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Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada
#5458971 - 03/30/06 10:31 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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the u.s. is going to be testing a big ass bomb in the next few months in nevada.
----------------------------------- US to test 700-tonne explosive Mar 30 11:26 AM US/Eastern Email this story
The US military plans to detonate a 700 tonne explosive charge in a test called "Divine Strake" that will send a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas, a senior defense official said.
"I don't want to sound glib here but it is the first time in Nevada that you'll see a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas since we stopped testing nuclear weapons," said James Tegnelia, head of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Tegnelia said the test was part of a US effort to develop weapons capable of destroying deeply buried bunkers housing nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
"We have several very large penetrators we're developing," he told defense reporters.
"We also have -- are you ready for this - a 700-tonne explosively formed charge that we're going to be putting in a tunnel in Nevada," he said.
"And that represents to us the largest single explosive that we could imagine doing conventionally to solve that problem," he said.
The aim is to measure the effect of the blast on hard granite structures, he said.
"If you want to model these weapons, you want to know from a modeling point of view what is the ideal best condition you could ever set up in a conventional weapon -- what's the best you can do.
"And this gets at the best point you could get on a curve. So it allows us to predict how effective these kinds of weapons ... would be," he said.
He said the Russians have been notified of the test, which is scheduled for the first week of June at the Nevada test range.
"We're also making sure that Las Vegas understands," Tegnelia said.
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: ZippoZ]
#5458984 - 03/30/06 10:35 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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This ex-DEA guy I knew, (He was just a professor I had once, don't worry) told me about this time they borrowed some rocket fuel from the air force to destroy a huge shipment of marijuana they captured. They were over a mile away when it went off and he could feel the heat on his face from the explosion 'n shit. Obviously it was over-kill to use that much, but they were kinda doing some sort of PR stunt or something I guess.
Apparently some reporter asked if they would get high off it from standing down wind. Hah.
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: ZippoZ]
#5458986 - 03/30/06 10:36 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm glad its not nuclear. 700 ton explosive? Damn...
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: ZippoZ]
#5458994 - 03/30/06 10:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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What is the source of that article?
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: Burke Dennings]
#5459046 - 03/30/06 10:52 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: Darkcloud]
#5459094 - 03/30/06 11:06 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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i wish i could see what that shit looks like in person...
the plane that dropped Little Boy over Hiroshima was named Enola Gay. Here's a quote from the tail gunner who got the best view of the blast: "It's like bubbling molasses down there...the mushroom is spreading out...fires are springing up everywhere...it's like a peep into hell."
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: PurpleKush]
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: ZippoZ]
#5459187 - 03/30/06 11:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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He said the Russians have been notified of the test, which is scheduled for the first week of June at the Nevada test range.
Russians...?
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: Burke Dennings]
#5459202 - 03/30/06 11:42 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I see you are still getting gifs from the tent.
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: ZippoZ]
#5459275 - 03/30/06 11:59 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Its to bad the cloud wont be directly over Las Vegas.
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: ZippoZ]
#5459692 - 03/30/06 01:26 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
"We have several very large penetrators we're developing,"
 
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: SkorpivoMusterion]
#5459932 - 03/30/06 02:17 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Don't act surprised, I'm sure we just don't want the Russians to get freaked out and shoot off their nuclear weapons at us when they detect an explosion of that magnitude.
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: adrug]
#5459970 - 03/30/06 02:24 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Too bad it's not during July, I'd fly out there to see it!
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#5460054 - 03/30/06 02:41 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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drop some cid and x and see that shit. ZAAAAAAAM
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Re: Mushroom cloud over las vegas, 700 tonn explosive test scheduled for begining of june in nevada [Re: PurpleKush]
#5461182 - 03/30/06 06:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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You should watch Trinity and Beyond. It's a movie about nuclear tests with constant kickass HQ video and narration.
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