Instant Jungle Landing Zone In Vietnam

• Jan 16, 2010

• #1

syscom3

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Nice little video clip with CH-54''s.

 

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• Jan 16, 2010

• #2

Aaron Brooks Wolters

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WOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE!!!!

 

• Jan 17, 2010

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evangilder

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Ker-fricken-boom! Hell of a shock wave.

 

• Jan 17, 2010

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GrauGeist

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Sweet!

Wonder why they didn't use more of those?

 

• Jan 17, 2010

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RabidAlien

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Ka-frikky-boom indeed! Wouldn't a good-sized fuel-air explosive do the same thing, but with a larger cleared area?

 

• Jan 17, 2010

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Gnomey

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Shockwave was certainly impressive!

 

• Jan 18, 2010

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Matt308

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I believe that is a fuel air explosive.

 

• Jan 18, 2010

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RabidAlien

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Hmm. Vid said it was a 10,000-lb bomb with a modified nose so that it exploded above-ground and didn't create a crater. I'll have to watch it again.

Edit....sure as heck looks like an F/A. According to the vid, its an M121 10,000-lb'er. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-121_(bomb)

 

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• Jan 18, 2010

• #9

Ferdinand Foch

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Woah!

That will certainly make way for a clean landing zone.

 

• Jan 19, 2010

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Matt308

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RabidAlien said:

Hmm. Vid said it was a 10,000-lb bomb with a modified nose so that it exploded above-ground and didn't create a crater. I'll have to watch it again.

Edit....sure as heck looks like an F/A. According to the vid, its an M121 10,000-lb'er. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-121_(bomb)

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You are right. I thought it was a daisy cutter and always believed that was a FAE. I guess they can't make a FAE that big.

 

• Jan 20, 2010

• #11

RabidAlien

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Just from watching the vid (without any sound), I would've sworn that the blast was FAE, not conventional explosives. 10,000-lbs??? That'd leave a crater no matter how high up it went off! First time I watched the vid, I thought I'd mis-heard the size of the bomb, and just assumed that the "M121" designation was that of an FAE that I was unaware of (that happens a lot).