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Bombs in Eglin AFB (north Walton)

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The Mother of All Bombs is history's largest conventional bomb. Maybe the dust and debris filling the air from its impact is the reason we have such beautiful sunsets.

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From 2003: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/11/sprj.irq.moab/

The U.S. Air Force Tuesday tested the biggest conventional bomb in the military's arsenal, dropping the new 21,000-pound device on a test site at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, U.S. officials said.
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Sueshore said:
:shock: Are these bombs going off as a part of training exercises or to get rid of them? I must say I have never heard of this!
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its both - some eod (getting rid of those on the ground) and some red flag (making more of them be on the ground)

enjoy that 'sound of freedom' as they used to say
 
Sueshore said:
:shock: Are these bombs going off as a part of training exercises or to get rid of them? I must say I have never heard of this!
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They don't test during tourist season.
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just kidding.:D
 
My house has shaken so bad at times from the bombing, the starfish jump out of the windows - and that's bad since Catfish likes to eat them!!!
 
seagrover said:
My house has shaken so bad at times from the bombing, the starfish jump out of the windows - and that's bad since Catfish likes to eat them!!!
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And, would Catfish happen to be your cat? Well, I have bowls of starfish setting around the house on display, and I find my dog, Rudy, chomping on one every now and then that he has snagged off the coffee table. Makes me so mad!!
 
kurt said:
The Mother of All Bombs is history's largest conventional bomb. Maybe the dust and debris filling the air from its impact is the reason we have such beautiful sunsets.

story.moab.cloud.jpg


From 2003: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/11/sprj.irq.moab/
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I remember when they were testing, and it was funny how much publicity there was about it. Usually, the bulletins about usuaual range activity aren't circulated all that widely- a couple of notices in the paper about road closings or possible garage door opener problems. But MOAB- it was all so clearly about wanting the world and the Axis of Evil to know exactly what the USAF so they sold the story to the national cable news guys like it was some huge deal down here to do that sort of weapons test, and CNN and Fox were treating it like we were going to be experiencing something really unusual when the test was no big deal.

Despite the noise, I'm glad the weapons development people are down here. Those programs bring a lot of high tech white collar jobs to the area, and the rocket scientists are a lot of fun to talk to at parties.
 
They have some big bombs exploding right now. I wonder if my house falls down, if I can suit the AirForce for the destruction. :idontno: Surely their actions are loosening the nails so that the wind can easily tear it apart.

The explosions feel like microbursts of an earthquake, if there were such a thing.
 
They were reportedly pretty reasonable about paying for damages when they dropped a plane on someone's house in Valparaiso a couple years back.
 
beachmouse said:
They were reportedly pretty reasonable about paying for damages when they dropped a plane on someone's house in Valparaiso a couple years back.
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:eek:Creepy thread to read...Does this happen often?
 
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