What is the strongest cruise missile that is currently in use?
I checked wiki (though I admit not very throughly) and I could only find 3 cruise missile types currently deployed by the US (which I assume is the country using the strongest ones): AGM-86, BGM-109 Tomahawk and AGM-84.
Since AGM-84 is an anti-ship missile it is really out of the question.
Also I want to know about the strongest non-mass destruction bomb that is currently in use... please exclude cluster bomb as it focuses on blast radius more instead of firepower... this one I did not ckeck because I had no idea where to start from, sorry for me being lazy :(
As for the last question, what is the approx. blast radius of some of the missiles/bombs (also some of the most often used?)from the previous questions? Just a rough estimation is fine enough.
If I want to destroy an area that is about the size of a high school building(completely),is Harpoon strong enough or does it require a Tomahawk?
Thanks,
2006-11-15 23:38:55 · 5 answers · asked by Brad C 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It seems people are misunderstanding my intentions lol, but I don't blame them because 1000 characters is just not enough for me...
I was thinking of writing a present day fantasy story that involves both magic and today's military equipment, but there is no way that I can possibly know how effective today's weapons are without first asking.
About half way through the story the USAF is supposed to fire a cruise missle or drop a bomb at the wizards' hiding place (about the size of a high school building). The USAF must calculate the blast radius precisely to prevent damage to civilian properties while successfully eradicating the wizards.
That is the reason for me asking about blast radius
Regards,
2006-11-16 06:02:39 · update #1
The Harpoon is an anti ship missile, fired from; let's say an F-16. The Tomahawk is capable of destroying entire buildings and is even capable of carrying a nuclear warhead (never used before). But there could be more out there in the non US defence market, we never know. The Russians and the Chinese have some neat stuff. Peace to the world.
2006-11-15 23:49:08 · answer #1 · answered by Zabanya 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-24 22:18:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All depends,,, if you want to clean out the basement we have some really nice "bunker busters". If you want to wipe out an entire block we have some neet "pallet bombs" (you just push it out the back of a cargo plane)
2006-11-16 00:13:56 · answer #3 · answered by tom l 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question.
Trial by error, is what I'd suggest. Try a harpoon, and if that doesn't work, move on up.
Some sour buggers just can't take a joke, can they?
2006-11-15 23:54:05 · answer #4 · answered by Minmi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-15 23:43:23 · answer #5 · answered by dorianalways 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋