Nuclear Bomb Videos'... scary but amazing.. - Page 2

LoBlo · 08-17-06, 05:52 AM

Just goes to show ya... Don't play with nuclear matches

StdDev · 08-17-06, 08:38 AM

I work in the IT dept. here at work... I downloaded the "Damage and Destruction" vid and renamed it "Dell Laptop" and emailed it to my boss....

I swear I cant help myself sometimes....

MadMike · 08-17-06, 10:22 PM

The "oops" shot was Castle Bravo- it was supposed to yield 6 megatons but due to miscalculation (read about it on the nuclearweaponarchive) it resulted in an 18 megaton shot. One of my high school shop teachers was in the atmospheric test program and was present. Also met two other weapons engineers when I was in the service (working on nukes) who were present at the same event.

Yours, Mike

Yahoshua · 08-17-06, 11:36 PM

That's a BIG oops......

U-104 · 08-18-06, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Americas oops - when a 6 megaton goes wrong and turns out to be no where close to 6 megatons. This shot is taken from 40,000 feet and guess how many miles away:

MadMike · 08-18-06, 08:03 PM

Here's a link to the Nuclear Weapon Archive and the article on the Castle series; also shows the test device (the physics package was later modified into the Mk14, Mk17, and other thermonuclear bombs)-

http://www.nuclearweaponarchive.org/...ts/Castle.html

Yep, that's one BFMC (Big Freaking Mushroom Cloud). It's about three miles across...

Yours, Mike

Wim Libaers · 08-21-06, 04:28 PM

Of course, that's not as crazy as the Soviets who did a 50 MT test intentionally. In a design that could be easily scaled up to 100 MT.

U-104 · 08-21-06, 11:38 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=nuclear+bomb

08-17-06, 05:52 AM	#16
LoBlo Subsim Diehard Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas! Posts: 971 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 3	Just goes to show ya... Don't play with nuclear matches __________________ "Seek not to offend or annoy... only to speak the truth"-a wise man

08-17-06, 11:36 PM	#19
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's a BIG oops...... __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

08-21-06, 11:38 PM	#23
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=nuclear+bomb __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be" Last edited by U-104; 08-21-06 at 11:40 PM.

08-17-06, 08:38 AM	#17
StdDev Legend of the Sea Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the Great Wet North Posts: 635 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I work in the IT dept. here at work... I downloaded the "Damage and Destruction" vid and renamed it "Dell Laptop" and emailed it to my boss.... I swear I cant help myself sometimes....

08-17-06, 10:22 PM	#18
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	The "oops" shot was Castle Bravo- it was supposed to yield 6 megatons but due to miscalculation (read about it on the nuclearweaponarchive) it resulted in an 18 megaton shot. One of my high school shop teachers was in the atmospheric test program and was present. Also met two other weapons engineers when I was in the service (working on nukes) who were present at the same event. Yours, Mike

08-18-06, 08:03 PM	#21
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	Here's a link to the Nuclear Weapon Archive and the article on the Castle series; also shows the test device (the physics package was later modified into the Mk14, Mk17, and other thermonuclear bombs)- http://www.nuclearweaponarchive.org/...ts/Castle.html Yep, that's one BFMC (Big Freaking Mushroom Cloud). It's about three miles across... Yours, Mike

08-21-06, 04:28 PM	#22
Wim Libaers Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Flanders Posts: 569 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Of course, that's not as crazy as the Soviets who did a 50 MT test intentionally. In a design that could be easily scaled up to 100 MT.