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Iamandi
Posted: September 13, 2007 06:49 am
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On 11 September 2007 the Russian military announced that it had tested what it called the "Father of All Bombs". Described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered munition, the Russian military claimed it was four times more powerful than the American "Mother Of All Bombs." While the Russian bomb was reported to contain 7.8 tons of "thermobaric" explosive, compared to the more than 8 tons of explosives in the American bomb, the Russian bomb was said to use more highly efficient explosive, with a yield equivalent to 44 tons of TNT. The bomb was reported to have a blast radius of 300 meters, double that of the American bomb, while the temperature at the epicenter was also reported to be twice as high.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys...itions/moab.htm

and some info in romanian newspapers from today.

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„Bomba ne va permite să consolidăm securitatea statului nostru şi lupta împotriva terorismului în orice împrejurări şi în orice loc din lume”, a spus Rukşin.


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http://www.gandul.info/europa/rusia-testat...tml?3930;910333


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Posted: September 13, 2007 05:33 pm
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Vacum bombs were used by Germans in SWW (seeG.Maghirescu) and by U.S in Vietnam.As for the size, everybody knows that the russian elephant is the bigest in the world!
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Posted: September 13, 2007 06:15 pm
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QUOTE (Iamandi @ September 13, 2007 08:49 am)
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On 11 September 2007 the Russian military announced that it had tested what it called the "Father of All Bombs". Described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered munition, the Russian military claimed it was four times more powerful than the American "Mother Of All Bombs." While the Russian bomb was reported to contain 7.8 tons of "thermobaric" explosive, compared to the more than 8 tons of explosives in the American bomb, the Russian bomb was said to use more highly efficient explosive, with a yield equivalent to 44 tons of TNT. The bomb was reported to have a blast radius of 300 meters, double that of the American bomb, while the temperature at the epicenter was also reported to be twice as high.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys...itions/moab.htm

and some info in romanian newspapers from today.

A nice one:

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„Bomba ne va permite să consolidăm securitatea statului nostru şi lupta împotriva terorismului în orice împrejurări şi în orice loc din lume”, a spus Rukşin.


LOL!!!! laugh.gif

http://www.gandul.info/europa/rusia-testat...tml?3930;910333


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LOL!!! the battle against terorism...how can we fight terorist if we don't know where they are...bomb every centimeter and pray that we might get'em? laugh.gif
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