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To: D Rider

The B61-3 has a dial-a-yield ranging from .3 to 170 kt, while the ...
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The B61 nuclear bomb is one of the primary thermonuclear weapons in the U.S. Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. It is an intermediate-yield strategic and tactical nuclear weapon featuring a two-stage radiation implosion design. The B61 is a variable yield bomb (0.3 to 340 kiloton yield in various versions .... Accuracy has not been a guarantee for air-dropped nuclear weapons


17 posted on 07/20/2016 11:23:20 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: MarchonDC09122009
Accuracy has not been a guarantee for air-dropped nuclear weapons

Oh?

Hook a 30 yo Walleye to guide them in.

Besides; how damn 'accurate' does a nuke need to be??

28 posted on 07/20/2016 11:34:45 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: MarchonDC09122009; JohnnyP

Didn’t know that. Dial a yield, pretty cool stuff. Wish I had one, you know, to defend the back 40.


30 posted on 07/20/2016 11:35:19 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Who was it who said, “Close only counts with horseshoes, hand grenades and H-bombs.”?


38 posted on 07/20/2016 11:37:13 AM PDT by tgusa (gun control: hitting your target.)
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