Nuova Super-bomba USA

[capitanamerica7]

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The latest of these weapons is the MOP — short for Massive Ordnance Penetrator — built by Boeing's Advanced Systems unit in St. Louis. The 20-foot-long bomb that weighs 30,000 pounds — much heavier than the 21,000-pound MOAB, or Massive Ordnance Air Burst bomb, unveiled in the prelude to the Iraq war. The MOAB was designed by the Air Force Research Lab and is built at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma.

The MOP is an unusual bomb in that more than 80 percent of its 15 tons is in its casing, while it carries only 5,300 pounds of explosive payload.

The MOP was successfully tested earlier this month at White Sands, N.M. A Boeing handout last week made clear the weapon's likely targets:


"The weapon's effectiveness against hard and deeply buried targets allows the warfighter to hold adversaries' most highly valued military facilities at risk, especially those protecting weapons of mass destruction," said Bob McClurg, Boeing Advanced Systems MOP program manager.

At Wired magazine's defense blog, Danger Room, David Hambling says that the MOP has much more penetrating power than military's best current non-nuclear option, the 5,000-pound BLU-113, which can penetrate 22 feet of concrete:


MOP will go a lot deeper — 200 feet of 5,000 psi concrete. MOP pulls it off by not being all that explosive — less than 20% by weight, compared to almost 90% for the MOAB. That's because bunker-busting bombs need very thick casings to survive the effects of impact.

GUARDATE CHE BESTIA :




Praticamente 13 tonn che penetrano per 60m!!!! IMMAGINATE CHE DANNI.....

[Ibonz]

Quali aerei possono impiegarla?

[capitanamerica7]

Quali aerei possono impiegarla?

In primis il B2 ma anche gli altri bombers B1/B52.
Dire con apportune modifiche e accorgimenti anche un
F-15E, ma il raggio d'azione diminuisce.


Comunque, stiamo parlando di un ordigno a guida GPS, di
potenza impressionante anche se con esplosivo convenzionale.

[W. Von Braun]

La vedo dura per un F-15 trasportare una bomba da 30000 libbre

[Ibonz]

Sarebbe vicino al carico massimo...

[W. Von Braun]

Sarebbe vicino al carico massimo...

Lo sfora.

[Ibonz]

Ops,hai ragione.

[Lorenzo]

C'entra qualcosa con la Blu 83 e l'iperossidazione?

Miles Insulae

[*-RUDY-*]

che differenza c'è con la Moab Bomb? leggo che sarebbe un'evoluzione... dove l'hanno testata...

avevo visto il test in tv sul discovery channel...

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/139739...mb_test_video/

[Knorr]

Tanto per fare un paragone con le armi nucleari...

Che potenza ha in KILOTONI ?

Avendo 2700 kg di esplosivo ad alto potenziale, penso abbia una potenza di circa 3 - 4 kilotoni...

Che ne dite ?