XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: removethistocontactmepower354@talktalk.net   
      
   On 15/04/2017 12:12, Ned Latham wrote:   
   > burfordTjustice wrote:   
   >> Nightjar wrote:   
   >>> Ned Latham wrote:   
   >>>> Nightjar wrote:   
   >>>>> Ned Latham wrote:   
   >>>>> ....   
   >>>>>> Supposedly, MOAB is an acronym, standing for "Massive Ordinace   
   >>>>>> Air Blast:.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Which is what the weapon is. There is discussion over which is the   
   >>>>> best way to deal with a cave system - an air blast weapon, blanket   
   >>>>> bombing, or guided bunker buster bombs. However, if you want to   
   >>>>> give POTUS a publicity opportunity, choose the MOAB, which has   
   >>>>> never been used in action before.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nowhere near massive enough to be effective as an air blast weapon   
   >>>> against underground assets that are anything like well built. That's   
   >>>> why the Tallboy and Grand Slam were designed to penetrate deep into   
   >>>> the ground before exploding. It causes a local earthquake.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> A big enough air blast will punch a cavern flat if it and the target   
   >>>> are both near enough to ground zero, but the power required is   
   >>>> disproportionate: with all but nuclear weapons, the target needs   
   >>>> to be only a few tens of metres away, because the blast deflects   
   >>>> along the ground. As I said, a gas bomb delivers much more bang for   
   >>>> the buck (as an air blast weapon).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> MOAB is a misnomer. It should be called what it is. Maybe then it   
   >>>> would get used correctly.   
   >>>   
   >>> I think you are missing my point. The weapon was almost certainly   
   >>> chosen not for its effectiveness, but for its publicity value. Donald   
   >>> Trump is sending a message both to the world and to his supporters.   
   >>   
   >> Clearly you are clueless, Trump did not approve the dropping of   
   >> the MOAB.   
   >   
   > What gives you that idea?   
   >   
   >>            His prior approval was not needed.   
   >   
   > If Trump didn't order it for the political reason that Nightjar   
   > suggested, the question arises as to why was it used at all.   
   > As a purely military excercise, the use of MOAB to kill a few   
   > snipers is an extremely expensive absurdity.   
   >   
   > Ned   
   >   
      
   The idea was to put the shits up IS with a great big bang. Even 90 dead   
   is not good VFM.   
      
      
      
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