Mother of MOAB now appearing ‘live’ in Hanoi museum
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During the Vietnam War, US forces used a bomb similar to the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (though much smaller) to clear deep jungle so helicopters could land.
It was dubbed the Daisy Cutter. Sometimes they did not explode when dropped! Three years ago a friend of mine who is a qualified bomb observer was touring a Hanoi “heroes” museum when, among the debris of B52 parts, he discovered a Daisy Cutter! He scrutinised the bomb carefully and was shocked to discover it appeared to be intact. As he put it, “It was still uncorked [fused]!” He figures the communist authorities probably think that if it fell 10,000 feet and did not explode, it must be safe – nothing can happen now.
Let’s hope that the person in charge of the museum doesn’t get the idea that he could make a lot of money cutting it up for scrap with an acetylene torch rig.
Al Eberhardt
