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Title: Three photos of a Tomahawk test
Post by: TechMan on September 03, 2010, 09:07:10 AM

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/02/kablam-2/ (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/02/kablam-2/)

Cool photos of a tomahawk, particularly the center one.

Title: Re: Three phots of a Tomahawk test
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 03, 2010, 09:33:12 AM

 :O  What hath God wrought?

Title: Re: Three phots of a Tomahawk test
Post by: Hutch on September 03, 2010, 10:36:35 AM

Used to be, the 'Hawk used video and terrain matching radar for guidance.  Did they ever switch 'em over to GPS?  BTW, the target aircraft on fire looked cool.

Title: Re: Three phots of a Tomahawk test
Post by: Cromlech on September 03, 2010, 10:53:23 AM

Yeah, I definitely do not want to be on the receiving end of that kind of power.

YouTube: war in irak -us army attack with tomahawk missile- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJykWzo_XDE)

Title: Re: Three phots of a Tomahawk test
Post by: sanglant on September 03, 2010, 11:37:55 AM

looks like fire and brimstone to me.

Title: Re: Three photos of a Tomahawk test
Post by: MechAg94 on September 03, 2010, 04:51:42 PM

After seeing the thread title, I thought someone was testing different tomahawk hatchets and posted the results.   :facepalm: =D

Title: Re: Three photos of a Tomahawk test
Post by: Waitone on September 04, 2010, 08:56:24 AM

During the first A'stan war (2001) US Special Forces working with A'stanese worked out a tactic with the Air Force (US) in attacking Taliban fixed positions.  A'stanese would stage their cavalry (as in genuine horses) a suitable and safe distance from the target.  Special Forces would laze the position again from a safe and suitable distance.  The Air Force would drop a 2,000 lb laser guided bomb which was set to explode at something like 50 ft overhead.  As soon as the shock wave dissipated the cavalry would overrun the position.  Seems the A'stanese were upset because there would be nothing to attack after the bomb went off.  Certainly nothing moving.  It seems that when the bomb detonated it tended to suck combatants up into the fireball where they went away.  There were complaints that it wasn't a manly form of warfare.

Title: Re: Three photos of a Tomahawk test
Post by: seeker_two on September 04, 2010, 09:08:14 AM

Seems like the US could make it's War on Terror a lot more effective if we replaced every 100 boots on the ground with a Tomahawk in the air.....

...no need to occupy an area when it's been disintegrated....