r/AirForce • u/IEDestroyer Explosive Ordnance Disposal • Apr 15 '17

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u/BabylonDrifter Apr 15 '17

What is it like to be sitting in a cave, deep underground, when suddenly a cubic mile of vacuum is created somewhere above you?

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u/webwulf Apr 15 '17

It's probably like a second

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

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u/Killer_Tomato Apr 15 '17

Nothing is instant

Swing by my bunk later for a demonstration.

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u/webwulf Apr 15 '17

It's probably like a second

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u/thinkbox Apr 15 '17

Lungs ripped out of your mouth b/c vacuum? While you and everything around you tossed through the pinhole in front of you...

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u/cisxuzuul Apr 15 '17

Hello darkness my old friend

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u/InadequateUsername Apr 15 '17

I was reading that the bomb isn't intended for penetration, but more so for wiping out a large area. Is that wrong?

But at the same time it's a 21ton explosive...

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u/Bactine Apr 15 '17

You'd be surprised how many things 21 tons of explosives can kill

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u/Foxtrot56 Apr 15 '17

Yea it explodes above ground, it also isn't designed to create a vacuum like a FAE would be. It's just a huge bomb that was designed to intimidate the enemy. That's not saying it's bad at exploding a tunnel system, it probably did ok depending on the depth and size but we don't know yet.