http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16cewjeqNdw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16cewjeqNdw)
Good God.
The numbers describing the TNT in the "czar" are staggering! 10x's more explosives than all of those used in the war?! IN ONE BOMB!! :o
I know it probably doesn't compare to the nukes we have now.
What got me was the blast wave traveled around the earth three times!
HO
LY
CRAP!
Quote from: Monsterlover on November 18, 2008, 08:16:04 PM
What got me was the blast wave traveled around the earth three times!
Yeah..that too!! :-X
I've never seen or heard of these videos. Scary!
Don't worry. We're friends now. ;)
Quote from: kopfjager on November 18, 2008, 08:46:52 PM
Don't worry. We're friends now. ;)
uh huh..and didn't I just see that a bunch of bombs are unaccounted for over there?!
How does detonating the bomb 2mi above the ground prevent fallout?
Anyone here ever watch jericho?
Quote from: IZ on November 18, 2008, 08:48:35 PM
uh huh..and didn't I just see that a bunch of bombs are unaccounted for over there?!
Ah, the new guy will take care of that. :-[
doomsday is around the corner
Quote from: IZ on November 18, 2008, 09:01:42 PM
doomsday is around the corner
I wouldn't say that. I have spent a good amount of time training soldiers from that part of the Globe. No real worries. Seriously.
Quote from: IZ on November 18, 2008, 08:13:55 PMI know it probably doesn't compare to the nukes we have now.
No. Current weapons have smaller yields. We just use more of them.
Quote from: kopfjager on November 18, 2008, 09:12:04 PM
I wouldn't say that. I have spent a good amount of time training soldiers from that part of the Globe. No real worries. Seriously.
That's not really a testament to your "training" skills is it?! ;)
Quote from: IZ on November 18, 2008, 09:16:08 PM
That's not really a testament to your "training" skills is it?! ;)
No, by no means. Kinda like a coach at a shitty college. You get what you get and have to work with it. ;)
Quote from: kopfjager on November 18, 2008, 09:12:04 PM
I wouldn't say that. I have spent a good amount of time training soldiers from that part of the Globe. No real worries. Seriously.
No really worries, like the Afghans we trained in Operation Cyclone???
Quote from: deweey on November 18, 2008, 10:05:51 PMlike the Afghans
I trained and fought with them. No real worries there either.
Quote from: Monsterlover on November 18, 2008, 08:16:04 PM
What got me was the blast wave traveled around the earth three times!
Not only did the shock wave TRAVEL around the globe three times, but it was still measurable at that "distance".
Quote from: kopfjager on November 18, 2008, 10:24:34 PM
I trained and fought with them. No real worries there either.
Until you realize the hard way that a quite a few of those Afghan soldiers that you are "working with" are actually Taliban sympathizers...
Quote from: DRKWNG on November 18, 2008, 11:18:44 PM
Until you realize the hard way that a quite a few of those Afghan soldiers that you are "working with" are actually Taliban sympathizers...
Been there. No worries. They knew I would burn them down if they wanted to play that game.
Yea, well a couple of folks that I know from USAREUR weren't quite so lucky here lately...
It happens. You can't trust anyone. If you are talking about the incident 3 weeks ago, I am well aware.
Yea... We'll see; I'm heading back down there in about two months.
Quote from: DRKWNG on November 18, 2008, 11:47:56 PM
Yea... We'll see; I'm heading back down there in about two months.
Stay green. [thumbsup]
Quote from: kopfjager on November 18, 2008, 11:49:25 PM
Stay green. [thumbsup]
I'm actually blue, but normally work for either green or red gold and green.
Quote from: DRKWNG on November 18, 2008, 11:50:17 PM
I'm actually blue, but normally work for either green or red gold and green.
"Stay Green" meaning, stay fresh, new, etc., nobody know's everything. [thumbsup]
Quote from: kopfjager on November 18, 2008, 11:54:48 PM
"Stay Green" meaning, stay fresh, new, etc., nobody know's everything. [thumbsup]
Isn't that the truth. My saying/credo is stay thirsty.
[thumbsup]
SHIT
Quote from: erkishhorde on November 18, 2008, 08:50:30 PM
How does detonating the bomb 2mi above the ground prevent fallout?
'fallout' is radioactive dust / dirt etc. produced when the nuclear processes occur near the ground (i.e. embedding
neutrons into the surrounding material). in a (high altitude) air burst, the neutrons are largely absorbed by
the intervening atmosphere.
:-[ I'm so embarrassed.... what gives them the right to film my toilets?
Cool. [evil]
It's that Tiff Nedel from 5th gear narrating?
Quote from: yuu on November 19, 2008, 07:35:35 AM
It's that Tiff Nedel from 5th gear narrating?
I think so. Sounds a hell of a lot like him
watching stuff like that amazes me.
how in the world did we make it through the cold war without mutually destroying the entire world :-X
Quote from: Le Pirate on November 19, 2008, 07:39:29 AM
watching stuff like that amazes me.
how in the world did we make it through the cold war without mutually destroying the entire world :-X
Don't worry, it's not too late! [evil]
And Matador, I loved
Jericho - wish they'd bring it back.
Quote from: abby normal on November 19, 2008, 07:10:27 AM
'fallout' is radioactive dust / dirt etc. produced when the nuclear processes occur near the ground (i.e. embedding
neutrons into the surrounding material). in a (high altitude) air burst, the neutrons are largely absorbed by
the intervening atmosphere.
You answered what I was wondering about, but,... Just curious...
why/how would you have known that?
Honestly I'd be more worried about poorly maintained nuclear reactors in the East than leftover bombs. They still dig up bombs in France and Belgium from the First World War, it's not just the former USSR that continues to be a risk. In fact there is an undetonated super-mine underneath a French farm that they can't remove safely, so the owner of the property just has to live knowing that an errant lightning strike could blow his house sky high (it's happened before).
Nuclear wise, there can always be another Chernobyl, which was relatively well contained for a near-total meltdown. It would be some bad shit if there were a complete meltdown that escaped containment.
Quote from: abby normal on November 19, 2008, 07:10:27 AM
'fallout' is radioactive dust / dirt etc. produced when the nuclear processes occur near the ground (i.e. embedding
neutrons into the surrounding material). in a (high altitude) air burst, the neutrons are largely absorbed by
the intervening atmosphere.
Well, the nuclear explosion would likely yeild high energy (fast) neutrons which would make it to the ground. Neutrons are not usually a problem unless ingested or inhaled...
Quote from: NAKID on November 21, 2008, 03:41:53 PM
Well, the nuclear explosion would likely yeild high energy (fast) neutrons which would make it to the ground. Neutrons are not usually a problem unless ingested or inhaled...
Woe to those who tend to stare into the sky with their mouths open.
Jeebus...that's 58 megatons!!!! :o :o
The largest tested US nuke was 13.5 megatons.
Quote from: NAKID on November 21, 2008, 03:41:53 PMNeutrons are not usually a problem unless ingested or inhaled...
I realize you're joking, but don't you think somebody might actually believe this?
Somehow
I tend to point fingers at examples such as these blowing holes in our ozone layer
over and above
Aqua Net
Quote from: Mother on November 21, 2008, 05:01:17 PM
Somehow
I tend to point fingers at examples such as these blowing holes in our ozone layer
over and above
Aqua Net
But Aqua Net is full of harmful Neutrons too.
I realize it was only 1/3 the size, but the Tunguska Event (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event) still boggles my mind.
Quote from: lethe on November 21, 2008, 05:02:59 PM
But Aqua Net is full of harmful Neutrons too.
If that's the case, then Motley Crue in the '80's was more dangerous than this bomb [laugh]
Quote from: mstevens on November 21, 2008, 04:55:20 PM
I realize you're joking, but don't you think somebody might actually believe this?
Oops, got that mixed up with alpha particles. Alphas can be blocked with a piece of paper, while neutrons can penetrate the body and cause neutron activation of several normal elements in the body such as sodium...
Quote from: superjohn on November 21, 2008, 05:22:54 PM
If that's the case, then Motley Crue in the '80's was more dangerous than this bomb [laugh]
You wouldn't even have to see their hair to know that. Just listening would have been sufficient evidence.