Posted on 08/29/2017 7:44:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Violet Club: Quite Possibly the Worst Nuclear Bomb Ever Fielded
It is inert. Isn’t that like dropping a rock? What’s to study?
If we are in a nuclear war and some cuck general dials this atomic bomb down to 300 tons of TNT and uses it then he should be shot in the face. What a waste of a expensive weapon.
If you are going to use a nuclear bomb then use a nuclear bomb and send your enemies to kingdom come.
Why wouldn’t you always dial it to 11?
At a guess: accuracy of the weapon ballistics dialed into the bombing/targeting software of the carrying aircraft. Penetraion tests as well, if that variant of bomb.
Not me. A 0.3 KT nuke is enough to accurately destroy military outposts, political headquarters and ships. I don’t want a holocaust but an utter elimination of war fighting capabilities with minimal US casualties.
It has the exact duplicate of a live weapon except for the warhead, where an inert object with the same mass and balance is inserted instead.
They are studying the weapon’s ballistic characteristics so that, God forbid, if they have to use one, it will hit the target the pilot aims at.
Read post 13.
Take a Nork facility, for example. One of their nuclear weapons research facilities has a concentration camp of political prisoners next to it.
You want to use something extremely accurate so as to hit the target, but not hit human shields, if it can be avoided.
In a war one also has to think of the aftermath. You don’t want to replace one failed state with another. You want to eliminate the problem regime with minimal damage to infrastructure so that rule of law can be established as swiftly as possible. Leaving countries in chaos, damaged for a generation or two, continuously producing streams of refugees, only spawns more troublemakers looking for revenge- or invites third parties in to cause more problems- not to mention an unproductive country is a waste for everyone.
If an F15 can carry one, that means all our planes are potentially nuclear delivery platforms.
Not much bang for a trillion bucks.
OK, now that you’ve establised how tough you are, try engaging your brain. Suppose we want to knock out a NK missile site 40 miles from Seoul. Still want to use the biggest nuke you can find, or the smallest one that will do the job?
Bump for later..
Fat Boy in North Korea is about to get a live demonstration
Hale: Oh, crowd-pleasers!
“OK, why does adjustable yield make it so dangerous?”
I had the same question. I’ll take a wild swing at an answer. From the author’s perspective nukes are too dangerous to use, period. If, however, you could adjust the nuke down to just being a really small nuke a loose cannon like Trump would be tempted to use nukes to take out, say, the thousands of cannons that North Korea has on the DMZ threatening the South. And, once you use nukes successfully, it will be the go-to weapon of choice for wild, unpredictable Republicans to wipe out all that they see as evil in the world. (uhm.../s)
The hyperbole in the article is a result of the author’s liberal world view.
Verified: The B-61 adjustable-yield nuclear bomb has been around since 1963. A trillion-dollars? Well, if they’re using 2017 dollars, I can believe that over the last fifty years, we’ve spent $20 billion a year on our nuclear program.
That makes no sense at all.
“delivered by an f16, we can put these on anything.”
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/a-4.htm
The Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk is a lightweight, single engine attack aircraft. The mission of an A-4 attack squadron is to attack and to destroy surface targets in support of the landing force commander, escort helicopters, and conduct other operations as directed. Developed in the early 1950s, the A-4 Skyhawk was originally designated the A-4D as a lightweight, daylight only nuclear capable strike aircraft for use in large numbers from aircraft carriers.
Typical dry weight: 10,465 pounds
Wingspan: 26 ft 6 in
Length (excluding IFR Probe): 40 ft 3-1/4 in
I’m curious about the $1T price tag. I don’t believe it for one moment, but I am curious. How did they invent that number???
So do I. The hajj is supposed to be happening right now. It would take-out a lot of terrorists, or potential terrorists.
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