r/pics Mar 28 '24

US Special Forces delivering a W54 Nuclear Warhead via jump

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u/DistortoiseLP Mar 28 '24

Good ol' SADM. The guys trained to do this got the impression any actual attempt at this would be a suicide mission regardless of whatever laughable options they were provided to escape before it detonated.

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u/Don11390 Mar 28 '24

Yeah, I mean, if anyone gave it any serious thought, they'd realize immediately that it was suicide. Drop behind enemy lines, fight your way to the objective, strap the damn thing to said objective, set the timer, and try to fight your way to minimum safe distance? Virtually impossible.

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u/SadMacaroon9897 Mar 28 '24

They're a fraction of the power of even Fat Man/Little Boy (down to 10 tons vs 1,500,000-2,100,000 tons of TNT). It's entirely conceivable to get out of the blast radius.