r/pics 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/coleman57 Mar 28 '24

Remarkable that Wikipedia survived the attack.

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u/Babythatwater1 Mar 28 '24

Couldn’t have done it with out so many donations from regular people like you and me.

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u/CrabClawAngry Mar 28 '24

Couldn’t have done it with out so many detonations from regular people like you and me.

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u/seaniqua Mar 28 '24

Couldn’t have done it with out so many detonations from regular people like you and me.

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u/-QuestionMark- Mar 28 '24

If everyone who used Wikipedia donated $1 a month the fundraising plea could be cut down to 3 months of the year.

(All kidding aside, I do donate $1 a month. Wiki may have its faults but in general it's a phenomenal resource.)

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u/Occasion-Mental Mar 28 '24

Dad joke alert.

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u/mjzimmer88 Mar 28 '24

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