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● 3萬파운드(pound)[13,600kg] 爆彈(폭탄) 開發(개발)을 計劃(계획)



美 空軍(공군)



産經新聞(산케이신문) 2004年7月17日 夕刊(석간)



[워싱턴=近藤豊和] 美 空軍(공군)은 7月16日, 現行最大(현행최대)가 되는 新型(신형)의 通常貫通爆彈(통상관통폭탄)[MOP, Massive Ordnance Penetrator][3萬파운드(pound) 爆彈(폭탄)]의 開發計劃(개발계획)을 分明(분명)히 했다. 로이터通信(통신)[Reuters]이 同日(동일), 報道(보도)했다.



지금까지 現存(현존)하는 美軍 保有(보유)의 通常爆彈(통상폭탄)으로 最大(최대)였던 것은, 大型燃料氣化爆彈(대형연료기화폭탄)[MOAB, Massive Ordnance Air Blast]으로, 2萬1,000파운드 爆彈이었지만, MOP는 이것을 上回(상회)해, 核武器(핵무기)에 뒤잇는 破壞力(파괴력)을 가진 新型爆彈(신형폭탄)이 된다.



開發初期(개발초기)에 總額(총액) 약 1,150萬 달러가 投入(투입)될 展望(전망)으로, 2006年에 1回(회)째의 實驗(실험)을 目標(목포)로 하고 있다.



MOP는, 地下(지하)의 軍事施設(군사시설) 등에도 地表(지표)로부터 貫通(관통)해서 到達(도달)하는 性能(성능)이 特徵(특징)이다. 通常(통상), 戰鬪機(전투기)에 搭載(탑재)되는 爆彈은 500-2,000파운드. 3萬파운드의 MOP는 자릿수 差異(차이)의 破壞力(파괴력)을 갖게 된다.



美軍이 過去(과거)에 保有(보유)했던 最大의 通常爆彈은, 東西冷戰期(동서냉전기)에 開發된 4萬4,000파운드 爆彈이지만, 實際(실제)로 使用(사용)되었던 적은 없었다.



http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/040717/evening/18int003.htm







● 巨大貫通爆彈(거대관통폭탄)을 開發(개발)로



美 空軍(공군)



共同通信(교도통신) 2004年7月17日 09:56



[워싱턴 16日 共同] 로이터通信(통신)[Reuters]에 의하면, 美 空軍(공군)은 7月16日, 땅속 깊이 있는 터널(tunnel) 등의 破壞(파괴)를 目的(목적)으로 한 新型爆彈(신형폭탄) 「强力貫通武器(강력관통무기)」[MOP, Massive Ordnance Penetrator]의 開發計劃(개발계획)을 分明(분명)히 했다. 完成(완성)하면 美軍이 保有(보유)하는 通常爆彈(통상폭탄)으로서는 威力(위력)이 最大(최대)가 된다.



부시(George W. Bush) 政權(정권)이 進行(진행)하는 「對테러 戰爭(전쟁)」을 위한 武器擴充(무기확충)의 一環(일환)으로 보여지고 있다.



MOP는 美軍이 開發(개발)한 가장 破壞力(파괴력) 있는 通常新型爆彈(통상신형폭탄) 「MOAB(Massive Ordnance Air Blast)」[약 10톤(ton)] 보다 무거운 약 13톤. 空中投下型(공중투하형)의 巨大爆彈(거대폭탄)은 2007年까지의 開發段階(개발단계)에서 약 1,150萬 달러[약 120億원]를 投入(투입), 2006年에 投下實驗(투하실험)을 豫定(예정)하고 있다.



http://flash24.kyodo.co.jp/?MID=SBS&PG=STORY&NGID=intl&NWID=2004071701000388







● [REUTERS]



U.S. set to develop huge bomb aimed at buried targets



Fri Jul 16, 2004 01:15 PM ET



By Jim Wolf



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to develop an

experimental 30,000-pound (13,600 kg) bomb, the biggest in

its inventory, aimed at destroying deeply buried targets

beyond the reach of existing bombs, the Air Force said on

Friday.



The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, would be about one-

third heavier than the 21,000-pound Massive Ordnance Air

Blast, MOAB, dropped twice last year in "live" tests at a

range in Florida.



The Air Force`s Air Armaments Center at Eglin Air Force

Base, Florida, said it planned to award a contract for

the "technology demonstration" work as early as mid-

September, based on a perceived need for such a weapon.



"We think a bomb like this could be important in the future

for targets that we can`t destroy with what we now have,"

said Jake Swinson of the armaments center, which develops,

tests, evaluates and acquires non-nuclear, air-dropped

munitions.



Among companies that have built ground-penetrating bombs are

three of the top U.S. defense contractors, Lockheed Martin

Corp., Boeing Co. and Raytheon Co.. Proposals are due by

Aug. 16, the armaments center said.



The plan to develop the bomb was reported first by Jane`s

Defense Weekly. The project`s demonstration phase would cost

about $11.5 million through the end of fiscal 2007, it said.



Flight testing is projected in about 2006, Swinson said.



Penetrators are made of special alloys designed to stay

intact on impact to improve the effectiveness of

conventional weapons against deep tunnels and other

underground facilities.



The 21,000-pound MOAB, by contrast, is an experimental blast

fragmentation bomb. Packed with 18,000 pounds of high

explosive, it would be used against surface targets and

explode at or just above the ground.



Swinson said the mammoth bomb may be designed to fit in the

bomb bay of Northrop Grumman Corp.`s batwing B-2 radar-

evading bomber as well as the Boeing B-52 bomber.



The MOAB, a modernization of the Vietnam-era BLU-82 "Daisy

Cutter" used to clear jungle helicopter landing zones, may

be dropped only from slow-flying C-130 transport aircraft.



The new bomb would not be the largest ever built by the

United States. A 44,000-pounder was carried by Cold War era

B-36 intercontinental bombers but was never used.



http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5694316









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