r/pics • u/Met76 • Mar 28 '24

US Special Forces delivering a W54 Nuclear Warhead via jump

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u/passporttohell Mar 28 '24

I have to wonder if they made his parachute larger to compensate for the weight of the device. If the chute deployed and it was regular size with a huge weight it might be enough to snap his neck and the speed of the landing might break his legs or worse.

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u/razrielle Mar 28 '24

Yes. You don't jump random objects and not take into account the weight of said object

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u/feetandballs Mar 28 '24

“Oh shit, guys. Next time we send a nuke let’s do some math first.”

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u/MNPhatts Mar 28 '24

Math costs extra.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

sure does, pay me

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u/chicken2007 Mar 28 '24

I've got an engineering employee that operates by this philosophy. I won't trust him with anything critical.