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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Mikasaobi: 7:28pm On Mar 12
obedience4:
The ordinance used is mostly likely a the GBU-57A/B MOP bunker buster.. The roof here is a hardened steel of layers of re-enforced concrete. What you are calling roof is actually a hardened shelter structure designed to withstand normal conventional bombs.. the way the bunker busters work is that it is dropped from high altitudes, the massive weight coupled with gravitational forces and her hardened steel alloy casing allows the bomb to penetrate over 60 meters before detonating..

The bunker busters doesn't explode on impact.. it first of all goes down below over 60 meters before detonating and exploding. Hence, you won't see an outside explosion.. except a few damage done by the sheer amount of blast wave or shock wave as a result of the impact of the bomb hitting the target.

The only drawback with this is the verification process.. you can't know of the damage done by the bomb nor if there was even anything significant inside.


The picture attached is a strike on a hardened shelter structure design for aircraft.. as you can see from the picture, the bomb penetrates the shelter structure without causing a total structural failure of the entire shelter.
I understand how the bomb works. What’s confusing is an explosive blast below 60 meters destroying surrounding buildings and a structure close to the roof. It doesn’t matter what the roof is built with, if a structure close to it is destroyed, it shouldn’t be Structurally intact, it should be distorted in some way.

The protective structure is really close to the roof, this is the most confusing for me.

Am not an engineer but I know what an explosive blast is, I’ll just go with it’s a doctored picture or you don’t have enough information on this.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Ghostagain: 7:32pm On Mar 12
2 things will disappear:

1. Air defence
2. Fighter jets

Drones have made them useless and too expensive
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 7:36pm On Mar 12
Ghostagain:
2 things will disappear:

1. Air defence
2. Fighter jets

Drones have made them useless and too expensive
Laser based Air Defense is less expensive, that would likely remain. But perhaps jets will be utilized in large scale strikes against insurgents.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 7:39pm On Mar 12
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Mikasaobi: 7:43pm On Mar 12
@obidience4

If you can explain how the explosive blast destroying the surrounding structures maybe I’ll understand.

Is it destroying the foundations of the buildings? Then explain how your the steel structure is intact while the building next to it is destroyed in your current post.

Is there no blast damage at the epicentre.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Ghostagain: 7:51pm On Mar 12
Let's wait and see how efficient those lasers are.
23jerryking:
Laser based Air Defense is less expensive, that would likely remain. But perhaps jets will be utilized in large scale strikes against insurgents.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by obedience4(m): 7:58pm On Mar 12
Mikasaobi:
@obidience4

If you can explain how the explosive blast destroying the surrounding structures maybe I’ll understand.

Is it destroying the foundations of the buildings? Then explain how your the steel structure is intact while the building next to it is destroyed in your current post.

Is there no blast damage at the epicentre.
The last picture I posted was to explain how a Penetrator bomb works.. in this below picture the other structure seems to be hit separately it wasn't as a result of the penetrator bomb blast wave

The structure with the big red square I think was hit separately!!

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Ghostagain: 8:03pm On Mar 12
Ghostagain:
Let's wait and see how efficient those lasers are.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by shoodboi2: 8:14pm On Mar 12
Appleyard:
He is okay.

What happened is that, everyone here has banned him.
He banned me 😂 😂 😂
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:29pm On Mar 12
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by obedience4(m): 8:29pm On Mar 12
shoodboi2:
He banned me 😂 😂 😂
Naaaa. I don't think the pleader would do that!!

You guys are favourite people on the thread!!
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:29pm On Mar 12
⚡U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent says the Navy, possibly with an international coalition, will escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as militarily possible and that they have been planning for this for months leading up to the Iran war.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:31pm On Mar 12
⚡Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya spokesperson:

The smallest attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure or ports will trigger a devastating response.

Oil and gas facilities across the region linked to the U.S. and its allies will burn.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by aumeehn: 8:33pm On Mar 12
23jerryking:
What are you blabbing about exactly? At least try to be coherent, even if you lack the ability, just pretend to be. As if Israel has ever hated Iran, you don't know anything so piss off.
Shatap! Bunkum and Daniel Bwala grin grin grin
Faced with facts you resorted to barking
typical Epsteinist
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:34pm On Mar 12
⚡White House Press Secretary responds to an ABC News report claiming Iran could launch offensive drones toward the U.S. West Coast: “TO BE CLEAR: No such threat from Iran to our homeland exists, and it never did.”
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:35pm On Mar 12
⚡Netanyahu:

I promised you that we would change the entire Middle East — in terms of enemies and friends — and that Israel would be much stronger than ever.

Everyone recognizes this now, including our neighbors, both enemies and friends.


Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by SonOfWords(m): 8:35pm On Mar 12
Mikasaobi:
@obidience4

If you can explain how the explosive blast destroying the surrounding structures maybe I’ll understand.

Is it destroying the foundations of the buildings? Then explain how your the steel structure is intact while the building next to it is destroyed in your current post.

Is there no blast damage at the epicentre.
I like your reasoning on this particular matter. And so far, Obedience is equally putting up a decent counter-argument. I'll love to see the end of it, and learn a thing or two, if possible👌.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:36pm On Mar 12
⚡Fertilizer prices are also skyrocketing following the closure of the straits.

Roughly 30%-35% of the world’s fertilizer passes through the Straits of Hormuz.

Food prices will increase two fold with higher energy and fertilizer prices.

Russia controls 20% of the market, if Hormuz is closed it becomes 31% of the market.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:37pm On Mar 12
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:38pm On Mar 12
⚡US oil reserves are set to decline by ~41% to their lowest levels since the 1980s after the US announced a 172 million barrel release.

This will drop US oil reserves to ~243.4 million barrels, or just ~34% of total capacity.

On top of this, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve must keep about 150 million barrels in place to maintain operational flexibility.

This leaves just ~93 million barrels available to draw, or less than 5 days worth of the oil supply that normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

After the upcoming release, US oil reserves will be down over 400 million barrels since the Russia-Ukraine war.

The US strategic oil buffer is rapidly disappearing.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:47pm On Mar 12
⚡Netanyahu on Lebanon and Hezbollah:

We told the Lebanese government that they are playing with fire. If they continue to allow Hezbollah to operate without disarming it, it means they are choosing their own fate with their own hands. And if they do not act, we will act.

How that will be done on the ground—whether through territorial means or other methods—is something I will not go into detail about.

But I promise you that Hezbollah will pay a heavy price.


Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:48pm On Mar 12
⚡Netanyahu:

Extreme Islam, both Sunni and Shia, is a threat to the entire world.

We can't say that this will solve itself.


Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:49pm On Mar 12
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:50pm On Mar 12
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:56pm On Mar 12
⚡Iran bombs Tel Aviv at the same time as Netanyahu's speech — Israeli media
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 8:59pm On Mar 12
⚡Trump privately advised Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado not to return to Venezuela yet, citing security risks.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by shoodboi2: 9:01pm On Mar 12
obedience4:
Naaaa. I don't think the pleader would do that!!

You guys are favourite people on the thread!!
He actually bans me a lot. I’m a thorn in his flesh.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by aumeehn: 9:05pm On Mar 12
WriteerNg:
⚡Trump privately advised Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado not to return to Venezuela yet, citing security risks.
ONE Chance! grin grin grin
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 9:09pm On Mar 12
aumeehn:
Shatap! Bunkum and Daniel Bwala grin grin grin
Faced with facts you resorted to barking
typical Epsteinist
Your incoherent scrabbles that adds up to nothing is what you refer to as facts. You're not known for being part of anything brainy so I do understand you to an extent. The same Natanyahu that gave a speech just a while ago. Go play with your mates boy.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:12pm On Mar 12
⚡Oil giant Saudi Aramco is in talks with at least two Ukrainian companies to buy interceptor drones that could help protect against Iranian attacks targeting its oil fields — WSJ
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriteerNg: 9:23pm On Mar 12
⚡Hezbollah reportedly fired shells from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley toward Syrian Army positions near the Syria–Lebanon border this week, according to U.S. officials and a Syrian diplomat.

Syrian troops did not respond. Hezbollah denied the attack, saying it already has an open front with Israel.
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