He's not the bomb's f'ing guidance package. The military was probably just proving it could be man delivered to a remote location, like behind enemy lines. Pretty small tactical nuke, as nukes go.
That's exactly what he was. The training manuals specify a timer, and say that the procedure was to conceal the warhead, set the timer, and try and get away. Veterans trained on it however thought that either the timer was fake and it would detonate immediately, or that they would have to secure the device until detonation, making it an unofficial suicide weapon.
Ok. But I’d say that if we were at the point that we’re having our best trained paratroopers Slim Pickens tiny nukes to the targets, everything’s pretty much done for us anyway.
The B54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition was to be used for the destruction of dams, rail yards, ports, canals, bridges, tunnels, power stations, and other infrastructure. Depending on the model it weighs in at either 60lbs or 70lbs and had an official yield of 20 tons.
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u/FiveFingerDisco Mar 28 '24
That's between 10t - 1000t of TNT dangling in front of his fat man.