutter" fuse and was small enough to be dropped from A-7's.
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Let's not forget that a FAE/MOAB device was used to eradicate the deadly Motaba virus in 1967. A MOAB was also almost used at Cedar Creek, CA in 1995, but was eventually called off.
 
Gatordev said:
Let's not forget that a FAE/MOAB device was used to eradicate the deadly Motaba virus in 1967. A MOAB was also almost used at Cedar Creek, CA in 1995, but was eventually called off.
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That movie sucked.
 
Let's do some logic. I have no facts. Just some logic.

1. Eglin Armament experts developed the MOAB
2. MOAB had yet to be used in combat
3. Army Special Forces De Alencar(assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida) died on Saturday in the Nangarhar Province fighting ISIS http://americanmilitarynews.com/2017/04/green-beret-killed-isis-afghanistan-identified/
4. "Team, we lost one of our own. It's payback time. What should it be?"
5. "Sir, heard some engineers talking back at Eglin about this big nasty called a MOAB"
6. "Make a call, get me the name of the General....NOW!"

I hope someone took some pictures of what all was written on the side of that beast.

 
Gatordev said:
Let's not forget that a FAE/MOAB device was used to eradicate the deadly Motaba virus in 1967. A MOAB was also almost used at Cedar Creek, CA in 1995, but was eventually called off.
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BFD. They almost set off a nuke outside Flatrock, Nevada when Project Wildfire went sideways in the 1960s.
 
nittany03 said:
BFD. They almost set off a nuke outside Flatrock, Nevada when Project Wildfire went sideways in the 1960s.
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I think that whole project was hampered by way too much '70's vibes, but perhaps the written history was more positive. Still an interesting footnote in history.
 
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