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. RE: Test of a Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb on March 11, 2003 [RealVideo] |