The Thursday Sidney Morning Herald refers to the bomb's mass as 9545 kg (a conversion that is both excessively precise and inaccurate -- about 20 kg too high), so they are probably assuming that the 21 000 lb figure is the correct one. (It would have been better expressed as "about 9500 kg.")
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Terry Simpson >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 04:15 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:25113] Re: metric bombs > > >I noted the text in the following USAF web page. >www.afsoc.af.mil/panews/conventional_bomb.htm > >I know that 21000 lb does not convert exactly to 10 Mg. That confused me a >little but perhaps explosive force is not exact. However, your suggestion >about different 'tons' is plausible. Who knows what the engineers and >scientists actually specify... > >I note that the values given (in either unit system) for the BLU-82 daisy >cutter bomb also vary widely. I understand that there are different >versions. > >-- >Terry Simpson >Human Factors Consultant >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.connected-systems.com >Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > >> Of kilopascal >> How did you discover the 21 000 lb bomb is actually the same as a 10 Mg >> bomb >> from the articles you posted? There was nothing in either article that >> states the 21 000 lb bomb is really 10 Mg. a 22 000 lb bomb is a 10 Mg >> bomb >> and a 21 000 lb bomb is a 9.5 Mg bomb. >> >> Also, for the 7.5 ton mentioned in the second article was more >than likely >> to mean 7 Mg bomb. As the ton mentioned is most likely the short ton of >> 907 >> kg. >> >> >> From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Wednesday, 2003-03-12 17:15 >> Subject: [USMA:25108] metric bombs >> >> >> > I thought that there was something odd about a 21000 lb bomb. I now >> discover >> > that it is actually a 10 Mg bomb. >> > >> > www.afsoc.af.mil/panews/conventional_bomb.htm >> > >> > >> > There is also some suggestion that the previous 15000 lb bomb was >> actually >> > 7.5 Mg. >> > >> > www.strategypage.com/gallery/default.asp?target=moab.htm >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Terry Simpson >> > Human Factors Consultant >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > www.connected-systems.com >> > Phone: +44 7850 511794 >> > >> > >
