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  Mark 84 bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mark 84 is an American general-purpose bomb, the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons.
The Mark 84 has a nominal weight of 2,000 lb (908 kg), but its actual weight varies widely depending on its fin, fuse, and retardation configuration, from 1,972 lb (896 kg) to 2,083 (947 kg).
The Mark 84 bomb serves as the warhead of a variety of precision-guided munitions, including the GBU-10 and GBU-24 Paveway laser-guided bombs, GBU-15 electro-optical bomb, and GBU-31 JDAM.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_84_bomb   (203 words)

  
 [5.0] Modern Glide Bombs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A HOBOS weapon based on the Mark 84 slick bomb was 3.78 meters (12 feet 5 inches) long, had a span of 1.12 meters (3 feet 8 inches), and weighed 1.016 tonnes (2,240 pounds).
Datalink guidance allows the bomb to be released from above an overcast layer, with the bomb falling under command guidance until it penetrates the cloud layer, where it is then locked on to the target.
The SDB is a penetrating bomb with a weight in the 90 to 112 kilogram (200 to 250 pound) range, and with a length of about two meters (6 feet 6 inches).
www.vectorsite.net /twbomb5.html   (7974 words)

  
 US Bombings and Afghan Civilian Deaths :: Khyber.ORG
Bombing the Pathans’ irrigation ditches, which cut water supplies and emptied terraces of their topsoil, was deemed more effective than destroying their villages (Lindqvist, 2000: 42).
The weapon of choice during the first three weeks of the air campaign was the 500lb bomb, which has a lethal blast range of 20 meters; later, the 2,000lb pound became the weapon of choice and it has a lethal blast range of 34 meters.
A longer, illustrated version of the report, A dossier on civilian victims of United States’ aerial bombing of Afghanistan: a comprehensive accounting, can be found at http://www.cursor.org/stories/civilian_deaths.htm; the data base which formed the empirical basis of the report is available as Appendix 4, at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwherold.
www.khyber.org /publications/006-010/usbombing.shtml   (3855 words)

  
 GBU-15 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was designed for use with F-15E Strike Eagle, F-111F "Aardvark" and F-4 Phantom II aircraft, but the United States Air Force is currently only deploying it from the F-15E.
The weapon consists of modular components that are attached to either a general purpose Mark 84 bomb or a penetrating-warhead BLU-109 bomb.
It was a product improvement of the early guided bombs used during the Vietnam War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GBU-15   (584 words)

  
 The Independent Institute | Military Precision versus Moral Precision, by Robert Higgs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
News people seem awe-struck by the accounts of bombs and missiles that not only hit, say, a targeted building, but enter the third window on the second floor and strike the handle of the hot-water faucet on the basin in the washroom.
To begin, one must distinguish between the precision with which a bomb or missile hits its intended point of impact—often claimed to be only a few meters most of the time—and the area within which lethal damage will be wreaked when the warhead explodes.
Recalling the hugely exaggerated claims made for precision bombing in past wars, we are entitled to skepticism even with respect to the accuracy claims themselves.
www.mafhoum.com /press5/138C32.htm   (1049 words)

  
 MODERN MUNITIONS: Workhorse bomb shreds life, limbs
In nanoseconds, it releases a crushing shock wave and showers jagged, white-hot metal fragments at supersonic speed, shattering concrete, shredding flesh, crushing cells, rupturing lungs, bursting sinus cavities and ripping away limbs in a maelstrom of destruction.
The Mark-84 JDAM is a 2,000-pound "dumb" or unguided bomb of the type used by U.S. forces for decades.
What is relatively new, however, is a strap-on kit consisting of an inertial navigation system that guides the bomb toward the target, a satellite receiver and tail fins for small final corrections in the dive toward a point determined by global positioning system satellites.
www.freep.com /news/nw/iraq/bomb22_20030322.htm   (530 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bunker buster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In World War II the British designer Barnes Wallis of Bouncing bomb fame, designed two bombs that would nowadays be called bunker busters: the five tonne Tallboy and the ten tonne Grand Slam "Earthquake" bombs.
In the First Gulf War (1990-1991) there was a need for deep penetration bomb similar to the British weapons of World War II, but none of the NATO air forces had such a weapon.
The traditional fuse is the same as a classic armor-piercing bomb: a combination of timer and a sturdy dynamic propellor on the rear of the bomb.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bunker-buster   (1117 words)

  
 Mark Byron
Mark's comment that "a diplomat is supposed to represent his boss' position accurately and tactfully" is true, but somewhat off-kilter.
# posted by Mark @ 2/15/2002 05:21:44 AM Quip du jour-"Paul Revere made a great ride, but he wouldn't of gotten too far without his horse"-Gene Upshaw (in praise of fellow linemen) Edifier du jour-"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Rich is better."-Sophie Tucker(?) Edifier du jour-"While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
markbyron.blogspot.com /2002_02_10_markbyron_archive.html   (13188 words)

  
 Newhouse A1
The maelstrom of destruction that erupts when the 2,000-pound Mark 84 JDAM detonates is anything but precise.
It is a 2,000-pound "dumb" or unguided bomb of the type used by U.S. forces for decades.
Unlike the Pentagon's new Massive Ordnance Air Burst (MOAB) bomb, which is intended to blast clear wide areas of obstructions or structures, the Mark-84 JDAM bomb is a "pinpoint" weapon designed to kill and destroy smaller targets.
www.newhousenews.com /archive/wood031303.html   (1397 words)

  
 jdam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000-pound BLU-109/Mark 84 bomb or the 1,000-pound BLU-110/Mark 83 bomb warheads as the payload.
Growth of the JDAM family of weapons expanded to the 500-pound Mark 82 bomb version, which began development in late 1999.
Also, the Navy is currently studying the effects of adding enhancements such as improved GPS accuracy, a precision seeker for terminal guidance and additional warheads.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /JDAM.html   (751 words)

  
 Military Precision versus Moral Precision: Newsroom: The Independent Institute
To begin, one must distinguish between the precision with which a bomb or missile hits its intended point of impact — often claimed to be only a few meters most of the time — and the area within which lethal damage will be wreaked when the warhead explodes.
According to some authorities, perhaps 7-10 percent of the smart bombs fall beyond the claimed accuracy radius — some of them miles away — because of mechanical and electrical malfunctions.
This argument is a curious defense of the bombing — after all, no bombing, no such collateral damage — and the whole world knows that nothing required the President to go to war against Iraq: if ever a war was freely chosen, this war is the one.
www.independent.org /tii/news/030323Higgs.html   (1069 words)

  
 mark castillo
Bomb 'Face' Pattern The 21-year-old college student accused of putting pipe bombs in mailboxes in five states told authorities he was trying to make a "smiley face" pattern on the map, a sheriff said Thursday.
Pipe Bombs Found in Mail Five pipe bombs were found Saturday in rural Nebraska mailboxes, heightening fears among Midwesterners already on edge after similar bombs injured six people in Iowa and Illinois the day before, authorities said.
Federal officials had described the earlier bombings as an act of domestic terrorism and said anti-government propaganda and notes warning of more "attention getters" were found nearby.
www.markcastillo.com /2002_05_01_markorg.html   (14855 words)

  
 Mark 84 bomb - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Mark 84 bomb - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 Mark 84 bomb -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mark 84 bomb -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Mark 84 has a nominal weight of 2,000 lb (908 kg), but its actual weight varies widely depending on its fin, (Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant) fuse, and retardation configuration, from 1,972 lb (896 kg) to 2,083 (947 kg).
It is a streamlined steel casing filled with 945 lb (429 kg) of (Click link for more info and facts about Tritonal) Tritonal high explosive.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Mark_84_bomb.htm   (244 words)

  
 Joint Direct Attack Munition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the addition of a new tail section that contains an inertial guidance system and a Global Positioning System guidance control unit, JDAM improves the accuracy of unguided, general purpose bombs in any weather condition.
JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000 pound (900 kg) BLU-109/Mark 84 bomb or the 1,000 pound (450 kg) BLU-110/Mark 83 bomb warheads as the payload.
Growth of the JDAM family of weapons expanded to the 500 pound (230 kg) Mark 82 bomb version, which began development in late 1999.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/JDAM   (792 words)

  
 Measure for measure
The bombing of Afghanistan is not revenge for New York and Washington.
The weapon of choice during the first three weeks of the air campaign was the 500 lb bomb, which has a lethal blast range of 20 metres; later, the 2,000 lb bomb became the weapon of choice and it has a lethal blast range of 34 m.
By impact death I mean death caused at the moment of explosion of the bomb or missile.
www.flonnet.com /fl1922/stories/20021108000606500.htm   (5432 words)

  
 Mark Byron
In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior.
This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
I've grown to expect a steady diet of autoboomers (this looks like a standard non-suicide bombing), but the Chicago story makes me a bit nauseous over what the average guy in the street is capable of.
markbyron.blogspot.com /2002_07_28_markbyron_archive.html   (9670 words)

  
 NPR's All Things Considered -- Clearing Afghan Munitions
Esmatullah, a paramedic with the U.N. bomb assessment team, poses in front of a cache of mortar shells scattered by a hit from a U.S. bomb.
He discovers an area near the city awash with bomb fragments -- so many that the ground literally jingles when walked on.
Outside the military base, in the middle of a farm field, the assessment team inspects an American Mark 84 bomb.
www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/2002/jan/bombs/020128.bombs.html   (453 words)

  
 Different Valuations of Life - Global Issues
Nazila was playing with her younger brother and sister close to their home in Kabul's Macroyan apartment complex when it was hit by a type of bomb glorified on the pages of glossy magazines hawked from newsstands across America.
The American bombing was carried out from altitudes beyond the reach of Taliban anti-aircraft fire and relied heavily upon sophisticated targeting technology, but this technology could not prevent the inevitable killing of thousands of innocent Afghan civilians.
The bombing and killing of average Afghans is the reflection of the carnage perpetrated in Manhattan on 9/11.
www.globalissues.org /Geopolitics/WarOnTerror/Value.asp   (6550 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Another day in Iraq, another bomb - 84 dates that tell tale of mayhem
The lunchtime blast, which rocked the Iraqi capital, was the latest in a series of devastating bombings over the past six months that have claimed nearly 200 lives, most of them Iraqi civilians.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraq has been shaken by 84 major attacks, and countless smaller incidents and acts of sabotage, that have transformed America's promise of rapid reconstruction into an increasingly bloody guerrilla war.
The explosion, Baghdad's second car bomb in four days, tore chunks out of the buildings on either side of the entrance and shattered windows hundreds of metres away.
www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1061749,00.html   (880 words)

  
 Mark 84 bomb : BLU-109   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
terms defined : Mark 84 bomb : BLU-109
All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
After the diamonds unhappy woman never knew another hour's peace of mind.
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 mark castillo
A dirty bomb is a conventional explosive salted with radioactive isotopes in order to spew out that nuclear material and contaminate a wide area.
The Seattle Times is reporting that Mark Forman, associate director of information technology at the White House (or 'America's CIO', as he bills himself) has said the feds are considering the use of Microsoft's Passport technology to ID every citizen and every business seeking access to government services online.
Step-by-step bomb guide 'made public' The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says it is "checking" claims that one of its documents - detailing a step-by-step guide on how to build an atomic bomb - has been put in a public office for all to see.
www.markcastillo.com /2002_04_01_markorg.html   (13726 words)

  
 SRCSGT | 13 | Insensitive Munition (IM) Compliant (MIL-STD-2105B) General Purpose (GP) MK-84 Bomb | 21-Sep-02 - FBO#0293
The government believes that to achieve IM compliance with the MK-84, the contributions from both a less sensitive fill and bomb case design modifications must be considered.
The contractor will be responsible for developing and delivering an improved MK-84 bomb case for testing.
The modified MK-84 bomb will be compatible with the USAF inventory of fuzes (and those currently under development) as well as PAVEWAY tail kits and guidance packages.
www.fbodaily.com /archive/2002/09-September/21-Sep-2002/FBO-00171166.htm   (561 words)

  
 Thank you, Donald - Blog Maverick - www.blogmaverick.com _   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mark, anyone who has read about or have seen interviews about you and "The Donald" (sorry, have always rolled my eyes at that)knows the biggest difference is human compassion and innner happiness.
Marks story proved to me that a person can be anything they want to be with hard work, a very strong inner-drive, and wise decision-making and spending practices.
Mark Cuban is probably a pretty polite guy--those girls would have much rather talked with him and his friend than us.
www.blogmaverick.com /entry/8277407862895830   (19734 words)

  
 Select a file and format for downloading
U.S pilots have systematically dropped bombs and fired projectiles both in Afghanistan and Iraq putting innocent civilians in harm’s way.
You may see such acts of ‘precision’ bombing and listen to U.S pilots’ conversation in two such cases by clicking on the appropriate phrase below.
On November 10, 2001, U.S crewmen on the USS Enterprise in the Arabian Sea, inscribed bombs destined for Afghanistan,…..”With Love.” Shannon and Kevin Oliver did the same on a Mark 84 bomb being readied for Afghanistan.
pubpages.unh.edu /~mwherold/dossier.htm   (871 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Bunker buster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The five tonne Tallboy bomb and the ten tonne Grand Slam (Earthquake) bomb.
They had a much thicker skin than the typical World War II bomb so that they would survive the impact of hitting a hardened surface.
The bombs held over two tons of high explosive and were laser-guided.
www.worldwardiary.com /history/Bunker_buster   (344 words)

  
 Who is George $oros?
Dropping any sort of bomb into the middle of a large urban area is going to kill lots of people - their recommendations are reminiscent of Pentagon propaganda, not a human rights group.
The 2,000-pound Mark-84 JDAM bomb was the primary weapon used on Baghdad in the first week of warfare (along with the cruise missiles).
That the Air Force reduced its use of cluster bombs while the other branches of the military significantly increased the employment of such weapons is hardly grounds for praise.
www.oilempire.us /soros.html   (6791 words)

  
 Guided Bomb Unit-27 (GBU-27) - Smart Weapons
The Guided Bomb Unit-27 (GBU-27) is a GBU-24 modified for delivery by the F-117 stealth fighter.
The $110,000 bomb weighs 2,000 pounds and gives the Air Force an all-weather precision strike capability by linking the existing laser guidance system with the Inertial Navigation and Global Positioning Systems and will use the MARK-84 or the BLU 109 bomb.
Luke conducts F-16 bomb compatibility tests 15 March 1999 (AFPN) -- Teams from Raytheon Missile Systems, Lockheed Martin and Langley Air Force Base, Va., convened here March 8 to test the compatibility of the Enhanced Guided Bomb Unit-27 with the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/gbu-27.htm   (414 words)

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