Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage
Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage
The device did not have any deadly warhead, and is "basically a gas tank for rocket fuel", police say.
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This has to be one of the craziest weapons ever made. An unguided, nuclear, air-to-air rocket.
20 0 ReplyFor when you've got really bad aim
12 0 ReplyWell tbf, you don't need great aim when you can vaporize everything within several hundred meters.
3 0 ReplySure, but no plane within about 2km is going to stay in the sky….
The em pulse, the shockwave, the heat….
Aim is for handguns, this thing might take yourself out if you’re not careful.
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The Davy Crockett Weapon System would like to have a word.
6 0 ReplyI like the 280mm Atomic Cannon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMNAxFqGbk
7 0 Replyholy fuck
3 0 Reply15 kiloton is actually pretty small. Have fun! https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
2 0 Replyit is, but, like, artillery...
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Project Pluto has a few words as well. Well, mostly just the one word, but it screams it repeatedly.
2 0 ReplyContinuously to be technical, since it's a ramjet.
3 0 ReplyI was referring to the extra nukes it drops along the way, but yeah the nuclear ramjet also causes devastation all the way along the flight path
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I would guess that it was intended as an interceptor weapon. It wouldn't be used on one plane but a group Bears flying over the Arctic circle.
2 0 ReplyTBF you don't really need to have good aim when using a nuke.
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