British have laser guided blocks of concrete
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Originally posted by: charrison
Nothing new
Oh well, I tried. I like the idea of painting ACME of the side of them.
I gave a link. Where's yours? Do you work for the defense dept? Didn't think so, now go away please.
Well, it is common knowledge that the bunker buster is made from an 8 inch gun barrel and filled with explosives. I would would guess that comprises most of the 4700lbs of the weapon.
Do you even read the links you post? This one for instance, consistantly uses the word "if", which means they have no facts and are only guessing. And you link it to support your argument?
NO mention of DU here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/gbu-28.htm
or here:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/gbu-28.htm
Yeah, too bad those links give no details about the actual materials used in these bombs. But
this US patent clearly mentions the use of DU. We know that there is a metal used that's over 2X the density of steel. There's only two metals available that meet this requirement, tungsten and uranium. DU is much more readily available and easier to work with then tungsten, with the added benfit that we needed to get rid of this waste anyway. If it is tungten they are using, why the secrecy?
Just cuz there's a patent doesn't mean they are actively using that weapon. THey just want to keep other companies from profitting fo this idea.
Of course I dispute that "we" means the same to you and me..however the US used concrete bombs on Iraq before and is probably using them now.
Why don't we just drop a bunch of bricks over the Republican Guard positions. Could be like that kid in Home Alone 2
So you are admitting it could be something else? Tungston or maybe someother alloy. The DoD has no problem announcing when it uses DU.
You dont know that it uses a metal that 2x heavier than steel, because only the maker knows the requirements or the implentation.
Tungsten is not harder to get, hell we bought Titanium from the Soviet Union during the cold war.
We do not have DU storage probelm as DU is not very radioactive and is easy to store. DU can be stored just about anywhere.
So, tungsten is safe enough to use in thousands of light bulbs worldwide, but it becomes bad if we use it in a weapon?
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