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US to test 700-tonne explosive(will send mushroom cloud over Las Vegas)
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Posted on 03/30/2006 8:54:13 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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.
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To: Ramius
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posted on
03/30/2006 8:58:30 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: Ramius
You beat me to it. Sounds BS to me. Actually 2000 lbs makes a pretty good mushroom.
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posted on
03/30/2006 8:58:35 AM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
To: Ramius
how do you deliver 700 tons? - hope for a long fuse and run really fast
To: MARKUSPRIME
Are you Series?
This is HUGH!
24
posted on
03/30/2006 8:58:59 AM PST
by
roaddog727
(P=3/8 A. or, P=plenty...............)
To: trubluolyguy
Sin city? I thought that was San Francisco!
To: MARKUSPRIME
Do you suppose the timing of this test has anything to do with the demands made on Iran yesterday?
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posted on
03/30/2006 9:00:14 AM PST
by
Busywhiskers
(Democrats est delinda.)
To: Ramius
Uh... how do you deliver 700 tons?With a 700 ton delivery truck, silly. I agree, they should use a nuke. Easy to deliver, and multi-megaton yield.
To: MARKUSPRIME
"Rods from God" and "Smart Arrows" will bust up the deepest bunkers very nicely without need of explosives.
28
posted on
03/30/2006 9:00:35 AM PST
by
fso301
To: Centurion2000
"If we're gonna use something that powerful, why not use a danged nuke in the first place?"
...but that would be wrong.....
wink wink nudge nudge!
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posted on
03/30/2006 9:00:42 AM PST
by
petro45acp
(SUPPORT/BE YOUR LOCAL SHEEPDOG! ("On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs" by Dave Grossman))
To: Ramius
I think 700 tonnes is the yield of the weapon -- equivalent to 700 tonnes of TNT. BTW, a tonne is metric and equals ~2200 pounds. The yield of the weapon is thus about 770 tons.
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posted on
03/30/2006 9:00:48 AM PST
by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: bondjamesbond
I never heard that one before. Whoever came up with it (it might be you for all I know!) gets an A for creativity!
HUGE Manatee!
To: MARKUSPRIME
Now is there really 700 tons of stuff ready to explode or is the device to have a yield of .7 kilotons?
32
posted on
03/30/2006 9:01:19 AM PST
by
Mike Darancette
(In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
To: MARKUSPRIME
Title fixed, there goes your shot at immortality.
;-)
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posted on
03/30/2006 9:01:35 AM PST
by
dighton
To: U S Army EOD
I think the point is --- a "muchroom" visible from LV.
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posted on
03/30/2006 9:01:37 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: MARKUSPRIME
Are they saying when the test will be, I go out to Vegas a couple times a year, I'd love to be there to watch it.
35
posted on
03/30/2006 9:02:50 AM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Centurion2000
If we're gonna use something that powerful, why not use a danged nuke in the first place?
So we can still kill lots of bad guys while retaining the threat of nuclear escalation.
Basically, it is public relations - we get to kill bad guys by the bushel, and the Europeans don't have to get worked up over it.
To: MARKUSPRIME
Why don't we test it in Iraq so the Iranian soldiers taking part in their military exercises see what awaits them?
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posted on
03/30/2006 9:03:38 AM PST
by
IamConservative
(Who does not trust a man of principle? A man who has none.)
To: MARKUSPRIME
How does this one compare to the :Daisy Cutter"?
To: winner3000
Sin city? I thought that was San Francisco!
Nawm that's San Franfreako, San Fransicko or "Sodom on the Bay."
39
posted on
03/30/2006 9:03:59 AM PST
by
trubluolyguy
(If I wanted to live in Mexico, I'd FRIGGING MOVE THERE!)
To: sgribbley
Do we have any planes that could carry 700 tons?Not yet.......but.....could hide it under Hillary Clinton's skirt.
No.......she doesn't wear skirts......damn!!
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posted on
03/30/2006 9:04:04 AM PST
by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
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