[Video] BOOOOM!!!!!!

Squeeky · 2004-06-20, 02:41 AM

http://members.cox.net/angela.steven...4jdam_wsep.mpg
http://members.cox.net/angela.steven...04jdam_bda.mpg

Now i know what those ******** feel like

That's so badass.

They look like bunker busters to me. The bombs that penetrate the ground 30-40 feet then detonate

Zodiac · 2004-06-20, 02:46 AM

holy. shit. badass.

Mushnator · 2004-06-20, 02:47 AM

Judging by the file name it's a JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition)

Basically a 2000lb firecracker with wings.

SDM · 2004-06-20, 02:49 AM

I'd hate to be on the recieving end of that.

Fragmatic · 2004-06-20, 02:56 AM

I want one

EineBeBoP · 2004-06-20, 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by Fragmatic

I want one

Make that 4.

321 · 2004-06-20, 03:41 AM

Ow my ears a caution loud tag would have been nice. Cool videos though.

Fragmatic · 2004-06-20, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by EineBeBoP

Make that 4.

I'll need arround 75 for my terrorist activities.

1024 · 2004-06-20, 03:52 AM

"Keep away from children..."

"COOL!"

Jaged · 2004-06-20, 05:21 AM

I could have fun with one of those things.

RuskiVodka · 2004-06-20, 05:45 AM

I know it sounds silly, but I would be shitting my pants, flying a plane with that payload.

But I must say "Christ OMighty!"

ControlledBurn · 2004-06-20, 10:23 AM

Actually the JDAM is a kit for the tail of standard "dumb" munitions to turn them into guided weapons. There are kits for anywhere from 250 pound bombs to 2,000 pounders. That video is not from a bunker buster, as those bombs are designed from the ground up to be smart not as an afterthough, and also made to punch through the concrete first before detonation. If that was the case with this one, we'd see a lot more penetration in the soft earth that this munition strikes.

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 is a tailkit under development to meet both USAF and Navy needs, with the Air Force as the lead service. The program will produce a weapon with high accuracy, all-weather, autonomous, conventional bombing capability. JDAM will upgrade the existing inventory of general purpose and penetrator unitary bombs, and a product improvement may add a terminal seeker to improve accuracy. JDAM can be launched from approximately 15 miles from the target and each is independently targeted.

UncleDynamite · 2004-06-20, 10:43 AM

ControlledBurn is right. Plus, a bunker buster would have a slight delay before exploding (as it's penetraing the concrete and dirt).

Rbstr · 2004-06-20, 11:08 AM

yeah you guys that want these need an airplane to dorp them from and some sophisticated targeting thingys

ControlledBurn · 2004-06-20, 11:15 AM

I'm expecting my F/A-18C in 24 months or less.