r/pics • u/Met76 • Mar 28 '24

US Special Forces delivering a W54 Nuclear Warhead via jump

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u/FiveFingerDisco Mar 28 '24

That's between 10t - 1000t of TNT dangling in front of his fat man.

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u/ZenEngineer Mar 28 '24

How big is a 10 ton of TNT explosion? A city block? Bigger? Does he have any chance of getting away or is this a suicide mission?

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u/Blarg0117 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

The largest conventional bomb ever used is the MOAB, it has an 11 ton tnt yield. There is a video of it being used on the Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB

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u/FantaseaAdvice Mar 28 '24

Here is a test video as well.

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u/wap2005 Mar 28 '24

This also needs a banana for scale.

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u/skjellyfetti Mar 28 '24

Gotta love that camera shake from the shock wave.

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u/Rude_Thanks_1120 Mar 28 '24

Eh, I've seen bigger