To: Antoninus
My Granddad served 4 combat patrols aboard USS Gato and took depth charges more than once. Water compression from an explosion is no joke. I wouldn’t like to be underwater when a nuke lights off in the water near me. Sounds like a suicide weapon.
To: quikstrike98
“Sounds like a suicide weapon.”
Well we are discussing the Russians.
Not known for treating their troops or people with normal care.
5 posted on
09/01/2021 9:09:31 AM PDT by
oldvirginian
(I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
To: quikstrike98
Check out the Baker and Wigwam tests.
6 posted on
09/01/2021 9:10:28 AM PDT by
EEGator
To: quikstrike98
My Granddad served 4 combat patrols aboard USS Gato and took depth charges more than once. Water compression from an explosion is no joke. I wouldn’t like to be underwater when a nuke lights off in the water near me. Sounds like a suicide weapon.
Oh, I'm not denigrating what the sardines went through and/or go through. I was ridiculing the language used. What is the purpose of the word "massive" in that headline?
27 posted on
09/01/2021 11:37:23 AM PDT by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
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