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US Unveils New B61-13 Nuclear ‘Gravity Bomb’ One Year Early, And It Is Devastating
Daily Caller ^ | May 22, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 05/23/2025 8:45:17 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Old Yeller

I just want to know the difference between a devastating nuke and one that is not.


41 posted on 05/23/2025 10:12:47 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: sopo
I hope it turns out better than North Korea’s ship launch

If I had a mouthful of coffee it would now be on my keyboard.

42 posted on 05/23/2025 10:13:28 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The judges are ganging up against the American people.)
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To: Sirius Lee

I just want to know the difference between a devastating nuke and one that is merely annoying.


43 posted on 05/23/2025 10:14:15 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The judges are ganging up against the American people.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

They nuked my town and all I got was this t-shirt and a sense of ennui.


44 posted on 05/23/2025 10:17:12 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

that is what they are saying in public, nothing secret going on right.


45 posted on 05/23/2025 10:21:03 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

it took 20 years to hear about the SR71.


46 posted on 05/23/2025 10:22:00 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: adorno

Yes, this system appears to be reliant upon delivery by aircraft with effective stealth. I have read estimates that it would be fired from 10-15 miles away from the target, which sounds impractical against a modern air defense system absent stealth.


47 posted on 05/23/2025 10:22:33 AM PDT by Stingray51 ( )
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To: SecondAmendment

Yup


48 posted on 05/23/2025 10:27:14 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Sirius Lee

“””I just want to know the difference between a devastating nuke and one that is not.”””

One is devastating and one is not.


49 posted on 05/23/2025 10:27:52 AM PDT by jimpick
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To: jimpick

Sounds blastist to me.


50 posted on 05/23/2025 10:31:38 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Jeff Chandler

If it explodes on your bunker, it’s devastating.

If it explodes on that other guy’s bunker, 25 miles away, it’s merely annoying.


51 posted on 05/23/2025 10:32:58 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Sirius Lee

“””Sounds blastist to me”””

Sirius Lee it is.


52 posted on 05/23/2025 10:51:15 AM PDT by jimpick
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To: Larry Lucido

Here in North Idaho, that could be a solution for that pesky knappweed and cheat grass.


53 posted on 05/23/2025 11:33:12 AM PDT by Noumenon (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. KTF)
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To: Red Badger
US Unveils New B61-13 Nuclear ‘Gravity Bomb’ One Year Early, And It Is Devastating

Wait, are there functional nuclear weapons that aren't devastating? Is there some sort of 'devastation index' to objectively measure this?

*Sigh* I guess we're starting to do the British tabloid thing where every headline has to be as lurid and sensational as possible. I'm surprised they didn't stuff the word "massive" in there too, maybe a 'deadly' for good measure. That seems to be the default for explosions or anything capable of generating them (seriously, when's the last time you saw a headline about an explosion that didn't call it 'massive' or 'huge'?)
54 posted on 05/23/2025 11:38:13 AM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: verum ago

At least they didn’t use ‘BOMBSHELL’!............


55 posted on 05/23/2025 11:41:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

It IS possible to do more than one thing at a time.


56 posted on 05/23/2025 11:45:15 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: V_TWIN

Indeed it’s a thought for some chain reaction not.


57 posted on 05/23/2025 11:50:54 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Alas Babylon!

A bunker busting nuke that could penetrate 150+ feet would be much cooler. It would collapse any and all Iranian underground nuclear facilities.


58 posted on 05/23/2025 12:01:23 PM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: Noumenon

I wonder if it would work on the kudzu in Georgia and Alabama?


59 posted on 05/23/2025 12:19:52 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Red Badger

Mecha during hajj...

Beijing.

Davos.

Moscow.

Tehran.


60 posted on 05/23/2025 12:26:31 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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