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No, seriously. How do you bomb sand?

I don't see any other way than to turn it into glass, then s...
supple home dysfunction
  04/13/24
Here we go! The Pentagon has developed tactical nuclear w...
supple home dysfunction
  04/13/24
The B61 has been deployed by a variety of US military aircra...
supple home dysfunction
  04/13/24
I was wondering why this just got tweeted. I didn't realize ...
supple home dysfunction
  04/13/24
OP here. This is why Israel's nukes are useless against IRAN...
https://imgur.com/a/IkQnGlr
  10/01/24


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Date: April 13th, 2024 5:44 PM
Author: supple home dysfunction

I don't see any other way than to turn it into glass, then shoot a bunker buster through it. It has to be solid before it can be penetrated.

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Date: April 13th, 2024 5:48 PM
Author: supple home dysfunction

Here we go!

The Pentagon has developed tactical nuclear weapons to reach the most heavily fortified and deeply buried bunkers. The idea is to marry a small nuclear bomb with a penetrating bomb casing to create a weapon that can penetrate deep into the ground and then explode with nuclear force. The B61-11, available since 1997, is the current state of the art in the area of nuclear bunker busters.

From a practical standpoint, the advantage of a small nuclear bomb is that it can pack so much explosive force into such a small space. (See How Nuclear Bombs Work for details.) The B61-11 can carry a nuclear charge with anywhere between a 1-kiloton (1,000 tons of TNT) and a 300-kiloton yield. For comparison, the bomb used on Hiroshima had a yield of approximately 15 kilotons. The shock wave from such an intense underground explosion would cause damage deep in the earth and would presumably destroy even the most well-fortified bunker.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/bunker-buster.htm



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Date: April 13th, 2024 5:50 PM
Author: supple home dysfunction

The B61 has been deployed by a variety of US military aircraft. US aircraft cleared for its use have included the B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress, F/A-18 Hornet, A-6 Intruder, A-4 Skyhawk, F-111, F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F-35A. As part of NATO Nuclear Weapons Sharing, German and Italian Panavia Tornado aircraft can also carry B61s.[3] The B61 can fit inside the F-22 Raptor's weapons bays and will also be carried by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.[12]

B61 tactical variants are deployed with NATO allies in Europe as part of the NATO Nuclear Weapons Sharing Program.[13] About 150 bombs are stored at six bases: Kleine Brogel in Belgium, Büchel Air Base in Germany, Aviano and Ghedi Air Base in Italy, Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands and Incirlik in Turkey.[14] In 2012, NATO agreed to improve the capabilities of this force with the increased accuracy of the Mod 12 upgrade and the delivery of the F-35 aircraft.[15][16] This added a modest standoff capability to the B61.[17] The F-35A was certified to carry the B61-12 in October 2023, marking the first time a fifth generation fighter has been nuclear capable, and the first new platform in the NATO inventory to achieve such status since the early 1990s.[1

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Date: April 13th, 2024 5:51 PM
Author: supple home dysfunction

I was wondering why this just got tweeted. I didn't realize F-16s could carry this bomb.

https://x.com/USAviationTV/status/1779257628935254283

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Date: October 1st, 2024 11:36 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/IkQnGlr


OP here. This is why Israel's nukes are useless against IRAN btw. They can only put them on ICBMs, and those are useless against sand.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5517231&forum_id=2).#48153430)