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Test of a Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb on March 11, 2003 [RealVideo]
by Jeremy at 5:45 pm EST, Mar 22, 2003 |
On March 11, the Air Force tested its Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon at the Eglin Air Force Base Air Armament Center's western test range. Dropped from a C-130, the MOAB is a precision-guided weapons weighing 21,500 pounds. It will be the largest non-nuclear conventional weapon in existence. The MOAB is an Air Force Research Laboratory technology project that began in fiscal year 2002 and is to be completed this year. I know that other people already blogged about MOAB and that it's old news, but the previous entries had nothing beyond a single still image to offer. Here is one minute of RealVideo showing the live test from air drop through detonation and the resulting fireball and mushroom cloud of smoke. |
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RE: Test of a Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb on March 11, 2003 [RealVideo]
by crankymessiah at 2:12 am EST, Mar 23, 2003 |
Jeremy wrote:
] On March 11, the Air Force tested its Massive Ordnance Air
] Blast (MOAB) weapon at the Eglin Air Force Base Air Armament
] Center's western test range. Dropped from a C-130, the MOAB
] is a precision-guided weapons weighing 21,500 pounds. It will
] be the largest non-nuclear conventional weapon in existence.
] The MOAB is an Air Force Research Laboratory technology
] project that began in fiscal year 2002 and is to be completed
] this year.
]
] I know that other people already blogged about MOAB and that
] it's old news, but the previous entries had nothing beyond a
] single still image to offer.
]
] Here is one minute of RealVideo showing the live test from air
] drop through detonation and the resulting fireball and
] mushroom cloud of smoke. Is this available in any toher formats, I refuse to put Real producta on my machine. |
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