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re: Russia sends massive boomer into Baltic
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:31 pm to terd ferguson
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:31 pm to terd ferguson
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You know if it's real or a drill... mostly because they say "THIS IS A DRILL"
Well shite. When I was stationed in Germany they never told us when it was just a drill. We'd get an alert and have to grab our gear and get to the motor pool NOW.
Guess the army didn't give a shite if they were making us think we all might be about to die.
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:33 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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To be honest, that's EXACTLY what I'd tell the crew even if it was the real thing.
You wouldn't be able to pass off the real thing as a drill... the steps are different.
Plus in drills the missile doesn't actually leave the tube... and you can definitely tell when a missile leaves the tube. The entire sub shakes and bounces as the missile leaves and seawater pours into the tube for ballast. I've done practice launches with dummy missiles and you can't fake that feeling.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:35 pm to Darth_Vader
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Guess the army didn't give a shite if they were making us think we all might be about to die
Well it's a little different when there are nuclear weapons involved and you're inside a tube 500 feet underwater.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:39 pm to terd ferguson
Trying to ring up the most KIA's with the Tsar Bomb
Just nuked:
1. New Delhi (13M)
2. Mexico City (11M)
3. New York (8.2M)
4. Moscow (7.1M)
5. Beijing (7M)
ETA: Tokyo! (14M)
Just nuked:
1. New Delhi (13M)
2. Mexico City (11M)
3. New York (8.2M)
4. Moscow (7.1M)
5. Beijing (7M)
ETA: Tokyo! (14M)
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:40 pm to terd ferguson
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Well it's a little different when there are nuclear weapons involved and you're inside a tube 500 feet underwater
This was 20 years before my time, but at one point, the Army had in Germany atomic weapons at the battalion level!
LINK
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:42 pm to Darth_Vader
USA nuclear artillery shell
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:48 pm to Tigeralum2008
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USA nuclear artillery shell
Atomic Annie
I think the Davey Crocket is what replaced her.
BTW, notice the columns of smoke off to the right of the fireball? I'd always wondered what those were. I finally found out (and I guess it's true
) that those are flare rockets shot up to help measure the blast. Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:55 pm to Darth_Vader
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at one point, the Army had in Germany atomic weapons at the battalion level
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:01 pm to terd ferguson
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You wouldn't be able to pass off the real thing as a drill... the steps are different.
Didn't know the steps are different. I thought it would be pretty much the same up until the launch command is sent to the weapons system. I figured that the crew would know the instant an ICBM left the sub, though.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:05 pm to terd ferguson
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What could possibly go wrong?
Thankfully the Army brass finally thought better than giving nuclear missiles to a bunch of redlegs running around the backroads a Germany in jeeps. All the Davey Crockets were retired and recycled for more peaceful purposes....
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:28 pm to Darth_Vader
Love the map.
I popped a 150kt air burst over the New Orleans CBD!
Good news is Tulane University goes away.
Bad news is my mother-in-law survives.
I'd ask them to move ground zero a little west, but I don't trust the mother frickers aim.
I popped a 150kt air burst over the New Orleans CBD!
Good news is Tulane University goes away.
Bad news is my mother-in-law survives.
I'd ask them to move ground zero a little west, but I don't trust the mother frickers aim.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:29 pm to Darth_Vader
Doom on
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:39 pm to OceanTiger
I have a question since I don't believe any of this Russia/NK hype. Since when does a Country send out a Nuclear Sub and tell the world? This is propaganda bull fricking shite!!!
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:46 pm to Darth_Vader
These are my favorite threads.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:51 pm to OceanTiger
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I have a question since I don't believe any of this Russia/NK hype. Since when does a Country send out a Nuclear Sub and tell the world? This is propaganda bull fricking shite!!!
The effectiveness of nuclear weapons isn't in using them. If it comes down to having to actually use them you've already lost. If we ever start trading ICBMs with Russia, the whole world will lose.
What nuclear weapons are good for is as a deterrent to your enemies from attacking you. So with Boomers you want your enemy to know you've got them, and you're ready to use them. If the enemy doesn't know you've got them and can use them, then they're no good because you never actually want to have to use the damn things.
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:15 pm to Darth_Vader
If you had one nuke, where would you drop it?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:28 pm to Darth_Vader
If the enemy doesn't know you've got them and can use them, then they're no good because you never actually want to have to use the damn things.
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This is the plot line on Dr. Strangelove. The Russians had perfected their "Dooms Day Device" and made it operational, but hadn't publicized it yet because they were waiting to announce it at their May Day Parade.
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This is the plot line on Dr. Strangelove. The Russians had perfected their "Dooms Day Device" and made it operational, but hadn't publicized it yet because they were waiting to announce it at their May Day Parade.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:48 pm to Darth_Vader
Balance of power. The globe needs it. Banks getting too big for their britches
Posted on 4/6/17 at 5:46 pm to Tigeralum2008
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That typhoon will have been sunk 20 times without even knowing anyone was there
Amazing hull but noisy as shite right?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 5:51 pm to Tigeralum2008
I love reading these threads. Keep up the good work.
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