"Bunker Busters" - AR15.COM

Posted: 10/10/2001 7:16:09 PM EDT

5000lb laser guided bombs.

These things gotta freak the enemy out.

Is that the largest conventional
weapon in the US Arsenal ?

Posted: 10/10/2001 7:19:56 PM EDT

[#1]

Theres one that is bigger. It's a bomb that is droped out of a C-130. I think it weights 15,000lbs.

Posted: 10/10/2001 7:20:15 PM EDT

[#2]

i seem to remember during the gulf war we used
a 5000 pound bomb that came down on a parachute.
it was used to clear mine fields.

Posted: 10/10/2001 7:32:04 PM EDT

[#3]

If anyone wants more info on this topic check out the following link:

[url]www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/gbu-28.htm [/url]

Posted: 10/10/2001 7:44:54 PM EDT

[#4]

Thanks for that link Steve.

Here's one to that 15,000 pounder. Yup
it gets dropped from a C-130

[url]http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm[/url]

Posted: 10/10/2001 8:34:05 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Theres one that is bigger. It's a bomb that is droped out of a C-130. I think it weights 15,000lbs.

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Big Blue. We used it in Vietnam to clear helo LZs.

"Do what you will,
just don't dro one of those things near me."

Posted: 10/10/2001 9:12:49 PM EDT

[#6]

Yep, we still have the real bomb inventory. Last official use (I can remember) was back in Desert Storm. It was drop from the back of a Spectre. But then, the deep throat bombs has better penatration.

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