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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/26/09

    In reply to This Is Probably the Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented
    isn't it easier to make a bomb that just, you know, explodes?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/26/09

    @nutbastard: I get the feeling that there were thousands of other far-fetched inventions during WW2 that never got produced on a wide scale.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/26/09

    In reply to This Is Probably the Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented
    so this is how they're distributing the swine flu vaccine in the nanny state, eh?
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    06/26/09

    In reply to This Is Probably the Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented
    Well, suicide bombers have kinda taken that over. They pad themselves with nails and rat poison (anti-coagulant). Not exactly poison but it'll fuck you up just as bad.
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    06/26/09

    Hm. Yes. Yes, it is poison.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    06/26/09

    In reply to This Is Probably the Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented
    Just the idea of this has me on pins and needles!


    Which only serves to ironically re-enforce my very fears!

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    Image of know1 know1
    06/26/09

    In reply to This Is Probably the Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented
    Wouldn't the cruelest bomb be the one that fell on Japan? I know the popular notion is that dirty bombs are somehow more outrageous, but in all actuality, the bomb that kills the most people is the "cruelest".
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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    06/26/09

    @know1: I think napalm is probably crueler. You are trying to burn people to death as opposed to just kill them and get them out of the picture. Plus, I hear it sticks to babies.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/26/09

    @Jestermeister: Actually, even worst than napalm is self igniting napalm. They would mix white phosphorous in with the napalm so it would ignite as exposed to air. What would also happen is when hitting the skin, the napalm might be brushed off, but the phosphorous chips would burn their way into the skin, and could smolder for weeks, with the only slight relief coming from completely immersing the affected body part in water.
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    06/26/09

    @Jestermeister: Also, if dropped over a bunker or tank, it would actually suffocate the people in both as it consumed all available oxygen.
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    Image of bustedchain bustedchain
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    Way to go telling them how deep and how strong their sh!t has to be to try to withstand the impact. Hopefully it is a lie and only 1/2 of actual capacity. "oops did we say 200 feet of 5kpsi reinforce concrete... our bad, we mean way more than that."


    It wouldn't be a bad idea to under state the capability in the public eye.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    @bustedchain: Building a bunker w/a 200ft thick roof takes a LOOOOOOOONG time. Picture building a roof equal to something like the Hoover Damn.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    06/10/09

    @bustedchain: What do you THINK they did with the specs?


    You must believe everything you read on the inturnedt.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    @DustyButt™: Ah but they know you know that they know that you fudged your numbers.
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    Image of Zanzan42 Zanzan42
    06/10/09

    @SafetyMachete_GitEmSteveDave: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
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    06/10/09

    @Zanzan42: Congrats!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    I have a GBU 39


    I also have a GBU-28, which if you put two together would be a GBU-56...
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    @SafetyMachete_GitEmSteveDave: word to gitem
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    @Nick: That was supposed to be a reply to your comment. My commenting is off today. I blame sunspots. Either that or the ninja assassins that, according to his lawyer, killed David Carridine are screwing with me.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    ps
    VIDEO!!!!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    Finally, something we can use in our war against the C.H.U.D.S. And the morlocs.
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    Image of TrollSlayer TrollSlayer
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    For some reason I read the whole article with Billy Mays voice SCREAMING in my head.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    @TrollSlayer: Hi folks. Billy Mays here. Are you tired of your ordinance NOT penetrating sub-terranian bunkers, even when fitted with an Awesome-Auger? Then have I got the solution for you! It's the Mighty Blow-It...Up.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    Are those army guys in camouflage engineers? It must give them a tactical advantage in water cooler ambushes.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/10/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus:
    The construction of this is what we'd term a "state secret". I'm sure the design/manufacturing facilities will have a full complement of military security forces on duty 24/7/365.
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    Image of LastVigilante LastVigilante
    06/10/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Overall I thought it an odd situation for a group photo op. "Look at this thing we made that will kill tons of people by burying them alive in their caves! This is going to make for a great Christmas card this year!"
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    Image of fuzz54 fuzz54
    06/10/09

    @LastVigilante: Why wouldn't a group take a photo op after completing a project? If they were ashamed of what they were doing then they wouldn't be doing it. Who knows if it will ever kill people. It might be good as a deterrant towards douchebag moves by terrorist nations when they know we could get them anytime and anywhere if we had the intel.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/11/09

    @fuzz54:
    The only way that it will never kill people is if our military never decides to deploy it. We could turn all of the Middle East into a glass parking lot, and that's still not deterrent enough. I can't see that this will have any effect on the war against terrorism except by being used. Either that or it'll just inspire them to start building their bunkers under sites that they know we won't bomb, like schools.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    dude, if i worked at boeing i would so be the dude sittin' on top of that thing with a cowboy hat. i calling my friend john and telling him to get me a guest pass.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    @Nick:
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    Image of hanspecans hanspecans
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    fat moms and dads proud to be future murderers of brown children far, far away.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/10/09

    @hanspecans: They may also be relatives and team mates of people KILLED by the people who will be cowering in this bunker for a reason. It's a concrete hardened bunker, not a tornado shelter.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    ....can penetrate 200 feet (60 meters) of 5,000 psi reinforced concrete, 26 feet (8 meters) of 10,000 psis reinforced concrete, or 130 feet (40 meters) of moderately hard rock.


    but can it penetrate Osama Bin Laden's vagina?

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/10/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Wha what?


    But anyway, I doubt that those are it's real capabilities. Otherwise Kim Jong Il, after reading Gizmodo, could foil them by building a bunker with 61 feet of concrete protection. The actual missile is probably more powerful.

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    Image of Gruv Gruv
    06/10/09

    In reply to 30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
    America. F--k yeah.


    Actually I'm surprised that we're still in the "bigger is better" mindset. I thought we were going "lighter and smarter" (i.e., Predator drones) against a clearly unconventional enemy.


    But at least everyone will know America has a bigger penis than all the other countries.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/10/09

    @Gruv: And will hump the earth like it's never been humped before....literally.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    @Gruv: perhaps we should just these for strip mining? that way we can rape the earth?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/10/09

    @Gruv: The military just has thousands of projects going on at once. Naturally, some of them are going to involve bigger things that blow up. For every new big ass bomb, there are lots of other "unconventional" projects like the weird snake thing in the other article. When I was in college, I was amazed by how many engineering labs were funded by DARPA - wall climbing robots, autonomous vehicles, lasers, mini helicopters, everything.
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    Image of Piker247 Piker247
    06/10/09

    @Gruv:


    "America. F--k yeah."


    Why the attitude? If we didn't spend all that money on "bigger and better bombs" the rest our fair-weather-allies would be forced have military budgets of their own. Just look at our military spending as welfare spending for you and yours, maybe say thank you from time to time, and then move along.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/10/09

    @Gruv:
    Why yes, we do. As of 1986, you'd have to take the next ten biggest penii combined to (almost) equal our one massive penis.


    On a more serious note, in a way we _aren't_ going the "bigger is better" route with this. If we were, we'd have just gone back 64 years to the two most powerful bombs ever dropped in a wartime capacity. No conventional bunker would survive that sort of attack, and on the off chance that they actually did have a NORAD-style bunker, they'd pretty much be stuck in there for a while until the worst of the radiation had cleared up.

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    Image of xThadd xThadd
    06/10/09

    @Piker247:


    Er, thank you. I guess.


    Actually, your military spending has got us into a l-o-t of trouble over the years. Maybe you could thank US for trying to hold you guys back from your own worst excesses. Not that you've always listened. 'nam, anyone?

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/11/09

    @xThadd:
    Ah, you mean the whole mess that the French started, and that we might well have won if the Secretary of Defense hadn't been so obsessed over the cost of bullets? Yeah, my dad (who, along with his brother, served in that war) would tell you flat out that we lost because we _didn't_ spend enough.
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