Is this pic real? I found it on 4chan. SFW

[SphinxnihpS]

Yeah, there's no way a jet could possibly be out of frame. No way. idiot

You're a fucking idiot. Do you know what a jet is... BESIDES an airplane? Only an idiot would assume the incorrect definition of jet in that sentence in relation to this topic.

 

[OutHouse]

Yeah, a bomb falling at hundreds of MPH is going to be clearly visible like that by a photographer running from it.

You guys are laughable.

do you know a thing about photography? the photographer took a still shot, he wasnt running.

 

[OutHouse]

Yeah, there's no way a jet could possibly be out of frame. No way. idiot

he is talking about the jet from the rocket motor. not the jet that dropped the bomb.

 

[bommy261]

i've been shot at with rockets in iraq, and believe me, u have absolutely no time to react, other than hit the ground if you hear a rocket.. once you hear it, its almost too late. they would have no time to look up and run away.

 

[OutHouse]

The problem is the fins arent deployed. The pic of the bomb is an unarmed one. In flight it should have much bigger fins sticking out of the back

there are several different paveway bombs made. the pic you posted is not the same type of bomb that is in the OP's pic.

here is a nice link from the first page. http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/188079.php

here are pics of different paveway bombs. notice the paveway1 looks very much like the one in the OP.

http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb_05_07.png

 

[ShawnD1]

You dont need 4 chan. Just do a Google Image (large) for "shaving cream", you will find it.

Is this it? It's the first thing that looks mildly disturbing in the first 3 pages of google images

I too use a lot of shaving cream when I shave my breasts.

 

[joesmoke]

Is this it? It's the first thing that looks mildly disturbing in the first 3 pages of google images

I too use a lot of shaving cream when I shave my breasts.

I wonder how many X's before the L on her wolf shirt...

 

[Oil]

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I need the source image please not his resized shit. Why resize for that matter. Browser does it for you.

 

[her209]

I need the source image please not his resized shit. Why resize for that matter. Browser does it for you.

Ummm because its 2 Megs...

 

[her209]

Alright, I updated the OP with the 2 meg file...

 

[theflyingpig]

More pathetic propaganda posted by the liberal media to anger liberal fools. Anyone with any knowledge of modern military weapons can identify that as a fake in seconds. It is clear that the fool who created this propaganda knows nothing, and the fools who believe it know nothing. Everyone knows this.

 

[shortylickens]

More pathetic propaganda posted by the liberal media to anger liberal fools. Anyone with any knowledge of modern military weapons can identify that as a fake in seconds. It is clear that the fool who created this propaganda knows nothing, and the fools who believe it know nothing. Everyone knows this.

PIG!
Where was ya, man? We was waitin for ya!

 

[lupi]

looks fake, missle has wrong type of motion blur.

 

[OutHouse]

looks fake, missle has wrong type of motion blur.

thats because its not a freaking missile!!!! its a gravity BOMB. besides that what is the right type of "motion blur"???

http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb_05_07.png

have you ever seen a live bomb before? have you ever seen one dropped before? i mean in real life not on call to duty 4.

 

[OutHouse]

More pathetic propaganda posted by the liberal media to anger liberal fools. Anyone with any knowledge of modern military weapons can identify that as a fake in seconds. It is clear that the fool who created this propaganda knows nothing, and the fools who believe it know nothing. Everyone knows this.

i hope this is sarcasm but if its not,

what do you know about military weapons?

 

[biggestmuff]

I see most ATOTers haven't been introduced properly to Pallywood.

 

[joesmoke]

i hope this is sarcasm but if its not,

what do you know about military weapons?

New here huh? Well, let me be the first to welcome you to anandtech off topic. Few if any of us hope that you enjoy your stay.

 

[OutHouse]

New here huh? Well, let me be the first to welcome you to anandtech off topic. Few if any of us hope that you enjoy your stay.

lol

 

[0roo0roo]

you woudln't see that thing coming, thats for sure.

 

[QueBert]

People in a war torn country, it's not like it could be possible they're running due to something else bad happening and a bomb just happens to get dropped while they're running? I'm not an expert on pixels so I don't fucking know. I do know if this picture was taken in San Fransisco I'd say it's pure BS. But considering where it was taken it could very well be legit.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

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This photo was edited in Photoshop. This does not mean the bomb was added, but that's likely the edit. This is why I needed the source (at least as far as we know).

 

[0roo0roo]

both pics are 'shopped.

biggest thing that sticks out to me, aside from relatively impossible photography, is shouldn't there be fins deployed on the back of that bomb?

not to mention its freaking huge considering the distance it should be from the camera

 

[mfenn]

It's fake. From the link posted earlier.

Last update (I hope): I guess since I control the blog, I control the parting shots. EODDan in the comments (for those of you too lazy to scroll through them, which is pretty much every one, including myslef normally):

I'm a military Explosive Ordnace Disposal technician. I've seen lots of bomb and lots of bombs being dropped (both in person and in testing videos). I concur with the previous poster about this photo being of a GBU (Guided Bomb Unit). Further, it appears to be a package installed on a 500lb Mk82 bomb. Once the GBU is installed on a particular bomb it gains the appropriate digits 10, 12 etc. I'd have to look at tech data to tell you precisely what the nomenclature of the pictured bomb is, but I can tell you that this picture is bogus. For the fins to still be folded the bomb would have to have just been dropped. You'd still be able to see the plane that dropped it. This would however account for the clarity of the image. A bomb dropped on a combat target, even one dropped at very low altitude, would still be blurred. We're talking about jet fighters here, not biplanes. I've watched test video taken by scientists with high speed cameras designed for the purpose of studying bomb impacts. Even their film comes out blurred sometimes. Also, the scale is definitely off as yet another commenter mentioned. The blast in other fauxtoes is yet another fakery. The apparent blast seat is not in line with impact point you would expect from the previous picture. The blast itself does not look right for a heavy cased bomb either. It looks very much like the result you would get from a bare charge placed on the surface. Finally, as another astute commenter pointed out, neither the fauxtographer or his subjects would have been likely to survive the blast in the image. The blast wave would have knocked them all off their feet and caused serious injuries, but not before they had all been ripped to shreds by primary and secondary fragmentation. In spite of what Hollywood (and Paliwood) would have you believe, it is not possible to outrun a high order explosion.

If the bomb was as close as to the photographer as it seems given the bomb's known dimensions and apparent size, the photographer would have been unable to take the second shot of the "explosion" because he would have either been knocked to the ground or dead.

 

[Locut0s]

no one would be able to react fast enough to actually be looking in the direction of that.

This.