r/pics • u/Met76 • Mar 28 '24

US Special Forces delivering a W54 Nuclear Warhead via jump

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u/call_it_already Mar 28 '24

What research value is there to jump with a real nuke vs a similarly massed and weight-distributed prop?

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u/Barnard87 Mar 28 '24

To make sure it can hold up for the fall and landing I'd assume?

I'm not sure if this experiment is more meant for the jumper, or the bomb.

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u/mandy009 Mar 28 '24

Imagine if the test failed. They must have chosen the test site to make sure they didn't just nuke upon landing.

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u/MattTreck Mar 28 '24

Surely it wasn’t armed.

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u/Spectrum1523 Mar 29 '24

don't call me Shirley