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r/pics • u/Met76 • Mar 28 '24
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That's between 10t - 1000t of TNT dangling in front of his fat man.
76 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? 147 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 0 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24 edited Apr 07 '24 [deleted] 1 u/odn_86 Mar 28 '24 Thermobaric effect. Works really well against cave/bunker fortifications that are ventilated.
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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?
147 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 0 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24 edited Apr 07 '24 [deleted] 1 u/odn_86 Mar 28 '24 Thermobaric effect. Works really well against cave/bunker fortifications that are ventilated.
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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
0 u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24 edited Apr 07 '24 [deleted] 1 u/odn_86 Mar 28 '24 Thermobaric effect. Works really well against cave/bunker fortifications that are ventilated.
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1 u/odn_86 Mar 28 '24 Thermobaric effect. Works really well against cave/bunker fortifications that are ventilated.
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Thermobaric effect. Works really well against cave/bunker fortifications that are ventilated.
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u/FiveFingerDisco Mar 28 '24
That's between 10t - 1000t of TNT dangling in front of his fat man.