Nuke 'em If You Got 'em

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Joe 17 - Soviet underwater nuke test 1955

 

http://youtu.be/Y3RmFHYxfbA

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B-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM)

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 26, 2014 by Mr King

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B-83 Unguided nuclear bomb

 

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DF-31 RV

 

Going up

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The first milliseconds of a nuclear detonation--eerie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVomYxcQx3A

Filmed with a raptatronic camera:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapatronic_camera

Edited October 26, 2014 by shep854

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http://youtu.be/iyPsIOxMmqY

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Interestingly one of the desginers for the bomb that was used in Joe 17 was NL Dukhov, who was formerly a tank designer who designed the IS-4.

Edited October 27, 2014 by pharoahjared

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Interestingly one of the desginers for the bomb that was used in Joe 17 was NL Dukhov, who was formerly a tank designer who designed the IS-4.

 

In the video the weapon looked like it may have been a torpedo?

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1953 Atomic Cannon shot "Grabel", some of the best quality footage I have seen.

 

http://youtu.be/dflLFFZcZ0w

[Guest Jason L]

 

Interestingly one of the desginers for the bomb that was used in Joe 17 was NL Dukhov, who was formerly a tank designer who designed the IS-4.

 

In the video the weapon looked like it may have been a torpedo?

 

 

Torpedo warhead, yes.

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Interestingly one of the desginers for the bomb that was used in Joe 17 was NL Dukhov, who was formerly a tank designer who designed the IS-4.

 

In the video the weapon looked like it may have been a torpedo?

 

 

Yeah, the T-5 is a torpedo.

[Guest Jason L]

That picture must be from the Sarov museum?

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Interestingly one of the desginers for the bomb that was used in Joe 17 was NL Dukhov, who was formerly a tank designer who designed the IS-4.

IIRC more then one tank designer went to work in nukes/missiles.

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That's an awesome vid, Pete!

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Interestingly one of the desginers for the bomb that was used in Joe 17 was NL Dukhov, who was formerly a tank designer who designed the IS-4.

 

In the video the weapon looked like it may have been a torpedo?

 

 

Torpedo warhead, yes.

 

 

Thanks Jason and Jared.

 

B-58 Hustler with four Mk-43 nuclear bombs

 

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http://youtu.be/Mj8vDWVDbyI

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Manmade Boom:

 

 

Natural Boom:

 

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Soviets detonate three nukes to make a test canal as part of their version of a "Plowshares" program.

 

http://youtu.be/INSTW8xfKU0

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Sperm counts are for pussies.

 

http://youtu.be/ZWSMoE3A5DI

 

I noticed one thing about the Marine's uniforms in the footage. Their insignia looks to be drawn on their uniforms with grease pencils or some such thing. I imagine this is because they were going to dispose of the uniforms after this exercise because of the radiation.......

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http://youtu.be/EV5q_mlhaiM

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Sperm counts are for pussies.

Well ... yes?

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American soldiers watching Desert Rock nuke test, 1951

 

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"I noticed one thing about the Marine's uniforms in the footage. Their insignia looks to be drawn on their uniforms with grease pencils or some such thing. I imagine this is because they were going to dispose of the uniforms after this exercise because of the radiation......."--Mr King

 

Those are standard stencils, applied with a cut-out and brushed-on ink. Later, an iron-on kit was used. (That's what I used at OCS in '75). The paper with the decal is carefully placed over the pocket and ironed, transferring the decal from the paper to the cloth.

WOE to the Marine who botched the job!!!

In the early '90s, the Marines went to the service and name tapes over the chest pockets. With the current MARPAT utilities, the emblem is stitched on the pocket at the factory.

Edited November 3, 2014 by shep854