Russian Nuclear Bomb Footage

bookworm_020 · 05-13-07, 09:41 PM

Found this on the web, some footage of the largest nuclear bomb ever set off.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...93742348211186

I wonder how many the the bombers crew are still alive today?:hmm:

Chock · 05-13-07, 09:51 PM

Pretty wild footage. Incidentally, those TU-95s are starting to show up off the coast of the UK again like they used to during the Cold War, checking out military exercises and such.

I remember having a somewhat heated discussion with and RAF recruitment guy about that when I was at school years ago, seeing that reminded me of it

The Avon Lady · 05-14-07, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Found this on the web, some footage of the largest nuclear bomb ever set off.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...93742348211186

I wonder how many the the bombers crew are still alive today?:hmm:

Here's some , put into Cold War political context as well.

Letum · 05-14-07, 01:58 AM

Ahhh! The Tzar Bomb!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

Intresting stuff. very big, but more or less useless these days.

The Avon Lady · 05-14-07, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Letum

but more or less useless these days.

Useless?! Would be a great conversation starter in my living room.

Jimbuna · 05-14-07, 03:30 AM

Not sure how useless it might be if it fell into the wrong hands of someone who could transport it !! :hmm:

Letum · 05-14-07, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Not sure how useless it might be if it fell into the wrong hands of someone who could transport it !! :hmm:

The transport bit is the hard part.
There is no delivery system that could transport such a large weapon to a defended target. (yet)

05-14-07, 06:11 AM

Oh... The Trinety and beyond movie. Now thats an creepy movie... All that made 1945 and forward culdnt possibel help the global warming today...

Impressive what man i capabel to though....

Oberon · 05-14-07, 07:42 AM

Yes, I could have sworn I read (over a customers shoulder) a headline and picture depicting a Tornado jet escorting a Bear, just like something out of the early 80s. Wonder what they're up to, coming back all of a sudden after ten or so years.

The Tsar Bomba, a great weapon in theory but IIRC a lot of the potential destructive energy got vented into the atmosphere as opposed to outward and across the landscape.

baggygreen · 05-14-07, 08:25 AM

thank christ we never had to see those bloody things folowing nagasaki... 180km wide fireball... jeebus

MadMike · 05-14-07, 08:47 AM

180km wide fireball? Try 4.6km!

Personally, as a retired nuke puke I prefer pure fusion weapons-

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/SIC/impac.../intromap.html

Yours, Mike

Letum · 05-14-07, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by baggygreen

thank christ we never had to see those bloody things folowing nagasaki... 180km wide fireball... jeebus

180km fireball?!?!

Noooo!

The Tzar bomb was made for 100Mt, but was only ever detonated at 50Mt.
At 50Mt the fireball was 4.6km. If it had detonated at 100Mt the fireball would have been around 6.2km. Nowhere near 180km!

Of course the dammage will spread much further than 6.2km. With the 100Mt bomb you would be badly burnt over 200km away and windows would break over 1200km away.

*edit* Snap!

Jimbuna · 05-14-07, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Not sure how useless it might be if it fell into the wrong hands of someone who could transport it !! :hmm:

The transport bit is the hard part.
There is no delivery system that could transport such a large weapon to a defended target. (yet)

Thank Christ!!

ASWnut101 · 05-14-07, 02:49 PM

I have "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie." Very interesting, and includes the best soundtrack for the detonation scenes (Hiroshima/Nagasaki Requiem).

Tsar Bomba was amazing, but too bad they did not have good footage of the actual explosion. It was more of just the "mushroom" and flash.

Platapus · 05-14-07, 05:17 PM

We were all very lucky the Soviets tested this weapon the way they did. The orginal design called for a 238U tamper on the tertiary which was replaced with one made out of lead. The reason for this replacement was a concern that a tertiary device would not work, so to play it safe (from a propaganda point of view), Dr. Sakharov decided to actually test a secondary device design only. The Tsar Bomba project was very rushed and only took 112 days from concept to detonation

This replacement reduced the fallout by 97% making it actually one of the cleanest nuclear devices ever detonated. One of the test designs called for the 238U tamper on the tertiary to remain but that the fissile material be removed. If this had been accomplished the device would have been horrifically dirty and would have spread radioactive materials all over the world. It probably would have changed the world as we know it now.

So hats off to Dr. Sakharov who played it safe.

Tsar Bomba trivia: The parachute used to retard the fall of the device was so large and thick that it required the majority of the nylon being produced in the Soviet Union. For months afterward, there was a shortage of nylon stockings throughout the country.

05-13-07, 09:41 PM	#1
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Russian Nuclear Bomb Footage Found this on the web, some footage of the largest nuclear bomb ever set off. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...93742348211186 I wonder how many the the bombers crew are still alive today?:hmm: __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

05-14-07, 01:58 AM	#4
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Ahhh! The Tzar Bomb! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba Intresting stuff. very big, but more or less useless these days. __________________

05-14-07, 03:30 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Not sure how useless it might be if it fell into the wrong hands of someone who could transport it !! :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-07, 02:49 PM	#14
ASWnut101 Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,021 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I have "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie." Very interesting, and includes the best soundtrack for the detonation scenes (Hiroshima/Nagasaki Requiem). Tsar Bomba was amazing, but too bad they did not have good footage of the actual explosion. It was more of just the "mushroom" and flash. __________________

05-13-07, 09:51 PM	#2
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pretty wild footage. Incidentally, those TU-95s are starting to show up off the coast of the UK again like they used to during the Cold War, checking out military exercises and such. I remember having a somewhat heated discussion with and RAF recruitment guy about that when I was at school years ago, seeing that reminded me of it

05-14-07, 06:11 AM	#8
Zorki Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Oh... The Trinety and beyond movie. Now thats an creepy movie... All that made 1945 and forward culdnt possibel help the global warming today... Impressive what man i capabel to though....

05-14-07, 07:42 AM	#9
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Yes, I could have sworn I read (over a customers shoulder) a headline and picture depicting a Tornado jet escorting a Bear, just like something out of the early 80s. Wonder what they're up to, coming back all of a sudden after ten or so years. The Tsar Bomba, a great weapon in theory but IIRC a lot of the potential destructive energy got vented into the atmosphere as opposed to outward and across the landscape.

05-14-07, 08:25 AM	#10
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	thank christ we never had to see those bloody things folowing nagasaki... 180km wide fireball... jeebus

05-14-07, 08:47 AM	#11
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	180km wide fireball? Try 4.6km! Personally, as a retired nuke puke I prefer pure fusion weapons- http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/SIC/impac.../intromap.html Yours, Mike

05-14-07, 05:17 PM	#15
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	We were all very lucky the Soviets tested this weapon the way they did. The orginal design called for a 238U tamper on the tertiary which was replaced with one made out of lead. The reason for this replacement was a concern that a tertiary device would not work, so to play it safe (from a propaganda point of view), Dr. Sakharov decided to actually test a secondary device design only. The Tsar Bomba project was very rushed and only took 112 days from concept to detonation This replacement reduced the fallout by 97% making it actually one of the cleanest nuclear devices ever detonated. One of the test designs called for the 238U tamper on the tertiary to remain but that the fissile material be removed. If this had been accomplished the device would have been horrifically dirty and would have spread radioactive materials all over the world. It probably would have changed the world as we know it now. So hats off to Dr. Sakharov who played it safe. Tsar Bomba trivia: The parachute used to retard the fall of the device was so large and thick that it required the majority of the nylon being produced in the Soviet Union. For months afterward, there was a shortage of nylon stockings throughout the country.