Did Russia Stage the Father of All Bombs Hoax?

[The Straight Story]

"All that is alive merely evaporates."

That's how a Russian official described the effects of what is reportedly the world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb, tested on Sept. 11. A video released by state media shows a Tupolev 160 bomber, a bomb falling as a parachute unfurls and a huge fireball.

The Russians call the device the "Father of All Bombs," an homage to the American GBU-43 Massive-Ordnance Air Blast munition nicknamed "Mother of All Bombs."

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The details of the "new" bomb's provenance and design are murky, but one thing is clear. The Father of All Bombs’ test model was not delivered by a Tu-160 bomber, as implied. Nowhere in the video are the bomber and the bomb in the same shot.

The Father of All Bombs, as shown, would not fit in a Tu-160's bomb bay, as it features a horizontally deploying drogue parachute that would be fouled by the aircraft if released vertically. The only way to deploy a bomb like this is to slide it out of the cargo hold of an airlifter, as the U.S. Air Force has done with its fuel-air "Daisy Cutter" bombs used in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The appearance of ski-like legs on the bottom of the Father of All Bombs attests to this delivery method.

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/10/russian_bomb

Really good analysis at the above link.

[Richard D]

1. All these people . . .

. . . are simply insane.

[Mythsaje]

2. The "Father of all bombs?"

Wasn't that "Ishtar?"

[The Straight Story]

3. No, I think it was a bush speech

:rofl: