Russia's Father of all bombs

lionnoisy SG

44 tonnes of TNT equivalent

Russia tests 'world's most powerful vacuum bomb',September 12, 2007--http://www.smh.com.au/
2.is it true?

Showing the orange-painted U.S. prototype, the report said the Russian bomb was four times more powerful -- 44 tonnes of TNT equivalent -- and the temperature at the epicentre of its blast was two times higher.

--uk.news.yahoo.com/

3.some busy body told me that Sg tested fuel-air explosives in
south afraica in 1980's!

the Bear SG

and.. your point being?

lionnoisy SG

peace is not in the earth yet.

be prepared.our US$400 billion reserves will attract attack
in the name of promoting democracy and freedom in Singapore.

sand king SG

doomsday clock is at 5 min.

the Bear SG

the use of such bombs are only done during a direct and declared war..

the price of macho, testosterone-poisoned posturing is ultimately useless and pointless.. and serves only to kill the country who thinks that such weapons solve anything with hubris..

again, what is your point?

and even more, what is Russia's point?

you've got an absolute ass there who thinks he's a popular watered-down Stalin in power.. with the roubles afforded to him by oil...

stupidity, power, money and a delusion of grandeur is a mix which usually blows up the owner.. and sometimes a few others around him if they are actually stupid enough to go poke him or even admit his existence

allentyb SG

that is not father of all bombs

you need to wiki more often

Tsar Bomba = 50 megatons of TNT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

And it was only 50 megatons because they put lead into it to slow down half the neutrons. Laughing In theory, it could have hit 100megatons! Pure gold! Very Happy

ChingAlvin SG

There's a bomb called MOAB in the US and they nicknamed it Mother of All Bombs

Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

That's pintsize lah... Besides, the Russians have long had thermobaric explosives. They also have rocketry systems with thermobaric explosive warheads.

ChingAlvin SG

diff bombs for diff purposes i think

MOAB explodes in the air to reveal thousands of mini bombs, each able to destroy a tank and each mini bomb is equipped with radar sensor, targeting individual targets themselves and covers a huge radius...

not those conventional big blast bomb.

frakfrakfrak SG

In an open declared war, American no longer holds the edge. Check out the Russian RS-24.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-24

Heck, Americans can't even win in Iraq, let's not even talk about the other big powers.

skid SG

they(russia) can kick our ass, we can kick their ass....who cares anymore Laughing

frakfrakfrak SG

This is what Americans say when they lose big time Laughing

skid SG

you're confusing your MOABs with your CBUs (cluster bomb unit)...MOABs don't contain mini bombs.

skid SG

and if that ever happens I'll be the first to say you were right Wink

Rockhound SG

facts wrong dude....

calling it a conventional big blast bomb is a major understatement

lionnoisy SG

watch Reuters clip,search Rusia.

the Bear SG

Putin is leaving office soon... he desperately wants something to cement his name in history...

i call this grasping for straws..

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

He is a considerably better ruler than Yeltsin.

estudio SG

This is crap.

They rather spend money on weapons of mass destruction than research on how to slow down global warming, shortage of fuel and food.

What is there to defend if the Mother Earth is destroyed?

I will never understand the minds of the powerful leaders behind all this.