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In the first few microseconds after detonation, the bomb casing and shot cab are destroyed and vaporized. These vapors are accelerated to very high velocities, several tens of kilometers per second, faster than the shock front. However, this acceleration happens in a short period, so the material is trapped behind the shock front, even though ...
The bomb is designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules, primarily the MC-130E Combat Talon I or MC-130H Combat Talon II variants. The bomb's name and nickname were inspired by Iraqi president Saddam Hussein 's invocation of the "mother of all battles" ( Umm al-Ma'arik ) during the 1991 Gulf War .
The GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is a precision-guided, 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) "bunker buster" bomb used by the United States Air Force. [2] The GBU-57 (Guided Bomb Unit-57) is substantially larger than the deepest-penetrating bunker busters previously available, the 5,000-pound (2,300 kg) GBU-28 and GBU-37.
Behind-the-scenes look of an actor wearing scrubs as the stunt costume for a movie with six blown open "bullet holes" and fake blood stains. Stage clothes modified for actors playing characters killed on screen are modified to conceal special effects equipment such as squibs and wiring. [ 5 ]
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Thunderbirds performing their signature "bomb burst" maneuver The view of the USAF Memorial from Washington, D.C. United States Air Force Memorial The three memorial spires range from 201 feet (61 m) to 270 feet (82 m) high and appear to be soaring; its array of stainless steel arcs against the sky evokes the image of " contrails of the Air ...
Four AN-219 piezo-electric impact fuzes were fitted to the nose of the bomb casing. [6] BLU-82. The BLU-82 was a large conventional explosive bomb, used to make helicopter landing clearings in forests. The intended fusing was an extremely low air burst of only a few feet, so as to maximize the clearance effect and minimize cratering.
Taylor–von Neumann–Sedov blast wave (or sometimes referred to as Sedov–von Neumann–Taylor blast wave) refers to a blast wave induced by a strong explosion.The blast wave was described by a self-similar solution independently by G. I. Taylor, John von Neumann and Leonid Sedov during World War II.