This new nuclear-armed US bomb may be the most dangerous weapon in America's arsenal

Business Insider ^ | July 28th, 2015 | By Jeremy Bender

[Mariner]

Seems the R&D activities have not stopped under the commie in chief.

[Norm Lenhart]

He probably couldn’t EO his way to it’s elimination.

[rktman]

Uh, F-35. Seems to me there are some issues with the aircraft.

[Don Corleone]

the most dangerous weapon in America's arsenal

Will be an Constitution loving President with cajones of steel.

[Norm Lenhart]

A couple...

[CincyRichieRich]

Yes but telling the world about it is the new standard. ..secrets are not fair you know.

[SaveFerris]

Guess you couldn’t dial-a-nuke on a B-83 that low.

[timestax]

This new nuclear-armed US bomb may be the most dangerous weapon in Iran's arsenal !

[rktman]

At least....

[Norm Lenhart]

Think of ‘couple’ in a more ‘galactic’ sense.

“The universe has a couple galaxies in it”

That sort of couple.

[BenLurkin]

Need three for every Muslim city on the planet.

[Prospero]

In a scenario that apparently now includes an atomic Iran, and for a few other good reasons that should include never having to use such a weapon, I prefer having this system and further guaranteeing lethal retribution - including your dacha or your spider hole west of Mosul - in our arsenal...

[SaveFerris]

[Norm Lenhart]

I always wondered what would happen if something like that detonated.

And I would prefer to wonder on the other side of the planet.

[SaveFerris]

Everything has to happen in the right sequence. To reach the full effect, that is.

Nonetheless, they used to try to protect against lightning strikes. Probably still do.

[Norm Lenhart]

True but say they were simultaneously detonated on purpose. Assuming you could time that. THAT would be some impressive applied physics.

[USNBandit]

We used to joke about the B-61 back in the day. Looks like they upgraded it with a guidance kit for strike fighter guys who still bomb like they are fighter guys.

This article is primed off the statements of the American Federation of Scientists, a unilateral disarmament organization funded by America's enemies. I don't mean the DNC, either.

[Moonman62]

Here’s a case where only one of six switches prevented detonation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash

[taxcontrol]

I recall several war game scenarios that released nuke control to lower levels of authority. All of the commanders did exactly the same thing. They fought conventionally until their situation was desperate, perhaps even fatal. They then reached for the biggest nuke that they had and used it.

I postulate that due to the cultural reluctance to use nukes that has been ingrained in our society, it makes this particular bomb very unlikely to be deployed.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

which has a yield of 1,200 kilotons

Is that more or less than 1.2 megatons? </sarcasm>