Button Bombs

[V40]

Bombsaway 1980,

I had no part in Task Force Alpha. Though I wouldn't of mined it!

[weberoed]

Jeff, drop me an email. I just finished a contract with LockHeed and met this really neat old guy that could talk for years about button bombs and gravel mines. Which according to hom were not the same thing. The button bombs were sensors and/or sensor signal. There was one gravel mine (are we all seem to call it that) was made at Rocky Moutian Arsenal and it was also a sensor signal. got some data on it. The button bomb project did not last every long even though thousands and thousands were made, an electronic cmpany made them, am suppose tog et some more details on that too.

As for gravel mine, 75% of them were made at Cornhusker and the rest at Iowa AAP.

talk later

[Dragontooth]

Jeff, drop me an email. I just finished a contract with LockHeed and met this really neat old guy that could talk for years about button bombs and gravel mines. Which according to hom were not the same thing. The button bombs were sensors and/or sensor signal. There was one gravel mine (are we all seem to call it that) was made at Rocky Moutian Arsenal and it was also a sensor signal. got some data on it. The button bomb project did not last every long even though thousands and thousands were made, an electronic cmpany made them, am suppose tog et some more details on that too.

As for gravel mine, 75% of them were made at Cornhusker and the rest at Iowa AAP.

talk later

Oh sweet Jesus...please share some info will you? We all want to know two things: what was the designation of the 'plastic button bomblets/electronic bomblets' and how many were made and who made them? Do you have pics? I sent you a mail Mike.
Best,
Dave

[Dragontooth]

Guys, anything new???
Am I the only one so excited about this...?

[EOD]

No you are not, we are just holding our breath to see more.

[bacarnal]

Gonna bump this one. Does anyone have any data on the testing of these things, particularly at Picatinny in the "Little Vietnam" area? Currently working up here and for the most part all we get are shrugs and, "well, we knew they tested them in there and they COULD be there", kinda thing, but no hard fast data. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, y'all, Bruce.

[weberoed]

At this point out side the tech center, I may have more data then some. email me at webereod@yahoo.com and as soon as I get home I'll see what you need. But by this time (short of having any found in tubs like found at another site) you're only going to find various shaped pads, maybe some electronics and chunks of RDX (but they may also be all dissolved so to speak. Chances of finding a live mine are extremely rare. Picatinny also only test a couple ofhe mines and also developed the RSP for a couple of the carriers/ Army cluster for helicopter. I have that pub plus others. Have been trying to complete a written history of thegravel mine, but just haven't finished it.

If you do environmental work, you'll find pH variations in the soil, RDX and heavy metals (lead)