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Russia tests superstrength ‘vacuum’ bomb
September 12, 2007 - 7:19AM
Russia has tested the world’s most powerful vacuum bomb, which unleashes a destructive shock wave with the power of a nuclear blast, dubbing it the “father of all bombs”.
The bomb is the latest in a series of new Russian weapons and policy moves as President Vladimir Putin tries to reassert Moscow’s role on the international stage.
The report said the new bomb was much stronger than the US-built Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb - MOAB, also known under its name “Mother of All Bombs”.
“So, Russian designers called the new weapon ‘Father of All Bombs’,” the Russian military said.
“Test results of the new airborne weapon have shown that its efficiency and power is commensurate with a nuclear weapon,” Alexander Rukshin, Russian deputy armed forces chief of staff, told Russia’s state ORT First Channel television. The same report was later shown on the state-sponsored Vesti channel.
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The test of the huge vacuum bomb is shown in this undated television image shown by Russian Channel One. Inset, the bomb before the blast. television.
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U.S. develops 14-ton super bomb, bigger than Russian vacuum bomb
14:32 |13/ 09/ 2007
WASHINGTON, September 13 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. has a 14-ton super bomb more destructive than the vacuum bomb just tested by Russia, a U.S. general said Wednesday.
The statement was made by retired Lt. General McInerney, chairman of the Iran Policy Committee, and former Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
McInerney said the U.S. has “a new massive ordnance penetrator that’s 30,000 pounds, that really penetrates … Ahmadinejad has nothing in Iran that we can’t penetrate.”
He also said the new Russian bomb was not a “penetrator.”
On Tuesday, the Fox News television channel said: “A recent decision by German officials to withhold support for any new sanctions against Iran has pushed a broad spectrum of officials in Washington to develop potential scenarios for a military attack on the Islamic regime.”.
Commenting on the report, McInerney said: “Since Germany has backed out of helping economically, we do not have any other choice. … They’ve forced us into the military option.”
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The USAF Superbomb aka Big Boy is shown above the result of its detonation. Not only can this huge form of ordnance cause automobiles to burrow in fear of a non-existent electromagnetic pulse, but the 80 foot diameter projectile can vacuum a three bedroom residence in less than an hour.
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