The Monster Bomb that Turned Ground into Butter

[@christopherallen7887]

I was a 7 level Avionics Systems Specialist assigned to the 494th F111F FS. in Taif, Saudi Arabia during the war. The video does confuse the types of aircraft shown on screen but the narration is correct. Even the details about how quickly the weapon was designed and deployed. The first two were dropped by 494th aircraft and the bomb casings were still warm/hot from the when the Tritonol (explosive) was poured. Those two bombs were loaded and shipped real fast

[@GJones462-2W1]

I was a Weapons Systems Specialist with the 48th FW, stationed in Taif, Saudi Arabia, during Desert Shield/Storm. Fancy title for bomb loader. We knew ahead of time, that the GBU-28's were inbound from the states, and my crew and I were trying to be the ones who got the upload duty with those beauties, but that went to a crew that was on the day shift, and me and my crew loaded only at night. Nevertheless, I did get to see it on the ramp, before it went on its mission, and took a bunch of pics of them on our F-111F's. The aircraft had to have two MK-84s's (2000 lbs each) loaded on stations 3 & 4 on the left wing, just to get the balance close during flight. My crew and I loaded 352,500 lbs of live munitions, but would have LOVED to stake claim to those bad boys!

[@mechanicdave4899]

Did you get a achievement medal for those levels of munitions? That’s very cool! I was AGE so I’m sure you used our Jammers and MHU”s to load the bombs.

[@GJones462-2W1]

Yep, we pretty much all did. AF Meritorious Achievement medal. Yeah, I was a #2-man on the crew, but the #3-man was the one who drove the jammers. MJ-1's 99% of the time, and occasionally the MJ-4's. The big -60's for power on the a/c, etc. So long ago, my friend. Back on base, I worked in the load barn as a weapons load training instructor, but in Taif, we were humpin' bombs all night, just like any other crew. It was great to FINALLY get to do what you spend your career training for.

[@SubvertTheState]

​@XAirForceThat's funny. I was selling Cat-V cables on my spare time. Nobody could get any and wanted to get onto the Iraqna and play games or talk to family. I bought $140 worth of line, crimpers, RJ45s and set to work making 10', 15', and 20' Straight-Through cables. Sold them for $10 to $15. Somebody didn't like that so they told the commander I had stolen SIPRnet line and was profiting off of government property. They ordered me to stop making cables. So I had all that stuff, I ended up packing it in the Connex to ship home. Ofcourse the Unit believing it was theirs. That whole experience coupled with a few others stayed with me and I couldn't wait to ETS from that hyper cynical unit.

[@DavidCasebeer-wf8by]

I was at RAF Bentwaters when the 48th did the "LIBYA"!

[@GJones462-2W1]

Thanks for the support, bro!@@chowsindahouse

[@Tomyironmane]

Gotta love oldschool USAF humor. They build a laser guided bomb out of an artillery barrel, designed to f*** up a bunker... and call it "Project Deep Throat."

[@mountaindesert34788]

Lmaooo

[@rickborrell1613]

I was an Air Traffic Controller at Taif during Desert Storm, worked in the Radar Approach Control. If memory serves, we had approx 100 F-111’s (F & EF models). It was quite a sight watching them take off with full afterburners. They all departed as a group and returned as a group. It was a challenge to separate so many aircraft at once. Good times!

[@stevenhard3961]

I was a bee bee stacker and worked inside the big arched concrete bunkers they were atomic bomb proof. In the cold winter they were 58 dagrees inside. In the hot summer they were about 62 degrees inside.

[@HerbertTowers]

In the SPINS those guys should have already had a planned recovery plot.

[@appleturnover519]

Good times invading country based on false premises. Causing havoc for years in that country. Congratulations.

[@hobblobber3914]

@@appleturnover519 Storm was kicking them out of Kuwait with a big ole boot.

[@thebaddest2562]

Are u stupid?​@@appleturnover519

[@thomasmaughan4798]

"Turned Ground into Butter" Combine that with a device that turns ground into bread, and you have solved world hunger!

[@lockheedx33]

The buttered toast-inator

[@MarkEd-t4f]

❤ ❤0 Qpp0​@@lockheedx33

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

Marmalade...mmm...

[@svartmetall]

Wake me when you have a bomb that turns the ground into chicken vindaloo

[@vernevens1598]

Funny how I didn't hear any jokes when the people in the countries in the Middle East came to the US in 2001 and got revenge for the illegal invasion and destruction of their country(Remember 911).

[@VegasMikeP229]

Don't know what was used but a news report last week about Gaza said 200 feet underground "was not enough". One of the capabilities mentioned years ago is serial bunker busters. The first bomb goes in and blows, and the second bomb follows into the hole made by the first bomb and continues deeper. Sounds good to me.

[@WardenWolf]

Fortunately, some gasses are heavier than air. If you can get to one of the entrances, you can usually easily wipe out most tunnel systems.

[@VegasMikeP229]

@@WardenWolf There are some gases used in TIG or MIG welding that will do just fine and are readily available.

[@timothymorgan8254]

That's a nasty thought

[@Steven-p4j]

Only if you are not the target man.

[@curedham2963]

Im sure we have plenty of options since iran has been on the USA map for a while now. Id imagine a very low yield nuclear bomb combined with the technology of bunker busters etc.

[@zippyt.libertine3787]

You can thank Machinists and toolmakers for making this possible.

[@12knots]

I’m a retired machinist, made a lot of crap for the government while active, unfortunately they kept the designs and patents. Oh well… did my part!

[@journeytosilius1]

What this video did not explain was which of the 3 methods proposed was actually used in the end, and how it specially functions (from a scientific standpoint) to penetrate deeper into the concrete/earth.

[@88njtrigg88]

​@@journeytosilius1That's what this channel and Dark Docs do the best. Have a good one.

[@ronblack7870]

@@journeytosilius1 there are videos about it on youtube that go into much more detail.

[@jamespatton2975]

@gregjohnson247 OMG really ! Trucks were created just for those people ! Because they are too stupid to do anything else !

[@0ldb1ll]

Bunker busters were first invented, introduced and used by the RAF during WW2 in order to penetrate German U-boat pens. They were carried by Lancaster bombers as no other aircraft could carry that weight.

[@berttrombetta4953]

The advantage the Lanc had was its large undivided bomb bay to fit the tallboy and grand slam deep penetrating bombs, not it's carrying capacity

[@davideyres955]

@@berttrombetta4953still has off to Barnes Wallace, genius.

[@rvndmnmt1]

Saw the sub pens at Brest. Still in use at the time. Only three bombs penetrated through 24ft of reinforced concrete through the entire war. What was impressive were the craters they left. Built a medium sized building at the bottom of one.

[@RamonInNZ]

@@rvndmnmt1 3 were enough to stop the pens being used for an extended time!

[@alidaniels2487]

Yep tall boy and grand slam if I remember correctly

[@JFar-jf6qq]

So basically it would be like dropping my mother-in-law on a bunker?? That’s some scary sh*t

[@CaptainPanick]

In other words, a MILOAB as opposed to a MOAB.

[@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx]

wow.thats pretty bad.

[@Webedunn]

Oh dagz!😆

[@danielabilez3619]

Expired Expired 😢

[@bobd9193]

@JFar-jf6qq OMG, That actually made me laugh out loud. Which is saying something when it comes to me. Thank you so much for that

[@twobrotherskayaking4736]

I was in Iceland in mid 1970's and we used F4C's as 'hot birds'. Designated SG01 and SG02, these were 'scrambled' with 'nuke' tipped air to air missiles and used for intercepting and accompanying Russian Bear-delta and Fox-delta long range bombers whenever they intruded on our air space. Having a WCT certification we attended debriefings with the pilots. They sometimes took us onto the flightline, and we saw these birds up close and personal. That one pic at 6:42 sure looked like a phantom to me!

[@Nighthawke70]

Those babies were classified "Special Weapons". Hell, ABC (Atomic, Biologic, Chemical) weapons all came under that category.

[@twobrotherskayaking4736]

@@Nighthawke70 Yeah! Those air-to-air nucs could take out anything within 5 mile radius! I guess they DID think a limited nuclear war was winnable!!

[@Nighthawke70]

@@twobrotherskayaking4736 That they did back then. All those tests they did changed their minds.

[@billmadison2032]

Never underestimate the human's ability to kill each other with impunity

[@RidgeKayser]

AMEN! . . and, thank GOD brave American patriots are well-trained, able-bodied, & and very willing to fulfill that mission to protect the American people as well as their vital interests around the globe. May god bless our troops, . . & all of the American people.✝✡☢☠

[@sammyposton5934]

Those are not human they just look human underneath the flesh is pure evil. Read the book of Enoch it explains the worlds problems. Evil spirits roam the earth aka the "evil in man", "lovers and followers of evil" or the "evil heart" (spiritual energy)

[@DaveSCameron]

And too often joy!

[@DaveSCameron]

@@sammyposton5934grow up please and look beyond your own family… smh ☘️📚🎚️🇬🇧

[@marstondavis]

As the old saying goes; Better them than us! I damn well guarantee you they'd kill all of us given the chance.

[@TheKasperlkopf]

thank you very much for the red circle at 0:45 i wouldnt have seen the hole without it

[@gregorylerch1440]

This dude loves giant red arrows and circles

[@uberlpn]

🤣

[@arablues4142]

thanks for mentioning the circle, i would have missed it

[@1vantheterr1ble47]

That’s that new sarcasm thing isn’t it? I’ve heard about it.

[@ktcarl]

What circle?

[@KennyLoose]

And my Dad talked me out of being a missile design engineer... He said it could possibly hurt or kill innocent people.... Put my energy into more positive things.... I'm glad I listened to him... RIP Angel Dad..... I pray for peace 🙏

[@bksduskmirror1250]

Make the Cheney richer with new weapons. Did you notice when Trump said he would stop all wars, Cheney moved on the Democrat side, no wars under Trump, but under Democrat theirs wars starting everywhere.

[@anthonydewitt7674]

@@bksduskmirror1250 wrong.Afghistan was a war during Trumps tern.

[@Rezah6]

Hi Kenny, May God almighty be merciful on your dad's soul for preventing you from going into such an evil trade.

[@jessepadziora2157]

​@Rezah6 sorry your so wrong the only thing evil about that trade is the assholes that want to be evil and hurt people. People are the evil one's behind the weapon systems and the weapons. People kill people not the machines we create to do the damage so get your facts right and stop telling p3oplethatthere evil cause they take pride in what they do this evil business is what keeps you alive and your families lives as well

[@JohnJones-k9d]

All based on the work of the GENIUS Barnes Wallace who dreamt this bomb up before WW2, he viewed that destroying Enemy Infrastructure in the 1930s. It was not until they could get the casting technology right and a plane with a bomb bay big enough. I think it was 1943 that the bomb was made, from memory it took 2 weeks to fill and weighed 10Tonnes, then it was fitted to the Lancaster. This video should read an update of Barnes Wallace 1930 design. I think grandslam penetrated the ground to 100M and then 10 tonnes of torpedo went bang. It would sink bridges on foundations as it turned the ground to liquid.

[@jantschierschky3461]

Not 100m deepest was about 35m in sand.

[@raytaylor3077]

another stupid war that we got lied into

[@briansewell1480]

​@jantschierschky3461 If it was sand that would be pretty good , because they use it in bags to stop bullets

[@jantschierschky3461]

@@briansewell1480 bullets are different to bombs.

[@steveprebble1065]

Barnes Wallace - the earthquake bomb. Why try to hit a bridge or a battleship when a near miss with an earthquake bomb destroys things.

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

The British used 12,000 pound and 20,000 pound bunker busters in WW2, to attack u-boat pens and the German battleship Tirpitz.

[@justinweisel3337]

But did they turn the ground into butter?

[@alexmarshall4331]

RUBBER ​@@justinweisel3337

[@ArchangelExile]

​@@justinweisel3337🍞🤤

[@seanalexander367]

There was no butter left 😅​@@justinweisel3337

[@nicholasholloway8743]

What they nickname those? Tallboys is think

[@abialo2010]

that barrel thing wasnt the first time that was suggested. you should make a video on the world war 2 style bunker busters. they made one called the amazon, the sampson and the Disney. they were all over 20000 pounds!

[@nekotamo]

08:12 - Strazevica (Belgrade, Serbia) command center is under 100m (300 feet) of soil and rock. It was designed to withstand 20kt explosion (so if you drop a Hiroshima bomb directly on top of it, it would survive). The biggest "bunker buster bomb" NATO dropped there was 2.5 tones of weight and it simply failed to go deep enough.

[@mkay1957]

A nuclear device is not made to penetrate a target. The Americans have developed a fairly new bunker buster, the 30,000 lb. GBU57. It will supposedly penetrate 200 ft. of concrete.

[@Edgeman81]

Rock mining on the side. They just hit the rock again and again. Some of Sadam's bunkers also were built by ex-YU companies.

[@arapahoetactical7749]

You make this sound like it was the first ever "Bunker Buster" but let's give credit where credit is due. The Brits were the first develop a true bunker buster in WWII with their "Tall Boy" bombs that used mass alone to deeply penetrate to take out underground bunkers. Then the British Navy developed the Disney Boom that was smaller in diameter AND had a rocket motor to boost the speed. However, these early bombs lacked precision guidance for better effectiveness. So I'll grant that the GBU-28 is new in the regards of putting a skinny, heavy, delayed detonation bomb on target, but the concept of the bomb is not new at all.

[@richardtibbetts574]

I was actually watching a video about what you’re talking about, and this one was the next recommended video.

[@andrewmiller1260]

He makes it pretty clear that bunker busters already existed but still weren’t capable of accomplishing the mission at hand. Enter the GBU-28

[@C21H30O2]

He actually didn't buttplug, did you even watch the video?

[@TheFactMan1]

@@andrewmiller1260 I’m glad somebody corrected that😂

[@tireballastserviceofflorid7771]

You do know you can't compare the old bombs to the new bombs. He was basically enhancing the point this bomb was in a whole new class of its own.

[@1milesnpr]

Show the correct aircraft mate! Fkn delivered by a C-141 Starlifter and shows a C-5 Galaxy. Says "F-111E/F and shows a bloody F4 Phantom.

[@krystianzyszczynski4115]

To be fair it was in the background rolling by

[@user-HILINAH]

No doubt bro,did I see a f-4 or something 😅?

[@twobrotherskayaking4736]

Thanks for mentioning that. I was in Iceland in mid 1970's and we used F4C's as 'hot birds'. Designated SG01 and SG02, these were 'scrambled' with 'nuke' tipped air to air missiles and used for intercepting and accompanying Russian Bear-delta and Fox-delta long range bombers whenever they intruded on our air space. Having a WCT certification we attended debriefings with the pilots. They sometimes took us onto the flightline, and we saw these birds up close and personal. That one pic at 6:42 sure looked like a phantom to me!

[@gregjennings9442]

This guy’s channel is notorious for that kind of inaccuracy.

[@phyrhfbr1819]

what about the Vietnam cong tunnel entrance... in the jungle... not the desert...

[@arapahoetactical7749]

Why do you show the C-5 Galaxy when you're talking about a C-141?

[@BradiKal61]

You must be new to this channel. showing the wrong aircraft is kind of a thing

[@R3b3l-Scumm]

Im sure at times it is hard to get enough actual footage to fill the time of the video, after all its not like they use these bombs every day.

[@ks_hunter7327]

C-141 is hardly used anymore

[@darylturner2321]

Or show an F-4 when talking about a F111….

[@gnosticbrian3980]

The WW2 explosive, 'Torpex', developed at the Royal Gunpowder Factory in the UK was 50% more powerful than TNT. Torpex included 18% powdered aluminium. The German equivalent of Torpex was Trialen.

[@tcoradeschi]

Called tritonal in the US

[@johnbishop6667]

22000lb earthquake bomb dropped by modified Lancaster bombers in WW2

[@sidthompso8097]

I remember my father talking about this he was part of the original Nike Hercules missle project they were trying to figure out what explosive to use of course then I was only 11 years old so I had no clue what they were talking about until years later when I asked him

[@ryanhampson673]

Torpex has a RE factor of 1.3 so not quite 50% but still stronger than TNT. TNT is the gold standard and all explosives and sets the scale at 1. Current C-4 has a RE of 1.34. The idea of Torpex was to increase the “Brisance” or the shattering power for the explosive in torpedos, thus helping crack the hulls on enemy ships. Torpex is 40% TNT, 40% RDX, 18% aluminum and 1% wax binder.

[@gnosticbrian3980]

@@ryanhampson673 Hence the name "Torpex" - 'Torpedo Explosive'.

[@paulkindler8430]

How does the GBU-28compare to the Grand Slam bombs:? Which would be more powerful , being dropped from 40000 feet a 8000 pound bomb or a 22000 pound bomb .

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Grand slam was more powerful and penetrated to 100M, it destroyed bridges by sinking the whole structure into the ground.

[@jantschierschky3461]

Well, different design and purposes, one was designed to cause a quake and use seismic waves for destruction. Other is a penetrator. There is an interesting KZbin video about tests conducted on the valentine bunker after WW2.

[@paulkindler8430]

As designed by Banes Wallis the Tallboy and Grand Slam were deep penetration bombs, they were nicknamed earthquake bombs.@@jantschierschky3461

[@mkay1957]

When a deep target absolutely, positively has to be destroyed, try the fairly new 30,000lb. GBU57. It has harder steel than anything before it, so it can penetrate deep, and has modern explosives that are far more powerful than anything made in WW2.

[@DunnickFayuro]

Note to self: never build a bunker less than 1 kilometer deep, and reinforce it with 50 feet of concrete.

[@ronallens6204]

Its reported hamas has tunnels 6k down... but they are all in sandstone... sounds rsky to me

[@LambertOtto]

If you have whiskey, I am joining!

[@scottmurphy650]

@@ronallens6204 That sounds like more dunecoon propaganda.

[@ronallens6204]

@@scottmurphy650 alot of fact started scifi ...i remenber something like the rods of God in a movie 10 15 years ago... scifi ray guns are now laser cannons on aircraft carriers

[@jrkorman]

You'll end up with a "Mineshaft gap"

[@borismedved835]

Reminds me of a book called Dam Busters I read in the early 1950s. It was mostly about those round bouncing bombs, but I think it had something like these.

[@nicholasholloway8743]

Nah, dam busters or (Bouncing Barrel Bombs) were essentially modified depth charges that they packed with more explosives, they would come in on the lake side of the dam, drop the barrel and it would skip across the water, hit the top of the dam and roll over and down the face of the dam before it exploded.

[@joeharris3878]

You're right. The Lancaster carried the Tallboy against tough targets like the Tirpitz and fortifications during WW2

[@davidmurphy8190]

Actually the Brits developed a spherical bouncing bomb. It was code named HIGHBALL and was intended to be delivered by modified late-model Mosquitoes. They were used as an antishipping weapon and it worked very well against German coastal shipping off the Norwegian coast. Look up a movie called “Mosquito Squadron” and you will see some film footage of HIGHBALL being employed against surface ground targets. HIGHBALL required a mechanical device to spin up the weapon to a given RPM before release.

[@ronblack7870]

those were also invented bu wallace along with bunker busters

[@samwisegamgee289]

have you found those weapons of mass destruction yet mr. rumsfeld and co. ?

[@SonnyoYucatan]

You are still on this ??!!

[@samwisegamgee289]

@@SonnyoYucatan its just a reminder to some and for others who don t know the real story behind american agression and of clourse you are shamed by your county and its po;icies but c est la vie you own it

[@marksullivan39]

Yes, now we have them. Thats all I can say

[@joeharris3878]

The US government knew the Iraqis had chemical munitions....DC had the receipts.

[@farmallskittle]

​@samwisegamgee289 wrong war this is from the gulf war not the second iraq war in 03 😂😂😂

[@llYossarian]

0:30 - It just wouldn't be Dark Tech if they didn't do something like calling an F1117 Nighthawk an "F117" while showing a -Lancer- Aardvark in the first 30 seconds...

[@07Convertable]

I knew that I saw an Aardvark! I'm glad that someone else did too.

[@jewelswinton298]

Don't forget talking about operation deep throat

[@byronstoddard]

lol I noticed that too!! Documentary film guy! Get your plane footage right! Wasn’t the footage of a B1 bomber?

[@llYossarian]

@@byronstoddard At this point I assume it's as much if not more trolling for engagement as anything to do with laziness or ignorance.

[@4586johnc]

The ingenuity which human beings will go to, in order to destroy each other, never ceases to amaze me. We are well on the way to enjoying the fate of the dinosaurs.

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

Oh that wasn't the Dinosaurs Fault, just some Proto Weapons Specialists trying out the Basic FAB-500,000,000,000 Butter Bombs

[@handyandy6050]

Yep. Human race: Does its best when beating the crap out of each other.

[@bigbenguitarslinger494]

You aren't wrong. And it's based on the need humans have to dominate each other. We will never stop fighting for status, until God stops it all. That will happen

[@peterdarr383]

We are moody, territorial Apes with Thermo-Nuclear Weapons . . . what could go wrong ??

[@nadieequis710]

You talk in third person, you are not human? In the future some of your offspring gonna kill somebody else, unless you don't reproduce, what you are going to do?

[@JohnnyAFG81]

Imagine the oh shit moment when you see a warhead poke through your bunker ceiling!

[@johnshite4656]

It won't be there for long, don't worry. The bunker, I mean.

[@sarnxero2628]

Record Scratch Narrator: it was that moment he knew he fucked up.

[@johncothren8861]

You may see it swell up but you won't hear it go off.

[@douglasgriswold2533]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US-------

[@beltigussin81]

You won't see sh*t.

[@Zakalwe-01]

If it’s turning the ground into butter, it’s not a monster bomb: it’s a MAGIC bomb! 🧈🥐🥞

[@noahway13]

Those poor people were toast.

[@jonksmodels]

Could be a very lucrative new manufacturing procedure.

[@crisespinoza1979]

parkay

[@Rayman1971]

The new one turns the ground to cheese... a nice roquefort I think!!!!

[@mkay1957]

I wouldn't care if the bomb turned the ground into margarine, since that stuff tastes like s**t anyway. But not butter, for heavens sake! Not delicious butter!

[@khakiwolf4146]

Imagine spending so much money researching and developing this new bomb, when the British Tallboy bomb made in World War 2 could penetrate 60 feet and blow the side off a mountain.

[@stuartgmk]

👍👍

[@topsecret1837]

The tallboy could do all that to a target if it wasn’t floating and landed within reasonable distance to damage the foundations. Otherwise it’s an overrated dumb bomb which ironically had a guidance upgrade which barely got used in Korea, the ASM-A-1 Tarzon.

[@OneEyedJacker]

Imagine not realizing that the Tallboy weighed 10 tons and took a larger bomber to carry one. Today they load 6, 8 or 10 under the wings of fighters.

[@gorn9161]

"Accomplishments of the Tallboy included 24 June 1944 Operation Crossbow attack on La Coupole which undermined the foundations of the V-2 assembly bunker and a Tallboy attack on the Saumur tunnel on 8-9 June 1944, when bombs passed straight through the hill and exploded inside the tunnel 60 ft (18 m) below the surface (stopping Panzer reinforcements reaching Normandy)" Interesting! Thanks for the input. But the GB-28 smashed through (164ft) Sounds like the research paid off.

[@auraeliuswrinn3756]

The tallboy was a masterpiece of engineering and craftsmanship... For its time.

[@francisschweitzer8431]

I love how a C-141 became a C-5A … and then into a C-17 cargo area.

[@flynlr]

thats when I stopped watching

[@inothome]

And the C-17 loading what looked to be a satellite being shipped no less. lol

[@harmonicajohn1059]

Also the f111 became an f4

[@DavidCasebeer-wf8by]

As a maintenance munitions officer, I had the opportunity to work on follow on programs (Advance Direct Strike Weapons) to the GBU 28 just a few months after Desert Storm. My boss was the program manger for the BLU 113. Our target sets were deep rock and concrete bunkers. One of the primary concerns was carrying such a load and how it could be made lighter than the GBU-28 and more effective.

[@goodboy1269]

Fake, and if it's not fake you need to be reprimanded

[@micosmiljanic4418]

"Unfortunately" did nit work in Yugoslavia?! For many of us it was VERY FORTUNATE! You got the "invisible" F-117A knocked out too - sorry we did not know it was invisible ;-))

[@abvmoose87]

What is the footage at @05:16 from? Never seen snything quite like that. What altitude is that filmed from if its real and not cgi?

[@MrBenski81]

He's back, did you forget how many ppl hate the overspeed narration. You were so good for so long... sigh

[@ayubshaikh9156]

True ,……

[@acb9896]

Whatareyoutalkingabouthesoundstotallynormaljustlikeme.

[@Duke_Romilar_III]

2 words: "playback speed." Look for them in "settings."

[@GuyFromSC]

“It can penetrate thickness of 20’ of concrete”. Holy shit man! That’s incredible when you think about how powerful that has to be. 🙏🏼

[@josephastier7421]

And if the concrete is thicker they will use a series of bunker busters one after the next to pound their way down like a giant impact drill.

[@GuyFromSC]

@@josephastier7421 That’s tight. I’d love to see that in action. From behind the safety of my keyboard of course 🤣

[@beerme8314]

if ya dun think we have god rods already i dunno what will blow ur mind.. this shit is propa like ya we still suck lol

[@sugarpuddin]

Recent Russian hypersonic missile destroyed a Ukrainian reinforced bunker nearly three hundred feet deep (I believe I have that correct). In the process it took out and extraordinarily large group of high ranking military personnel and USA advisors

[@HerbertTowers]

Not necessarily the enemy's concrete though!

[@sprtplt]

Four minutes of content delivered in ten!

[@sinformant]

Who picks the footage for these videos? Talking about f117's and showing f111's.... talking about f111's and showing f4 phantoms....

[@Jeromey0517]

Just enjoy the video dude. No one cares about that nonsense detail you’re wincing on about.

[@sinformant]

@@Jeromey0517 I get it. In this modern world like yourself don't concern yourself with facts or the thrust, but many do. If someone is going to make a video about facts, then get things right. I understand these channels have blown up and now put out several videos a day to bring in that revenue, but the older ones were much better.

[@jimisi7424]

​@@sinformant well said! It's just a quick cash grab on youtube. No wonder there are so many ignorant people spouting crap they read online. No pride in one's work these days!

[@1wretchedsoul]

Those aren’t F-4 phantoms, they are in fact F-111 aardvarks….. and it did show an F-117 when it was mentioned. At 0:50 I am looking at an F-111 and there’s nothing that makes it look like an F-4

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

These latter day unemployed goombahs don’t research.

[@ninjasagain1201]

I was so excited when I saw the thumbnail of this video. I could barely contain my excitement and said, “yes! Finally! Mothra 2025: The Movie!”

[@glennworton2494]

i wonder how it would compare to the WW2 Grand Slam bomb - it was designed on the dame principles, but was a LOT larger.

[@johnbishop5316]

There is nothing like a dame. Nothing in the world.

[@davidmurphy8190]

The Army Air Corps during WW2 had begun some guided bomb programs known by different names, among them AZON and RAZON. After the USAF was created, these programs had matured sufficiently to be used in the Korean War against Communist targets. They were rather large weapons that needed a B-29 for delivery.

[@charlesgarrett2717]

Why are you guys using f4 phantoms as examples of f111. Other footage is erroneous also. Am I just over shooting the mark?

[@kermitsteck3148]

Incredible video! I know things happened super fast just prior to January 15, 1991! All sorts of things in all USA military branches

[@scottmichael3745]

At the 3:30 mark, he was literally explaining E=MC2. I like that they broke it down in to symplectic terms. Makes it easier for some to understand. Good stuff!

[@Oldguy-k3t]

What's the use of having very expensive military, when you have two bit politicians.

[@RetiredLover]

And that ain’t worth two bits! Can you see Kamela giving a morale building speech to the troops? Right!

[@itwoznotme]

@@RetiredLover but you can obviously see ole don doing the trick? right?

[@josephburns9819]

@@itwoznotmeHe’s call them losers and suckers….

[@josephburns9819]

@@RetiredLoverI sure could…..

[@lancemcclure6017]

Do you know the people put them in charge??? Oh, and I know you’re gonna say “I didn’t”… it’s called democracy, we as a society need to monitor who we put in office a lot better than we’ve been doing…

[@kenc3622]

I was curious why you showed an F4 Wild Weasel when you were talking about loading this bomb on the F111, and later showed a Wild Weasel in flight refueling? I may have been in the photo of the F4 on the ramp.

[@Adiscretefirm]

Adding 20% aluminum powder makes the explosive mixture 18% more effective? Is this DoD math or am I missing something?

[@jeffduncan9140]

Not sure about the math, but it does great when the particles are dispersed into a cloud before the initial explosion. It's also used in some solid rocket motor fuel.

[@nicholasholloway8743]

Nah, that's probably some bullshit spread by DARPA

[@BuckJackson-kc8pb]

During Ops Enduring Freedom, I was deployed to Al Taji base for 18 months.

[@blakemcleroy4812]

First. Love your show sir

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

Never ceases to amaze me the time money and effort we have put in in order to butcher each other

[@diGritz1]

The speed at which this thing was developed and tested was mind numbing. But it begs the question, was it really that fast or is everything else developed by US military industry just really slow. Which seems much more reasonable. Especially when you consider some of the insane costs that go towards R-n-D.

[@johnjames5712]

I worked on the project to build this at the Watervliet arsenal and its still considered one of the quickest projects to go from concept to being made and deployed

[@briankennedy5578]

Then there's another option. Maybe they have things nobody was told about. Can design things rather quickly when it's already been done before.

[@CarlosMoreno-te2zr]

I heard they found the howitzer gun barrels were laying around and rusty. They needed a slim long object to pour the tritanal in. Like a long cigar shape. The rusty howitzer barrels did the trick. One guy told the barrels were still warm from the tritanal being poured in. I interviewed Col. White and his WSO after the raid. Story was published in a book about the 48th FW after the war. It was called "When Diplomacy Failed"

[@nohandle62]

People need to remember that by the time we see a military gadget it's already been in planning and production for 40 years.

[@Larryw-o2k]

Was developed in 70s actually had to sign a 50 year nondisclosure agreement nuff said

[@anotheruser9876]

@0:40 Yeah, that's an F-15. Not an F-111F.

[@garymcewan5876]

Dark. This is an excellent video. Keep up the great work 👍

[@NeilFLiversidge]

There's nothing 'staggering' about a 4400 pound bomb. RAF Lancaster bombers were carrying 22,000 pound Grand Slam bombs in 1945 and 12,000 Tallboy bombs were used before that to sink Tirpitz.

[@turdferguson5300]

Makes ya wonder what would happen if we worked as hard on getting along as we do on killing each other?

[@Species-lj8wh]

Don't be talking nonsense. How would people make money if we're not screwing someone over.

[@rogerandjoan4329]

We do. That’s why there’s people like you around.

[@timschaaf3604]

Unfortunately we have those who will not get along no matter what is tried. They would rather kill you as opposed to getting along. They find that anyone who is not of their religion, is an infidel and if you can't recite the Quran you will be killed.

[@turdferguson5300]

@@rogerandjoan4329 Haha I just go from tree to tree hugging the crap out of em. I gotta work in time to save the whales and change the world. I'm already 60 kinda runnin out of time... This Mother Teresa crap keeps a guy busy. Love ya or screw ya, whatever makes ya the happiest ! lol

[@budwhite9591]

My grandfather built and wrote the handling and shipping manuals for GBU’s at Eglin AFB. I even got to see some tests

[@willwynn6141]

Easily one of my favorite channels

[@paulrussell2452]

These documentaries are AWESOME!!

[@tommcclelland119]

Another great video. I’m an old Veteran, but I seem to remember a call for 105’s during the first or second Gulf War. I guess they wanted the barrels? They got one from a company here in the Rocky Mountains - they specialized in using cannons to create small avalanches that prevented larger avalanches. I could be wrong or mistaken….

[@ryansta]

A really interesting piece, but as always you completely spoil it by talking about one thing - for example a F1-11 in this case then throwing in pictures of any old plane footage you can find, we had some F-4 Phantoms in this, a F-15, wouldn't of surprised me to see a Mustang and a Sopworth Camel make an appearance along with the Memphis Belle.

[@chrissartain4430]

A great channel with actuate coverage of all that they cover.

[@TheGreyLineMatters]

20 feet of concrete... Hot damn...

[@richardtibbetts574]

No, “Hot Butter”

[@surfer730]

I used aluminum and magnesium powder in the ‘70s. Friend’s father was a chemical engineer with a home lab. School lab was well stocked. I know teachers are not like Mr. Kaiser anymore. He showed us how to make gunpowder and the effects of unstable elements.

[@ministrychannelsa4216]

Love these videos

[@shaun7057]

My dad was a f111 mechanic in the 80’s. I sure do miss him rip dad

[@kourakis]

I’d appreciate the govt ceasing its forcing me to pay for these ‘freedom operations’ under threat of imprisonment if I don’t.

[@mi5iu491]

U also pay for ur roads schools and medical care for when ur old. Go live in a hole if u don't want to pay taxes. Somewhere with no roads, no electricity, no medical care,. Preferably afghanistan

[@kourakis]

@@mi5iu491 Your reasoning is on par with your grammar.

[@TramJizzle]

I agree completely I'd much rather have my tax money go to support 22 million illegal aliens

[@jamielancaster01]

Why didn’t they use MDX as the explosive???

[@cfgyvr6321]

no mention of the enviromentel damage caused by each bomb exploded or by the damage it does. Funny how war and the enviroment are never mentioned at the same time. Almost like it'e by design

[@iceflyer130]

That was a C-5 Galaxy you showed when you said it was shipped on a C-141.

[@SloaneLasers]

Yep, you're right. But I'm OK with the error. These vids are wonderful. I simply love seeing the F-111.

[@Wuchtmeister]

1:47 I'm sorry Operation WHAT ???

[@BustaBunny3045]

😂😂😂

[@danielchisholm4625]

Haha sounds like a porn hub video lol

[@alb.1911]

1:45

[@owenbowler8616]

Why does the video show F4's instead of F117's at 7:04

[@loganmerryman202]

Operation what?

[@kranson8514]

Perfect voice for narration, love it sir.👏👍

[@antman2826]

Just as well there was a big red arrow pointing to that bomb in the thumbnail of this video. I wouldn’t have had any idea where to look otherwise.

[@lapisdust]

Me too! LOL

[@harmonicajohn1059]

Can you get photos/videos that match the narrative?

[@hughbo52]

Great stuff. Informative without fluff.

[@dillhole3852]

What did they do with all the butter?

[@SwanOnChips]

😆

[@captjinxmarine9832]

Delivered by one of greatest plane, F-111Es. A ship that will be forgotten by my military generation.

[@hgr.7857]

Yeah, the F111 Arrdvark rules. One of my faves too. Capable of super fast, super low intrusion before stealth. Could deliver nukes. Swing wings, Side by side crew capsule. And it looks great doing all that. Look good, play good.

[@captjinxmarine9832]

People had to have had their eyes glued shut and then the Spark Vark which killed more tanks in Gulf War than the A-10.@@hgr.7857

[@davidmurphy8190]

The 48th flew the F model Vark. The E models were at Upper Heyford. The Ds were at Cannon with the 27th TFW. The As were were everywhere with 42 converted to EF-111A Spark Varks.

[@captjinxmarine9832]

@@davidmurphy8190 she just a beautiful bird like the B-58. We were about her too.

[@davidmurphy8190]

@@captjinxmarine9832 Yes, the Vark was one of my faves too. I got to work on the Operational Flight Simulator for the EF-111A trainer. That is the closest I got to work on the Vark. Also worked on the Weapon System Trainer for the RAAF F-111C/HARPOON simulator. That was the most fun I had with the Aussies’ AF, but also worked on their tactical trainers for RAN platforms capable of shooting the HRPOON.

[@nigelfaulkner5449]

Was a GBU28 used to slaughter civilians hiding in a multi story underground air raid shelter in Baghdad?

[@frosty3693]

I would guess that the Mossad knows the structure profiles of Iran's nuclear facilities and has given that info to the US to design an appropriate weapon. In WW2 the british designed 28,000 pound bombs to destroy the submarine pens. The bombs were designed to not neccesarily hit the bunkers but land close and bury themselves deep. They had timed fuses so the bombs all detonated af the same time and created an earthquake like shock wave that shook the structures apart. Concrete is strong in compression but is relatively brittle.

[@steveprebble1065]

That's not how the bombs destroyed submarine pens. Do some research.

[@michiganrailfan2141]

And the USAF decided to go with the GBU-57 MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator). Also, I'm stoked to see that you used footage of AMMO troops in the video, as I was one for my 12 year Air Force career. Most times in videos like this they'll only show the loaders, which in the Air Force is a completely different AFSC/MOS.

[@joeswartz8286]

So you were a 461. Loaders were 462s. I was a 463. 😊👍

[@michiganrailfan2141]

@joeswartz8286 essentially yes. I was in after they changed all the AFSCs around, so I was actually a 2W0.

[@geoffgeoff143]

I always wondered how butter was made.

[@nippon19]

lmao

[@rayc.9325]

I enjoy your presentations. I recognize your voice and narration from previous videos and I enjoy how you present this information. Thanks and I subscribed with a thumbs up. Thanks.

[@steventreadway9966]

These advanced bunker busters are utilizing entirely new technology. They are not just tweaking of old bunker busters, or simply adding aluminum powder to the explosives.

[@JS-ed2hg]

Another perfect channel my friend.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

I'm going to assume the big red arrow is pointing at the bomb. I'm also going to assume most of these thumbnails are AI generated these days.

[@Wildturkey10121]

I thought the F111's were decommissioned. I loved that plane when I was growing up. I always thought that plane was special. The terrain following radar and low level attack capabilities were amazing, so much so it almost never lived through development. The swing wing always sealed the deal for me. I love the Tomcat and swing wing designs. The idea of a supersonic fighter bomber flying 100 feet off the ground was just amazing, I mean the radar keeping a bird that size that low is so effing special. Why they don't use them still is disturbing, I know when something is expensive it is hard to hold on to; but, when an aircraft is that amazing, I think it is worth holding on to.

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

" I can't believe it's not butter ! ".... is what no-one said when the bomb exploded....

[@kylebrown6951]

You can get past that bunker buster bomb by having a 2-3ft gap approximately 40-50ft deep and 50-60ft above bunker its self and you can place blast armor in that gap so as soon as the bomb hits that gap with blast armor it detonates the bomb before hitting bunker itself.

[@grahamepigney8565]

WWII earthquake bombs (Tallboy & Grand Slam) used by the UK in WWII could penetrate the U-boat pens and V1 facilities. They were also capable of destroying railway viaducts and the like by exploding deep beneath them causing a "trapdoor effect" and the target structure dropped into the chasm thus created. The Tirpitz was sunk by a combination of direct hits and near misses. The near misses dug out the sandbank below the Tirpitz so thatit capsized as a result of the damage caused. If they had had the benefit of being guided they would have been even more effective.

[@scottlevin6506]

My father crew-chiefed FB111's at Peace AFB back in 1969-72. Loved those SAC bombers.

[@SUNDREDSTAR]

Bomb that cut the ground like butter would have been a better title. There will be viewers that will feel mislead that it isn't a butter bomb.

[@richardtibbetts574]

I was about to break out the biscuits and some corn on the cob.

[@jme36053]

@SUNREDSTAR anyone who has been danger-close to a 155 battery-3 time-on-target mission knows it doesn’t take much to turn the ground to butter. Yeah, a click-bait title.

[@jamjardj1974]

Well, it is almost Thanksgiving 😂

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

What the commentator glossed over was there were no military personnel in the bunker. It was full of women and children. Over 500 families of officers and senior NCOs were crammed into the bunker as it was considered the safest place for them to shelter. Senior leadership had been ordered to disperse to minor bunkers as the distributed command and control was considered harder to take out than a central bunker. Casualties were close to 100% of the civilians in the bunker. Only four civilians survived. The attack was a major success and a major failure. It convinced most of the Iraqi people that their only hope was to fight against hopeless odds in places like Fallujah, greatly increasing U.S. casualties during the occupation.

[@randydewing7429]

No, the Al Firdos disaster was two weeks earlier; using different aircraft and different ordnance. That’s not this story.

[@SlimothyNate3218]

I wish I could make ground breaking discoveries at the expense of literally everyone else 😅

[@johngross8300]

When the decision is made to ‘Break Stuff’. . . FAFO My America Will Say. America POS demonrat policies over 60 years and plantation. . . There is still the 2A and Me.

[@johnbishop5316]

Only literally?

[@msjohncox]

Excellent documentary.

[@VerveBuildingManager]

If only human kind spend all the money on curing people instead of killing each other...

[@Larryw-o2k]

Then world population would run rampant and pollyticks couldn't take over as easy

[@shatner99]

4:26 iPhone SE 1 is that old?!

[@littlejohn9458]

And now why people are watching this video, The top brass in Washington are coming up with a top secret mission code name Balls deep!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@nojustice8957]

90% of the bombs shown are Not penetrators just standard units with guidance kits but thats normal for this channel

[@justinanderson267]

I think you might be getting some bad butter

[@GenesisGarden-l9s]

It's amazing how humankind has developed weapons that can destroy !