Cluster Bomb and Depleted Uranium Bomb

[render]

Have these bombs been used in this war? any info?

 

[Trezza]

cluster bomb yes. Depleted Uranium bomb... i haven't even heard of this. If it the bunker buster that is a mini nuke?

 

[zer0burn]

well I think the tomahawk missles have DU in them.

I believe I saw them drop some cluster bombs in the north not sure though

 

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: render
Have these bombs been used in this war? any info?

Depleted uranium isn't used in bombs.

It is used in bullets in A-10's and as sabots in the rounds that tanks shoot.

Cluster bombs have been used, I saw a vid the other day of it.

 

[Nitemare]

WTF is a uranium bomb? have heard of spent uranium being used for armour piercing shells but not a bomb..Pretty sure these are being used as they are pretty much NATO equipment now

Cluster bombs, yes as well

 

[Fencer128]

Originally posted by: Trezza
cluster bomb yes. Depleted Uranium bomb... i haven't even heard of this. If it the bunker buster that is a mini nuke?

Depeleted Uranium is not nuclear material - but it is radioactive. It is chosen because it is extremely dense and therefore provides the most momentum for any given speed. This is why it's used within SABOT tank shells, A10 rounds and the like that need to be able to penetrate tough armour.

Andy

 

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: Trezza
cluster bomb yes. Depleted Uranium bomb... i haven't even heard of this. If it the bunker buster that is a mini nuke?

No.

Bunker busters are not made of depleted uranium. They are made of old artillery barrels. And you cannot build any type of nuke out of depleted uranium, it's not fissile material. Hence the word "depleted".

 

[render]

Originally posted by: Fencer128

Originally posted by: Trezza
cluster bomb yes. Depleted Uranium bomb... i haven't even heard of this. If it the bunker buster that is a mini nuke?

Depeleted Uranium is not nuclear material - but it is radioactive. It is chosen because it is extremely dense and therefore provides the most momentum for any given speed. This is why it's used within SABOT tank shells, A10 rounds and the like that need to be able to penetrate tough armour.

Andy

Thanks for the info. I was just curious.

 

[jasonja]

Coalition forces have denied using cluster bombs. Cluster bombs leave mines, which typically end up killing innocent people for years and years after wars.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: jasonja
Coalition forces have denied using cluster bombs. Cluster bombs leave mines, which typically end up killing innocent people for years and years after wars.

have not heard that they denied using them, where did you hear this?

 

[Trezza]

I was thinking of daisy cutters. Daisy cutters not cluster bombs.

 

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: jasonja
Coalition forces have denied using cluster bombs. Cluster bombs leave mines, which typically end up killing innocent people for years and years after wars.

They showed a video last night of a few Iraqis walking near a ridge in Northern Iraq. As they were walking, you could see many explosions behind them. Mostly you could just see black smoke but not the explosions themselves. They announcer said that we were dropping cluster bombs on those positions.

 

[Jimbo]

Originally posted by: jasonja
Coalition forces have denied using cluster bombs. Cluster bombs leave mines, which typically end up killing innocent people for years and years after wars.

Where do you get your information?

 

[jasonja]

I could have swore I saw today on one of the news sites that the US was denying usage. I could be wrong though, trying to find that news piece I read now.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: jasonja
Coalition forces have denied using cluster bombs. Cluster bombs leave mines, which typically end up killing innocent people for years and years after wars.

Cluster bombs do not leave behind mines, they may however leave behind bright yellow unexploded bomblets.

 

[KenGr]

As I understand it, cluster bombs had not been used in the early days of the war because the high speed of the front movement and the relatively dispersed nature of the resistance (within civilian populations) made it unwise. In the last day or two, with the defenders of Baghdad concentrated and dug in, they are being used to great effect.

Replies are correct. There is no such thing as a "depleted uranium bomb". Only shells and armor.

 

[jasonja]

I'm wrong... they have admitted to using cluster bombs according to this article Linky

I can't find the article I was reading earlier.

bomblet = mine. Both kill and explode when stepped on. From that same article "A U.S. Marine was killed on Sunday after stepping on an unexploded cluster bomb. In 1991, six U.S. Army combat engineers were killed while disposing of cluster bombs. "

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: jasonja
Coalition forces have denied using cluster bombs. Cluster bombs leave mines, which typically end up killing innocent people for years and years after wars.

Cluster bombs do not leave behind mines, they may however leave behind bright yellow unexploded bomblets.

He's right, score one for the home team

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: jasonja
I'm wrong... they have admitted to using cluster bombs according to this article Linky

I can't find the article I was reading earlier.

bomblet = mine. Both kill and explode when stepped on. From that same article "A U.S. Marine was killed on Sunday after stepping on an unexploded cluster bomb. In 1991, six U.S. Army combat engineers were killed while disposing of cluster bombs. "

This is the first time I have seen this reported as a cluster bomblet.