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U.S. Military Plans to Detonate 700 Ton Bomb

The Washington Post reported on March 31, that the Pentagon plans to test a conventional bomb in Nevada on June 2:

A huge mushroom cloud of dust is expected to rise over Nevada's desert in June when the Pentagon plans to detonate a gigantic 700-ton explosive -- the biggest open-air chemical blast ever at the Nevada Test Site -- as part of the research into developing weapons that can destroy deeply buried military targets, officials said yesterday.


Here's some additional info:
Air Force C-5 Galaxy, General Characteristics
. . .
Maximum Cargo: 270,000 pounds (135 Tons)
. . .

source: http://www.af.mil/
Now, here's the question. How would the military deliver a bomb that outweighs the maximum payload of our largest cargo transport by 565 tons?

I'll have my theory later, first, I want to hear from you.

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Piggyback?

SO where the blazes did Dirk L'Orange come from?

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