MOAB vs Grand Slam

Started by fsn, 14 April 2017, 02:03:40 PM

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fsn

The news today is saying that the Mother of All Bombs is the biggest that has ever been dropped, at 21,000lb.

Who does it compare to Grand Slam? 

I'm not after a political or religious discussion, just interested in the weaponry.
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Now I saw Moab and was expecting a post on biblical warfare.
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

MOAB is an FAE bomb, produces massive above ground blast, Grand Slam and Tall Boy are penetrative bombs - designed to explode 10's of metres below ground, and create a minor earthquake. Both types would be good against yesterdays target.

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fsn

Oooh nasty!

Is MOAB bigger than Tall Boy?
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mollinary

14 April 2017, 03:20:28 PM #4 Last Edit: 14 April 2017, 04:24:22 PM by mollinary
Wiki says Grand Slam was 22,000ibs, and Tall Boy 12,000lbs.

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Orcs

At $16million (approx. £11 million) each  you could buy

2,260,365 Packets of Pendraken Figures.  (67 million Foot Figures sufficient to do all combatants on a 1:1 ratio)

2,483,402 Pendraken Chieftains

Just for FSN - Miss Whiplash every night for 87 years, although you might want to change her for a younger model at some point.  :d

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fsn

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FierceKitty

Quote from: Orcs on 14 April 2017, 04:12:23 PM

At $16million (approx. £11 million) each  you could buy...



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DanJ

I'm a bit surprised by the delivery method, chucking it out the back of a transport aircraft seems a bit primitive, but I guess it's not possible to alter a B52 or B1 to take that size bomb.

The Lancaster was modified to carry the Grand Slam, but that was probably pretty low tech compared to altering one of the new(ish) American bombers.

Duke Speedy of Leighton

It uses the traditional 'TLAR'* bombsight. Something that big doesn't need to be accurately dropped I guess...


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Orcs

Apparently is guided by fins. ( little wings on the side of the bomb.  Not Aksu and his compatriots  ;D)
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Aksu

Quote from: Orcs on 19 April 2017, 08:06:23 PM
Apparently is guided by fins. ( little wings on the side of the bomb.  Not Aksu and his compatriots  ;D)
Yup, our chaps, including one of my club mates, are currently deployed nearer the Uzbek border, so nowt to do with this one.
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Jim Ando

Hi
Just been to the battle of Britain memorial flight visitor centre at raf conningsby today. They have a grandslam and tallboy on display and i asked the guide and he said the british bomb was definitely bigger than the Moab. He said that it has been pointed out to the Americans however theirs was the biggest airburst. God I've never so many Eurofighter typhoons in one place.
Jim