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Offline Tyrannis

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US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« on: October 25, 2011, 04:31:51 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/uss-most-powerful-nuclear-bomb-being-dismantled-071325260.html
Do you all agree with this? Im all for reducing Nuclear weapons among the world, but These bombs are the Fear Factor that keeps major countries in line due to M.A.D. So is it smart to get rid of ALL of them?
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Offline xNOVAx

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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 04:36:53 PM »
As far as nuclear weapons go.. I view this as getting rid of the carpet bombing campaigns and sticking to laser guided bombs..

We still have way more than anyone else and enough to destroy plenty. I don't think it changes anything honestly. Just because the biggest one is gone doesn't mean we cant drop two smaller ones in the same area.
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2011, 04:38:27 PM »
They are all old junk that wouldnt work anyway, about the only reason they disarmed at all was that its been junk for the last 20 years.
As in the news story its 50 years old.
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2011, 04:41:18 PM »
^ this

best guess: they should have been decommissioned 30 years ago but it kept getting put off because of cost. now they are rusting and leaking nasty stuff so theres no choice.


btw dropping nukes from aircraft is soooo 1960s :old:
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2011, 04:45:51 PM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on October 25, 2011, 04:41:18 PM
^ this

best guess: they should have been decommissioned 30 years ago but it kept getting put off because of cost. now they are rusting and leaking nasty stuff so theres no choice.


btw dropping nukes from aircraft is soooo 1960s :old:
But aren't ICBMs easier to intercept than Say, a stealth bomber?
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2011, 04:47:04 PM »
Quote from: Tyrannis on October 25, 2011, 04:45:51 PM
But aren't ICBMs easier to intercept than Say, a stealth bomber?

LOL.
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2011, 04:47:38 PM »
mmmmmmmmmmm













no.
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2011, 05:01:33 PM »
Quote from: curry1 on October 25, 2011, 04:47:04 PM
LOL.
Its a serious question, due to me not really researching the difference between nuking a target through bomber transport, and nuking through ICBMs.  :rolleyes:


And by my comment, im thinking that ICBMs would be immediately picked up upon radar from launch,and the country they are launched on would have time to react to stop them.

While a stealth bomber may be able to get closer to its target and drop its payload simply because of its low Radar signature. And the fact that the country wouldn't know of the payload simply from observation of the aircraft/radar signature.

I may be wrong, but like i said, ive done maybe 2% of research on what im asking.
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2011, 05:09:46 PM »
Quote from: xNOVAx on October 25, 2011, 04:36:53 PM
We still have way more than anyone else and enough to destroy plenty.
As of the time of the article Russia had 11,000 total warheads to the US having 8,500.
http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nuclearweapons/nukestatus.html
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2011, 05:12:45 PM »
From Tyrannis: And by my comment, im thinking that ICBMs would be immediately picked up upon radar from launch,and the country they are launched on would have time to react to stop them.

The question is...how do you stop ICBM? The technology to do that is still in it's infancy.
« Last Edit: October 25, 2011, 05:15:57 PM by Nypsy »
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Offline Tyrannis

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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 05:14:57 PM »
Quote from: Nypsy on October 25, 2011, 05:12:45 PM
And by my comment, im thinking that ICBMs would be immediately picked up upon radar from launch,and the country they are launched on would have time to react to stop them.

The question is...how do you stop ICBM? The technology is still in it's infancy.
I would say the same way Britain Stoped v1s, v2s in ww2. By upping a fighter which they continuely have on standby for such an occasion, and intercept the ICBM, causing it to somehow detonate safely in the atmosphere.

Thats just my guess, at-least.
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2011, 05:17:47 PM »
stop guessing and hit up wikipedia:MIRV :aok
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2011, 05:19:08 PM »
I didn't know we had exo-atmospheric aircraft now. :noid  There are two proposed systems to take out missiles.  A laser and an antimissile system.  Neither work well enough to stop a true preemptive strike.
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2011, 05:29:37 PM »
Quote from: Tyrannis on October 25, 2011, 05:14:57 PM
I would say the same way Britain Stoped v1s, v2s in ww2. By upping a fighter which they continuely have on standby for such an occasion, and intercept the ICBM, causing it to somehow detonate safely in the atmosphere.

Thats just my guess, at-least.

The problem is speed. ICBM's hit 15,000mph at burnout.

The reentry vehicle is at something like 5,000mph. As it stands today, no effective method exists to kill them.
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Re: US's most powerful nuclear bomb being dismantled
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2011, 05:33:01 PM »
Quote from: Nypsy on October 25, 2011, 05:29:37 PM
The problem is speed. ICBM's hit 15,000mph at burnout.

The reentry vehicle is at something like 5,000mph. As it stands today, no effective method exists to kill them.

Oh. i see.
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