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Yeff
April 20th 04, 08:52 PM
I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?

Thanks,

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

Thomas J. Paladino Jr.
April 20th 04, 09:06 PM
"Yeff" > wrote in message
...
> I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
> smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
> Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
>

I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target like a
car.

B2431
April 20th 04, 09:37 PM
>From: "Thomas J. Paladino Jr."
>Date: 4/20/2004 3:06 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: >
>
>
>"Yeff" > wrote in message
...
>> I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
>> smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
>standard.
>> Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
>>
>
>I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
>standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target like a
>car.
>

And way too much overkill for squishy targets like Hamas leaders.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Jim Yanik
April 21st 04, 12:07 AM
"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." > wrote in
:

>
> "Yeff" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
>> smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
> standard.
>> Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
>>
>
> I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
> standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target
> like a car.
>
>

It's only a ~22 lb. warhead. And some of those cars may be "armored".

Changing the weight of the warhead could affect flight characteristics of
the missile.
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Jim Yanik
April 21st 04, 12:09 AM
Glenfiddich > wrote in
:

> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:52:44 -0400, Yeff > wrote:
>
>>I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
>>smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
>>standard. Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
>
> Highly likely - if it *was* a Hellfire.
>
> Check the early pictures of the last airstrike - the blast didn't even
> remove the car's hubcaps.
> Ignore later pictures - reports say the car was vandalised by souvenir
> seekers.
>

Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast may
occur outside the car,and it would not affect the hubcaps/wheelcovers.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

April 21st 04, 03:46 AM
(B2431) wrote:

>>From: "Thomas J. Paladino Jr."
>>Date: 4/20/2004 3:06 PM Central Daylight Time
>>Message-id: >
>>
>>
>>"Yeff" > wrote in message
...
>>> I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
>>> smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
>>standard.
>>> Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
>>>
>>
>>I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
>>standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target like a
>>car.
>>
>
>And way too much overkill for squishy targets like Hamas leaders.
>
>Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Sure...why waste all that money on the bigger ones when you can
buy the little ones and get two Hamas leaders for the price of
one?
--

-Gord.

Ragnar
April 21st 04, 04:10 AM
"Yeff" > wrote in message
...
> I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
> smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
> Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
>

From what I understand, the Israelis have converted both the TOW and
Hellfire to use blast/frag warheads instead of the usual shaped charge ones.
Blast/frag is more efficient for attacking the target set they are going
after. I don't know about weight though.

Kevin Brooks
April 21st 04, 04:36 AM
"Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
.. .
> Glenfiddich > wrote in
> :
>
> > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:52:44 -0400, Yeff > wrote:
> >
> >>I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
> >>smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
> >>standard. Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
> >
> > Highly likely - if it *was* a Hellfire.
> >
> > Check the early pictures of the last airstrike - the blast didn't even
> > remove the car's hubcaps.
> > Ignore later pictures - reports say the car was vandalised by souvenir
> > seekers.
> >
>
> Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
> penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast may
> occur outside the car,and it would not affect the hubcaps/wheelcovers.

Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire uses a
HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast effect; it only means
that a portion of the blast has been used (as it expands outward) to invert
the liner and turn it into a stream of really hot metal and gas focused on a
small area. The explosive still exhibits a generally spherical blast pattern
overall. Set a fifteen pound demo shaped charge against the average
passenger vehicle and you'll see that it does not *need* the shaped charge
effect to do a pretty good number on the target; that much HE going off in
close contact to the car will tend to ruin everyone's day if they were
unfortunate enough to be inside it.

Brooks

>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik-at-kua.net

tscottme
April 21st 04, 01:48 PM
Kevin Brooks > wrote in message
...

>
> Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire
uses a
> HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast effect; it only
means
> that a portion of the blast has been used (as it expands outward) to
invert
> the liner and turn it into a stream of really hot metal and gas
focused on a
> small area. The explosive still exhibits a generally spherical blast
pattern
> overall. Set a fifteen pound demo shaped charge against the average
> passenger vehicle and you'll see that it does not *need* the shaped
charge
> effect to do a pretty good number on the target; that much HE going
off in
> close contact to the car will tend to ruin everyone's day if they were
> unfortunate enough to be inside it.
>
> Brooks

I don't believe you, I think we need to see a few hundred more test
shots. ;-)

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Jim Yanik
April 21st 04, 05:39 PM
"Kevin Brooks" > wrote in
:

>
> "Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Glenfiddich > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:52:44 -0400, Yeff >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are
>> >>using smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than
>> >>come standard. Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good
>> >>cite?
>> >
>> > Highly likely - if it *was* a Hellfire.
>> >
>> > Check the early pictures of the last airstrike - the blast didn't
>> > even remove the car's hubcaps.
>> > Ignore later pictures - reports say the car was vandalised by
>> > souvenir seekers.
>> >
>>
>> Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
>> penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast
>> may occur outside the car,and it would not affect the
>> hubcaps/wheelcovers.
>
> Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire
> uses a HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast effect;
> it only means that a portion of the blast has been used (as it expands
> outward) to invert the liner and turn it into a stream of really hot
> metal and gas focused on a small area. The explosive still exhibits a
> generally spherical blast pattern overall. Set a fifteen pound demo
> shaped charge against the average passenger vehicle and you'll see
> that it does not *need* the shaped charge effect to do a pretty good
> number on the target; that much HE going off in close contact to the
> car will tend to ruin everyone's day if they were unfortunate enough
> to be inside it.
>
> Brooks
>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Yanik
>> jyanik-at-kua.net
>
>

I *did* think about what I wrote.
The blast is going to occur in a place where the roughly spherical blast
front is not likely to affect wheel covers or hubcaps.
The jet will not do much damage in itself,the majority of damage inside -
will- be caused by the blast.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

Jeb Hoge
April 21st 04, 08:38 PM
"Ragnar" > wrote in message >...
> "Yeff" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
> > smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
> standard.
> > Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?
> >
>
> From what I understand, the Israelis have converted both the TOW and
> Hellfire to use blast/frag warheads instead of the usual shaped charge ones.
> Blast/frag is more efficient for attacking the target set they are going
> after. I don't know about weight though.

I've heard the same from someone who was over there during the height
of the tit-for-tat missile strikes and Pal attacks a couple of years
ago (sure doesn't seem that long).

Ragnar
April 21st 04, 10:24 PM
"Arie Kazachin" > wrote in message
...
> In message > - "Kevin Brooks"
> > writes:
> For some reason, people like Hitler or Arafat
> tend to by lucky enough to be saved from a bomb by a heavy table or to
walk
> away from a plane crash...

Well, in Arafat's case, the Israeli government has made a conscious decision
NOT to target him for years. He could have been easily whacked on a number
of occasions.

Arie Kazachin
April 21st 04, 10:53 PM
In message > - "Kevin Brooks"
> writes:
>
>

[snip]

>> Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
>> penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast may
>> occur outside the car,and it would not affect the hubcaps/wheelcovers.
>
>Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire uses a
>HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast effect; it only means
>that a portion of the blast has been used (as it expands outward) to invert
>the liner and turn it into a stream of really hot metal and gas focused on a
>small area. The explosive still exhibits a generally spherical blast pattern
>overall. Set a fifteen pound demo shaped charge against the average
>passenger vehicle and you'll see that it does not *need* the shaped charge
>effect to do a pretty good number on the target; that much HE going off in
>close contact to the car will tend to ruin everyone's day if they were
>unfortunate enough to be inside it.
>
>Brooks
>

There was at least one case when a terrorists leader remained alive
because he was sitting in a front seat while the missile hit the
back seat. So it seems the blast effect is far from spherical. Or maybe
he just got extreamly lucky. For some reason, people like Hitler or Arafat
tend to by lucky enough to be saved from a bomb by a heavy table or to walk
away from a plane crash...

Those damn ROE: not only the pilots have to hit a specific car at specific
moment, they also need to hit it at specific point...


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Kevin Brooks
April 21st 04, 11:45 PM
"Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
.. .
> "Kevin Brooks" > wrote in
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>
> >
> > "Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
> > .. .
> >> Glenfiddich > wrote in
> >> :
> >>
> >> > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:52:44 -0400, Yeff >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are
> >> >>using smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than
> >> >>come standard. Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good
> >> >>cite?
> >> >
> >> > Highly likely - if it *was* a Hellfire.
> >> >
> >> > Check the early pictures of the last airstrike - the blast didn't
> >> > even remove the car's hubcaps.
> >> > Ignore later pictures - reports say the car was vandalised by
> >> > souvenir seekers.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
> >> penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast
> >> may occur outside the car,and it would not affect the
> >> hubcaps/wheelcovers.
> >
> > Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire
> > uses a HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast effect;
> > it only means that a portion of the blast has been used (as it expands
> > outward) to invert the liner and turn it into a stream of really hot
> > metal and gas focused on a small area. The explosive still exhibits a
> > generally spherical blast pattern overall. Set a fifteen pound demo
> > shaped charge against the average passenger vehicle and you'll see
> > that it does not *need* the shaped charge effect to do a pretty good
> > number on the target; that much HE going off in close contact to the
> > car will tend to ruin everyone's day if they were unfortunate enough
> > to be inside it.
> >
> > Brooks
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Yanik
> >> jyanik-at-kua.net
> >
> >
>
> I *did* think about what I wrote.
> The blast is going to occur in a place where the roughly spherical blast
> front is not likely to affect wheel covers or hubcaps.
> The jet will not do much damage in itself,the majority of damage inside -
> will- be caused by the blast.

My guess is you have never seen these kind of warheads go off in proximity
to a thin-skinned vehicle--they do tend to do a lot more than you seem to
think against that kind of target.

Brooks

>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik-at-kua.net

Kevin Brooks
April 21st 04, 11:50 PM
"Arie Kazachin" > wrote in message
...
> In message > - "Kevin Brooks"
> > writes:
> >
> >
>
> [snip]
>
> >> Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
> >> penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast may
> >> occur outside the car,and it would not affect the hubcaps/wheelcovers.
> >
> >Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire uses
a
> >HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast effect; it only
means
> >that a portion of the blast has been used (as it expands outward) to
invert
> >the liner and turn it into a stream of really hot metal and gas focused
on a
> >small area. The explosive still exhibits a generally spherical blast
pattern
> >overall. Set a fifteen pound demo shaped charge against the average
> >passenger vehicle and you'll see that it does not *need* the shaped
charge
> >effect to do a pretty good number on the target; that much HE going off
in
> >close contact to the car will tend to ruin everyone's day if they were
> >unfortunate enough to be inside it.
> >
> >Brooks
> >
>
> There was at least one case when a terrorists leader remained alive
> because he was sitting in a front seat while the missile hit the
> back seat. So it seems the blast effect is far from spherical.

I'd think it more likely that he was rather lucky, or had the benefit of
some armor protection, or a combination of both. Then again, did the missile
actually strike the vehicle, or was it a near miss? Eight or ten pounds of
Comp B (or whatever they are using as a filler) going off in intimate
contact with the side of the average POV is going to be an experience that
only the lucky occupants survive.

Brooks

Or maybe
> he just got extreamly lucky. For some reason, people like Hitler or Arafat
> tend to by lucky enough to be saved from a bomb by a heavy table or to
walk
> away from a plane crash...
>
> Those damn ROE: not only the pilots have to hit a specific car at specific
> moment, they also need to hit it at specific point...
>
>
>
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Jim Yanik
April 22nd 04, 01:34 AM
"Kevin Brooks" > wrote in
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> "Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> "Kevin Brooks" > wrote in
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>>
>> >
>> > "Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
>> > .. .
>> >> Glenfiddich > wrote in
>> >> :
>> >>
>> >> > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:52:44 -0400, Yeff >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are
>> >> >>using smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes
>> >> >>than come standard. Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a
>> >> >>good cite?
>> >> >
>> >> > Highly likely - if it *was* a Hellfire.
>> >> >
>> >> > Check the early pictures of the last airstrike - the blast
>> >> > didn't even remove the car's hubcaps.
>> >> > Ignore later pictures - reports say the car was vandalised by
>> >> > souvenir seekers.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
>> >> penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast
>> >> may occur outside the car,and it would not affect the
>> >> hubcaps/wheelcovers.
>> >
>> > Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire
>> > uses a HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast
>> > effect; it only means that a portion of the blast has been used (as
>> > it expands outward) to invert the liner and turn it into a stream
>> > of really hot metal and gas focused on a small area. The explosive
>> > still exhibits a generally spherical blast pattern overall. Set a
>> > fifteen pound demo shaped charge against the average passenger
>> > vehicle and you'll see that it does not *need* the shaped charge
>> > effect to do a pretty good number on the target; that much HE going
>> > off in close contact to the car will tend to ruin everyone's day if
>> > they were unfortunate enough to be inside it.
>> >
>> > Brooks
>> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jim Yanik
>> >> jyanik-at-kua.net
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I *did* think about what I wrote.
>> The blast is going to occur in a place where the roughly spherical
>> blast front is not likely to affect wheel covers or hubcaps.
>> The jet will not do much damage in itself,the majority of damage
>> inside - will- be caused by the blast.
>
> My guess is you have never seen these kind of warheads go off in
> proximity to a thin-skinned vehicle--they do tend to do a lot more
> than you seem to think against that kind of target.
>
> Brooks
>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Yanik
>> jyanik-at-kua.net
>
>
>
Sure,the blast will blow in the car's glass,and frags shred the metalwork.

But the pressure wave would be directed such that wheel covers or hubcaps
would be pushed ON,not blown off.It may not even be directed towards the
hubcaps.


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Kevin Brooks
April 22nd 04, 04:58 AM
"Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
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> "Kevin Brooks" > wrote in
> :
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> >
> > "Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
> > .. .
> >> "Kevin Brooks" > wrote in
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> >>
> >> >
> >> > "Jim Yanik" > wrote in message
> >> > .. .
> >> >> Glenfiddich > wrote in
> >> >> :
> >> >>
> >> >> > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:52:44 -0400, Yeff >
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are
> >> >> >>using smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes
> >> >> >>than come standard. Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a
> >> >> >>good cite?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Highly likely - if it *was* a Hellfire.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Check the early pictures of the last airstrike - the blast
> >> >> > didn't even remove the car's hubcaps.
> >> >> > Ignore later pictures - reports say the car was vandalised by
> >> >> > souvenir seekers.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Well,Hellfire uses a shaped charge warhead,so it makes a "jet' of
> >> >> penetrating metal,tearing through the car's interior and the blast
> >> >> may occur outside the car,and it would not affect the
> >> >> hubcaps/wheelcovers.
> >> >
> >> > Think about what you just said. The fact that the standard Hellfire
> >> > uses a HEAT warhead does not really greatly affect the blast
> >> > effect; it only means that a portion of the blast has been used (as
> >> > it expands outward) to invert the liner and turn it into a stream
> >> > of really hot metal and gas focused on a small area. The explosive
> >> > still exhibits a generally spherical blast pattern overall. Set a
> >> > fifteen pound demo shaped charge against the average passenger
> >> > vehicle and you'll see that it does not *need* the shaped charge
> >> > effect to do a pretty good number on the target; that much HE going
> >> > off in close contact to the car will tend to ruin everyone's day if
> >> > they were unfortunate enough to be inside it.
> >> >
> >> > Brooks
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Jim Yanik
> >> >> jyanik-at-kua.net
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> I *did* think about what I wrote.
> >> The blast is going to occur in a place where the roughly spherical
> >> blast front is not likely to affect wheel covers or hubcaps.
> >> The jet will not do much damage in itself,the majority of damage
> >> inside - will- be caused by the blast.
> >
> > My guess is you have never seen these kind of warheads go off in
> > proximity to a thin-skinned vehicle--they do tend to do a lot more
> > than you seem to think against that kind of target.
> >
> > Brooks
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Yanik
> >> jyanik-at-kua.net
> >
> >
> >
> Sure,the blast will blow in the car's glass,and frags shred the metalwork.
>
> But the pressure wave would be directed such that wheel covers or hubcaps
> would be pushed ON,not blown off.It may not even be directed towards the
> hubcaps.

You seem mighty sure of yourself on this. I could care less what happens to
the freakin' hubcaps--the point is that eight or so pounds of very energetic
HE going off in intimate contact with a friggin'
sheet-metal/fiberglass/plastic carbody will tend to do a LOT of damage. That
HEAT effect is almost an inconsequential byproduct when targeting a
thin-skinned vehicle. If you doubt that, then take a gander at what the
bigger off-route IED's are doing to our troops in Iraq. Or take the example
of an M21 AT mine set to go off *not* in intimate contact with a vehicle
(M21's use the platter charge, or IIRC Miznay-Schardin effect, and I doubt
they have much more HE in them than a Hellfire does)--we did that with an
old M880 pick-up truck and physically relocated that puppy (and that
penetrator had little to do with accomplishing *that*) (and we sort of
****ed off the range control guys in the process...).

Brooks

>
>
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Arie Kazachin
April 22nd 04, 10:05 PM
In message > - "Kevin Brooks"
> writes:
>

[snip]

>> There was at least one case when a terrorists leader remained alive
>> because he was sitting in a front seat while the missile hit the
>> back seat. So it seems the blast effect is far from spherical.
>
>I'd think it more likely that he was rather lucky, or had the benefit of
>some armor protection, or a combination of both. Then again, did the missile
>actually strike the vehicle, or was it a near miss? Eight or ten pounds of
>Comp B (or whatever they are using as a filler) going off in intimate
>contact with the side of the average POV is going to be an experience that
>only the lucky occupants survive.
>
>Brooks

Yes, the missile DID hit the car, only the wrong seats row.

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Arie Kazachin
April 22nd 04, 10:07 PM
In message > - "Ragnar" >
writes:
>
>
>"Arie Kazachin" > wrote in message
...
>> In message > - "Kevin Brooks"
>> > writes:
>> For some reason, people like Hitler or Arafat
>> tend to by lucky enough to be saved from a bomb by a heavy table or to
>walk
>> away from a plane crash...
>
>Well, in Arafat's case, the Israeli government has made a conscious decision
>NOT to target him for years. He could have been easily whacked on a number
>of occasions.
>
>
>

I was talking about a plane crash that happened to Arafat many years
ago which killed few of his guards but he got out alive, unfortunately...


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