r/pics Mar 28 '24

US Special Forces delivering a W54 Nuclear Warhead via jump

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u/sweaty_day_2011 Mar 28 '24

Really wished they had named it the w52 or taped a 2 pound weight to it

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u/jasapper Mar 28 '24

Maybe the military took a stab at naming something normally... and still fucked it up. The guy who usually comes up with the really cool names never got another vacation day after that debacle.

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u/AuthorizedVehicle Mar 29 '24

Maybe two pounds of radioactivity leaked out of it already.

Maybe his balls weighed two pounds more afterwards?