[sci.military] Largest Conventional Bomb dropped in Vietnam

eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) (03/24/89)

From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya)

It wasn't a fuel-air munition.  This was an old arms-d question,
and I remember they made a big deal of this during the War.  The name
will come to me after sleeping on it.  It was developed for the B-36.
Some 20K lb weight, approx.  It was not pancake flat.  A big finless
cylinder (remembered photos) on a roller flat bed based pulled out by
a parachute.  And again for helo clearings.

Added note on F-111B to George Herbert: I did a round with Henry on
this in arms-d.  My sources were relatives at Hugh Aircrash Culver City
working on Phoenix and they lost friend who were 111B pilots.
Like Jesse Jackson said, "The point is moot."

Another gross generalization from

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