Tornadoes to drop "concrete bombs"

Monday, April 7th, 2003

Who’d have imagined laser-guided blocks of concrete?:

[Inert bombs] are basically blocks of concrete shaped as bombs and painted blue to identify them as non-explosive if they are discovered still intact after the war.
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But they will be laser-guided 1,000-lb blocks of concrete, capable of destroying a tank or artillery piece, but without causing a devastating explosion that would put civilians at risk and shatter surrounding buildings.

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