You seem very quick to disregard as “rubbish” anything that doesn’t go along with your very special idea of what Russian govt should do in Chechnya.

There was no public outcry at this weapon being tested was there?

Why?

Obviously because it was a test.

The only possible reason for there to be an outcry at using this weapon anywhere in particular to clear a Helo LZ is if innocent people were killed when it was dropped. Unless it is dropped on a wedding party I doubt the world cares how the Russians create their landing zones for their helos.

You may doubt what Russian public would and would not get upset about. But I know for a fact what my family members and my friends and colleagues will think if FOAB will be dropped in Chechnya.

And if they announce that this bomb has been used to kill over 200 hardline chechen fighters including several who escaped the hospital siege who were hiding up in the mountains in an inaccessable region I am sure your whole family would go into mourning. Would that be for the trees burnt or the rocks shifted around?

What are you basing your doubts on anyway?

I am basing my doubts on the fact that this is a conventional weapon and as such it is just a very large bomb… just like the FAB-9000s they dropped in afghanistan in the 1980s from Tu-16 bombers. I don’t remember any outcry then either.

Born, lived, worked in Russia, have you? Comparing US public opinion to Russian public opinion is a glaring mistake.

The American public only knows what its media tells it. It is owned by rich powerful people who got where they are now in the current system of government. Of course they fear all other types of government.

Besides the differences in culture, history and mentality, Chechnya happens to be a part of Russia… not some kingdom of Far Far Away half the citizens cant find on a map w/o a refresher in geography and a Bud Light.

Is a Bud light a type of torch?
Ha… no don’t tell me… just asked a friend who had been to the US… it is a type of low alcohol beer.

Goes to show how little you know about the country and the people you like so much. Every reasonable person in Russia wants to avoid the escalation of hostilities in the region. Dropping world largest conventional bomb anywhere and for whatever reason is not the way.

It is not an escalation. It is a conventional weapon and conventional weapons have already been used by both sides.

Bottom line: Thankfully Russian government knows exactly what to do with Chechnya, dckheads, FOABs and public opinion. Regardless of the chubbies and semis anyone might be getting imagining FOAB going off in anger – it simply wont happen.

Yeah, that is funny… they have developed a weapon they can never use… doesn’t that make them dkheads? Wasting money like that…

If you think that it really really should be dropped, Garry

Yeah… that is me… they have a really big conventional bomb… now they have to bomb everyone like the US does…

Get over yourself. It is a tool that can be used for certain specific jobs. They wont drop this in Grozny. It is more likely to be dropped on some mountain base, or as mentioned to clear a forested area really really quickly.