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Castle Bravo: The Big One [4 min vid via YT]
mikolajcolin via YouTube ^
| February 20, 2010
| mikolajcolin
Posted on 01/05/2020 9:39:31 AM PST by beaversmom
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Science
KEYWORDS: atomic; edwardteller; ivymike; motherofallbombs; nuke; nukes; prepper; preppers; tactical; tellerulam
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To: beaversmom
Tsar Bomba is the big one.
The movie Trinity and Beyond is a good history of the nukes.
Narrated by William Shatner...
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01/05/2020 9:41:55 AM PST
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EEGator
To: EEGator
Awesome movie. Amazing to watch what we used to do with the bombs.
The Smithsonian Channel runs some good shows on nuclear history. Bombs over Nevada is very interesting.
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01/05/2020 9:43:49 AM PST
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ealgeone
To: beaversmom
Not bad for a 60 year old bomb.
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01/05/2020 9:44:02 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: EEGator
Tsar Bomba, castle bravo. Different countries, same breed of rednecks. “hey y’all, hold muh beer/vodka, watch this!”
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01/05/2020 9:45:13 AM PST
by
Redcitizen
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To: EEGator
Yeah, just learned some about Tsar Bomba this morning.
On the YT thread of this video, someone posted:
The Big One.
Soviets: Hold my vodka
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01/05/2020 9:47:46 AM PST
by
beaversmom
(Trump for Cali gov 2026. Make CA great again.)
To: beaversmom
My father was on Enewetak for that one. Cancer eventuallu got him but it was years later and probably unrelated. I remember stories of the “Lucky Dragon” fishing boat.
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01/05/2020 9:48:34 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: Redcitizen
The thing is...Tsar Bomba was deliberately made to release the mega-tonnage it did. Castle Bravo was an accident, meant to deliver a lesser explosion. The eggheads misjudged what some of the materials used would do the bomb.
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posted on
01/05/2020 9:49:48 AM PST
by
hoagy62
(America Supreme!)
To: beaversmom; Army Air Corps
Fascinating.
Thank You for posting Beaversmom :)
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01/05/2020 9:49:58 AM PST
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KC_Lion
To: ealgeone
I did Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring in the USAF.
We actually watched the flick in Tech school.
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01/05/2020 9:50:03 AM PST
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EEGator
To: ClearCase_guy
Thanks for sharing. Sorry about your dad.
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01/05/2020 9:50:41 AM PST
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beaversmom
(Trump for Cali gov 2026. Make CA great again.)
To: EEGator
I bet that was interesting.
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01/05/2020 9:52:45 AM PST
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ealgeone
To: KC_Lion
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01/05/2020 9:52:52 AM PST
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beaversmom
(Trump for Cali gov 2026. Make CA great again.)
To: ealgeone
Pretty cool.
I had a TS/SCI and worked in a SCIF.
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01/05/2020 9:54:26 AM PST
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EEGator
To: ealgeone
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01/05/2020 9:55:02 AM PST
by
beaversmom
(Trump for Cali gov 2026. Make CA great again.)
To: beaversmom
Yeah that was suppose to be a 6 ton but it ended up being a 15 ton.
Check it out what the scientist that were observing it said.
The crazy part is that was in 1954, and it is still terrifying to this day. I am sure we have way better technology today.
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01/05/2020 9:58:45 AM PST
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beaversmom
(Trump for Cali gov 2026. Make CA great again.)
To: beaversmom
Oops, that sheath wasn’t inert after all.
To: beaversmom
There are more shows about our nukes in there as well. Interesting time in history....presuming the Smithsonian is showing it correctly.
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01/05/2020 10:00:13 AM PST
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ealgeone
To: beaversmom
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01/05/2020 10:04:26 AM PST
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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