#500 kg bomb

[infosisraelnews]

Une bombe de 500 kg est tombée d'un F-15 sur la cour d'une maison en bordure de Gaza : "un dysfonctionnement inhabituel et grave"

Un événement inhabituel à Otef : une bombe de 500 kg tombée d’un F-15 de l’armée de l’air a été trouvée  (vendredi) entre des maisons du Moshav Yated, dans la région d’Eshkol.  Le missile tombé Des démineurs et des représentants de l’armée de l’air sont arrivés sur les lieux et ont découvert que, heureusement, la bombe n’avait pas été « déclenchée » et n’avait donc pas explosé. L’armée…

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[ninjamasterbcadef]

Just had a terrifying thought, what if Ordis wasn't being hyperbolic?

In the secret Cephalon fragment recordings Ordis says he's killed enough people to create "a colossal moon of rib and skull". He was probably exaggerating but what if he wasn't?

The mass of the smallest moon in the solar system, Deimos, is roughly 1.5×1015 kg. The average human weighs around 70 kg. Doing the math that's roughly 21 trillion people killed to make this corpse moon.

This is an incredibly large number but honestly isn't entirely impossible.

For starters he wouldn't have had to do this all immediately, people in Warframe live for an incredibly long time. Darvo is 105 and is considered to be a teenager. If we assume Darvo is roughly 18 in our years then it's entirely possible he would've 4 to 5 centuries to complete his genocide rock.

Now about kill counts. During the Solaris United ARG it's stated that the Tenno killed 7 million Corpus in 3 hours. In order to reach 20 trillion corpses in 500 years Ordis would need to double that kill count. It certainly isn't possible for him to do it all personally but given that he was the Commander of a mercenary company distinguished enough to have one of its members offered the kuva it's possible he could've indirectly caused that many deaths with armies, bombs, starvation tactics, and other means.

Since he did this during the Height of the Orokin age which sees the Origin System as severely overpopulated its possible there were this many people around for him to kill.

[xxbatwolfz17xx]

Dear v ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

In other words throws 500 kg bomb at you

WHAT THE FUCK

[eagle-1-seaf]

Whenever I throw the good ol 500 kg bomb, I always shout “FIVE HUNDRED KILOGRAM… BOMB!” like it’s a spell. Thank you for your work in making that happen!

I live to spread democracy!

Thank you for letting me do so.

[usafphantom2]

French AASM Hammer Bomb Spotted On Ukrainian MiG-29

March 18, 2024 Troubled Areas, War in Ukraine

Ukrainian MiG-29 AASM

Ukrainian MiG-29 carrying an AASM guided bomb. (Photo: unknown author via @Osinttechnical)

Few months after it was announced, we now have visual confirmation of the guided bomb being employed by Ukrainian MiG-29s.

An image of a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force, armed with a French-made AASM Hammer guided bomb, emerged online few days ago. The photo represents the first visual evidence of the weapon being used in the country after both Ukraine and Russia claimed the weapon was being employed earlier this month.

The image comes after French President Emmanuel Macron announced in January 2024 that the country will supply Ukraine with 50 AASM bombs per month and a total of 40 additional SCALP missiles throughout 2024. The deliveries reportedly started immediately after the announcement, but only this month the first use of the weapon was reported.

In particular, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, published the UAV footage of what was claimed as the first AASM strike, as well as an image of a 250 kg AASM bomb with a writing in Cyrillic saying “For the children of Odesa. With hatred, without respect”. Shortly thereafter, Russian officials claimed that they intercepted and shot down an AASM bomb.

The AASM “Hammer” (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire “Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range”) is a kit, consisting of a nose guidance section and a tail range extension kit, that can be applied to 250 kg and 1000 kg bombs (125 kg and 500 kg variants are under consideration). The kit is offered in three variants: inertial and GPS guidance, GPS, inertial and laser guidance, and SBU-64 GPS, inertial, and infrared guidance.

The weapon can be employed day or night, under all weather conditions, at stand-off ranges which can reach over 70 km when launched from high altitude. The AASM can also be employed effectively at low altitude (with Safran saying it can still reach stand-off ranges) and highly off-axis respect to the target, and has the ability to perform precision vertical strikes, much like many missiles’ top-down attack capability.

The weapon has been fully integrated on the Rafale, while it has been integrated as stand-alone system on the Mirage 2000, Mirage F1 and F-16. Because of this, it was expected that the AASM would be used by the F-16 once delivered to Ukraine. Instead, the weapon is being already employed by the MiG-29.

While the quality of the photo doesn’t allow to discern details, it appears that the AASM is possibly being used in conjunction with the same pylon developed to carry the JDAM ER bombs already delivered to Ukraine. For the JDAM ER, in fact, a special pylon was developed with an extension forward of the bomb attachment points, possibly housing an antenna or an emitter of some kind.

About Stefano D'Urso

Stefano D'Urso is a freelance journalist and contributor to TheAviationist based in Lecce, Italy. A graduate in Industral Engineering he's also studying to achieve a Master Degree in Aerospace Engineering. Electronic Warfare, Loitering Munitions and OSINT techniques applied to the world of military operations and current conflicts are among his areas of expertise.

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[pretordh]

Scorched earth tactics

Statistics on the use of russian's large >500 kg aerial bombs on Avdiivka:

February 14 - 34

February 15-16 - 94

[eretzyisrael]

The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over fears it would invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, an official said Tuesday, marking the first time in the conflict that President Joe Biden has squeezed military aid to the key US ally.

Washington halted the load of 1,800 2,000-lb (907 kg) bombs and 1,700 500-lb (226 kg) bombs after Israel had not “fully addressed” US concerns about a major ground operation, a senior administration official said.

News of the move comes as the White House blasted the “unacceptable” closure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt after Israel sent tanks in earlier Tuesday — while holding out hope for a ceasefire with Hamas.

The pausing of weapons marks the first time that Biden has acted on the warning that he gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April that US policy on Gaza would depend on how Israel treated civilians.

The US official said Biden’s administration made the decision on the weapons when it appeared Israel was on the verge of a major ground operation into Rafah, which Washington has strongly opposed as more than a million people are sheltering there.

Israeli and US officials had been discussing alternatives but “those discussions are ongoing and have not fully addressed our concerns,” the senior US official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“As Israeli leaders seemed to approach a decision point on such an operation, we began to carefully review proposed transfers of particular weapons to Israel that might be used in Rafah. This began in April.”

The US official said Washington was “especially focused” on the use of the heaviest 2,000-lb bombs “and the impact they could have in dense urban settings as we have seen in other parts of Gaza.”

“We have not made a final determination on how to proceed with this shipment,” the official said.

The US State Department is still reviewing other weapons transfers, including the use of precision bomb kits known as JDAMs, added the official.

The White House said earlier that Israel had promised the military thrust into Rafah earlier Tuesday was a “limited operation” and not the feared full-scale invasion.

[soldan56]

Qui, nel poligono interforze della Nato a Teulada, unica vera zona franca dell’Isola, in vigore solo per generali e ministri, dove da decenni si consumano senza tregua missili e bombe di ogni genere, vige l’impunità, quella per disastro ambientale. Da una parte i legali dei generali, sotto giudizio al Tribunale di Cagliari, invocano assoluzioni e non luogo a procedere e dall’altra, gli stessi graduati, mettono nero su bianco lo scempio che ha devastato quell’area naturalistica trasformata in una discarica di veleni e pericoli.

[trombonecock]

Me, about to call down a 500 Kg Bomb on my location

[flora-fauna-allerlei]

Hey, Insta-Freunde! 🌸🍀

Schaut mal, was ich heute in meinem Garten entdeckt habe - eine riesengroße braunrote Nacktschnecke! 🐌💕

Ich möchte euch gerne vorstellen: "Schleimi Braunrot" - ein wahrlich kreativer Name (und diesmal nicht politisch gemeint!). Diese Schnecke frisst sich tapfer durch die Pilze unter den Hecken und Bäumen, lässt aber meine geliebten Funkien (Hostas) verschont. Danke, liebe Nacktschnecke Frau/Herr Schleimi Braunrot, dass du den Rest meines Gartens verschonst! 🙏

Ich wünsche euch allen ein erholsames und kreatives Wochenende, egal ob mit oder ohne Schnecken im Garten. Genießt das Leben in vollen Zügen, wenn ihr schmerzfrei seid! Und wenn nicht, dann schont euch und versucht dennoch das Beste aus der Situation zu machen. Denn der Schmerz verschwindet nicht einfach so, aber schöne Erlebnisse und Unternehmungen können ihn erträglicher machen. 💪

Ich bin so dankbar, dass ich hier auf Instagram Fotos mit euch teilen kann und eure Geschichten, Gärten, Rezepte, Ideen und Erlebnisse mitbekomme. Oft erfreuen sie mich und manchmal fühle ich mich sogar, als wäre ich bei euch im Garten oder Zuhause dabei. Oder ihr ladet mich ein, mit euch auf Reisen und Tagestouren zu kommen. Das ist einfach wundervoll! 🌼

In aufrichtiger Freude und Dankbarkeit, dass ich Teil dieser tollen Community sein darf, wünsche ich euch allen ein fantastisches Wochenende! Lasst es euch gut gehen! 😊💕

©️®️CWG, 11.08.2023🌳🐩🐓🐩🌳 - 1. Der Tag, als in KS-Rothendithmold die 500 kg Bombe 💣 unter Bergen von Sand kontrolliert gezündet wurde und weit über 7000 Menschen dort, mit Marienkrankenhaus Evakuierung, gg. 20 Uhr wieder nach Hause konnten.

2. Wir einen schönen Tag in Homberg (Efze) bei meinen Eltern im Garten hatten, ihnen Hecken- und andere Gartenarbeiten machten. Es ist schön, die Eltern noch so alt erleben zu dürfen. Auch wenn es ihnen nach Corona nie wieder gesundheitlich wirklich gut ging. Ich hab sehr sie lieb! WIR haben sie lieb! Ach und selbstgebastelten Pflaumenkuchen gab’s auch noch mit frisch geschlagener Sahne - jammi!

#nacktschnecke #florianatopfblume #dankbarkeit #cwg64d #cwghighsensitive #pestizidfreieregion #oculiauris #leckerschmeckerei #elternliebe

#nacktschnecke #florianatopfblume #dankbarkeit #cwg64d #cwghighsensitive #pestizidfreieregion #oculiauris #leckerschmeckerei #elternliebe

[whumpster-fire]

15% the speed of light is fast enough that an object should be considered a bunch of atomic nuclei and electrons flying in formation. I don't think things like Newton's Impact Depth Approximation apply at those speeds.

The ant consists mainly of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen atoms. These are all going to produce relatively heavy, positively charged particles when the electrons are stripped off by interacting with the air so the best comparison to those is probably alpha particles. 0.15c is a bit faster than alpha particles produced by radioactive decay or ternary fission normally go. At these speeds a proton (hydrogen nucleus) would have a kinetic energy of about 10 MeV, and the CNO nuclei would be around 130 to 170 MeV. This is much more energetic than a typical decay-produced alpha particle. However, alpha particles are normally stopped by a few centimeters of air, and can't penetrate human tissue far enough to get through the outer layer of dead skin. Using that as a ballpark estimate, the ant probably dumps all its kinetic energy into the air within, like, a meter, or gets maybe a few millimeters into skin, tops.

The result is "Kaboom." What hits you isn't so much an ant as an explosion. The total energy released is around 250 kg of TNT equivalent for the 1 mg ant and for a larger ant could be over a ton of TNT. Some amount of that probably goes into x-rays or gamma rays, which can pass through air and the human body and cause ionization, but I would guess this being released near-instantaneously along a trail of air less than a meter long will generate a fireball of very hot expanding plasma and a powerful shock wave, both of which are at least somewhat directional and pointed at you.

So, uhh, this is approximately comparable to a 500 lb bomb going off directly in front of the relativistic ant launcher. What's the lethal radius of a shockwave from an explosion that size? Like, tens of meters? Yeah this is definitely fatal and probably closed-casket funeral territory if the launcher is within a few meters of you.

If the ant is in a perfect vacuum until it hits your body... I think the equivalent energy of hundreds of kilograms of high explosives going off directly inside your skin might be getting to an "empty casket" level.

[xtruss]

Which Iranian Missiles And Drones Can Wipe US Bases in the Middle East Off The Map?

— Ilya Tsukanov | Tuesday April 1, 2025 | Sputnik International

Missiles are carried on trucks during Army Day parade at a military base in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. In the parade, President Ebrahim Raisi warned that the tiniest invasion by Israel would bring a massive and harsh response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran's attack over the weekend. - Sputnik International, © AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

President Trump has threatened to bomb Iran in a manner “the likes of which they have never seen before” unless a new nuclear deal is agreed. Here’s why such bullying tactics aren’t a good idea when it comes to Iran.

President Trump has threatened to bomb Iran in a manner “the likes of which they have never seen before” unless a new nuclear deal is agreed.

The US has over 60 bases, garrisons and shared facilities dotting the Middle East, from Naval Support Activity Bahrain (home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet) and Al Udeid Air Base (CENTCOM’s forward HQ), to other naval, air and ground facilities in the Gulf, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Turkiye.

US Bases in the Middle East. © Sputnik

In The Event of War, All Would Be in Range of Iran’s Missiles and Drones.

Ballistic Firepower:

Qiam-1/2: 800-1,000 Km Range, 750 Kg Warhead

Haj Qasem: 1,400 Km Range, 500 Kg Warhead

Kheibar Shekan: 1,450 Km Range, 500 Kg Warhead

Emad: 2,000 Km Range, 750 Kg Payload

Ghadr-110: 1,600-2,000 Km Range, 1,000 Kg Payload

Khorramshahr: 2,000 Km Range, 1,800 Kg Payload, MIRV-Enabled

Ground-Based Cruise Capabilities

Abu Mahdi: 1,000 Km Range, 410 Kg Warhead

Paveh: 1,650 Km Range, Payload Unknown

Soumar: Precision Strike Missile With 2,500-3,000 Km Range, 410-700 Kg Payload

Long-Range Drones

Kaman-12: 1,000 Km Range, 100 Kg Payload

Shahed 129: 1,700 Km Range, Armed With Four Sadid-1 Precision Missiles

Mohajer-6: 2,400 Km Range, Carries Precision-Guided Munitions

Shahed 149: 2,500 Km Range, 13-Bomb Payload Up To 500 Kg

Soufan Center Analysis of Estimated Range Capabilities of Iran's Ballistic Missiles. © Photo: Soufan Center/Statista

Besides Raw Firepower, Iran’s Potential Also Comes Down to Two Other Factors: Geography and Resolve.

Permanent access to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman coastlines means that in wartime, Iran can dominate the waters around the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic chokepoint through which 30% of the world’s oil trade passes.

The Zagros Mountain Range hugging the country’s southwest provides a natural barrier difficult for enemies to penetrate, with many underground missile bases and air defense sites situated at hardened mountainous facilities.

Iran has also shown repeatedly that it will not allow aggression to stand, whether it comes to US spy drones violating airspace, or assassination attacks targeting its commanders. Iran will not hesitate to retaliate against any aggressor, no matter how powerful.

[anonymous-seam-scrapper]

Another Kamikaze from the Okinawa campaign in 1945.

This time it is a A6M5c Type-52c Zero, the late war version of the famous IJN fighter. It carries a 500 kg (1,100 lb) "No. 50 Ordinary bomb Mod. 2", which was an armor piercing anti ship weapon. In order to carry that much weight, the Type-52c had to be "semi-defanged" i.e. the 20mm cannons as well as the 13mm MG in the nose were removed and the ammo of the remaining 13mm MGs in the wings was cut to 100 rounds per gun. This gave the pilot about 8 seconds of fire, which was to be used to suppress AA gunners on the target ship during the final dive.

This configuration was pioneered by the 721st Naval Air Group (NAG) also known as the "Jinrai Butai" (Thundergods). This was the unit in charge of operating the Ohka Kamikaze rocket planes. Due to the loss of many specialized Ohka-specific Betty bombers, there were more Ohka pilots than there were bombers to ferry them. However there was no shortage of Zero fighters. Ohka pilots flying in Zeros on kamikaze attacks were called "Kenmu-tai" missions. The volunteers of 721st NAG were more experienced than the average kamikaze pilot (presumably because the Ohka was seen as a wonder weapon and only pitched to proven pilots). And they had to qualify for the Ohka by successfully completing a flight in the unpowered Ohka training glider. The 721st did significantly more damage with Kenmu-Missions than with Ohkas. The kamikaze hits on USS Bunker Hill and USS Enterprise are credited to Kenmu Zeros. "Blossoms from the sky" by Dan King is a superb account of the 721st NAG history in 1945.

[cyberbenb]

Ukraine's ambitious 'Drone Line' project aims to expand frontline surveillance and combat range with advanced UAV technology

Ukrainian drone manufactures have highlighted that the operational range of their drone zone could be extended to 40 kilometers in the future but achieving this will require a sufficient fleet of UAVs. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the launch of the "Drone Line" project earlier in February, aiming to create a "kill zone" on the frontline with a depth of 10-15 kilometers. This initiative is deemed optimal for current capabilities, though the drone coverage range could eventually increase to 40 kilometers. Nikita Rozhkov, head of Ukraine's Frontline company, elaborated on this in an interview with Defense News. According to Ukraine's defense ministry, the project has two main objectives:

1. Permanent reconnaissance control using drones to monitor the front line.

2. Establishing a buffer zone where enemy forces cannot move undetected, thus enhancing the operational synergy between drones and infantry units.

"The project aligns with contemporary technological capabilities and strategic considerations—this range allows for efficient reconnaissance and neutralization of enemy forces before they pose a direct threat to Ukrainian positions," Rozhkov stated ahead of the IDEX exhibition in the UAE. For the project to come to fruition, a substantial number of drones is essential.

As Valery Yakovenko, founder of DroneUA, noted, Ukrainian manufacturers are currently capable of producing up to 2,500 heavy UAVs monthly and 4,000 small drones daily.

At the Abu Dhabi exhibition, Ukrainian companies showcased their latest innovations, including the "Chaklun" drone family, developed by RC Direction. These UAVs are already in active use in combat zones. Ivan Sibiryakov, a senior manager at "Spetstechnoexport," emphasized the importance of the "Chaklun-K" model, designed to counter enemy reconnaissance and strike drones. A significant advantage is its flight endurance of over two hours, which far exceeds the capabilities of standard UAVs. Notably, the domestic "Chaklun" drone has been certified by Ukraine's Ministry of Defense and recommended for delivery to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the developers, the "Chaklun" features the following specifications:

- Wingspan: 1,400 mm

- Length: 910 mm

- Maximum weight: up to 4 kg

- Cruise speed: 80 km/h

- Top speed: 130 km/h

- Flight time: at least 60 minutes

- Flight range: up to 120 km

- Cruise altitude: 500 meters

- Maximum flight altitude: 3,000 meters

Previously, it was reported that Ukraine is employing long-range drones capable of carrying a 250-kilogram bomb for strikes on Russian military targets.