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Point of interest

At one time before Desert Storm, Saddam was attempting to acquire such a long range cannon from the German industrial complex to get away from missles

Originally posted by tututkamen
Point of interest

At one time before Desert Storm, Saddam was attempting to acquire such a long range cannon from the German industrial complex to get away from missles

Yah I have seen that thing it was huge! But it was destroyed in Gulf War 1.

A friend of mine, a Retired Colonel used to opperate such Tactical Nukes.

In fact he might even be in that video lol

That is wierd the sheer power of a nuclear weapon is amazing.

NUCLEAR LANDMINES?!?!?!?!?!?!!

what kinda stinking -------- idea is that? landmines are cheap to begin with but having mininukes hidden in the ground... that's just an example of completely thinking with your ------

jeeeeeeeez man, the people who run things are totally whacko. i mean, no ---- and all, yeah, but... *sigh*

rack another one up for "absolute power corrupts absolutely"

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[Edited on 13-8-2003 by Quicksilver]

As soon as that cannon was tested they sent them all over the world. To wherever American troops were staioned.

1st. There is no longer anything unusual in atomic cannons as any 155mm field gun can fire tactical nukes.. at the time this cannon shown in the video was made 40/50s technology was so poor / bad that they had to make a large caliber gun to shoot tactical nukes.. this oe was at 280mm caliber..

2nd. Nuclear land mines.. they large yield weapon from size of 20kt-XXmt.. nothing small about them also..

Thanks falcon, freaky, cool music with video too!!

Jeez
I've watched this so many times now and I still cant believe it
That is really... well impressive isnt quite the right word
Anyone got any more footage of nuclear weapons going off?

very interesting..

Yeah, I've seen that movie before. Actually, I got it off kazaa.

It is horrifying what a single nuke can do. The physical effects of it are awesome. The effects it has on humans is even worse. If you look into the blast, your eyeballs melt. If your within the blast, your skin melts off your bones. If you come in contact with the fallout, you'll probably eventually die from radiation poisoning. I've read from this old how-to on surviving a nuclear war in a bomb shelter. It mentioned having the elderly go out of the shelter for necssary tasks, because they were more likely to die from age first than radiation poisoning. I mean, how unethical is that?

Being an ex-nuke tech myself, we had at our installation in Germany two types of howitzer fired tactical nukes , the m454(155mm), and the m422ca1e1(old 8"). Both have been phased out, while at the same time we were dismantling the Lance and Pershing II missile systems, due to the INF treaty.

What the most disturbing feature of any tactical nuke is the settings on it before the launch:

1. Surface burst, for instant troop and property damage
2. Air burst, for maximum troop/civilian damage over time, with the radiation spreading over a wider radius
3. Underground burst, with the warhead burying itself 5-10meters underground before exploding

Most nuclear capable nations have moved away from the megaton type warheads, and settled with the kiloton type. Megaton type warheads are too costly, and coould not be launched in a "tactical" situation, with opposing troops within a close(150-350km)range to each other. On the other hand, a tactical nuke, fired from a M114 howitzer, with a range of 200km, would still inflict maximum damage on enemy positions, with little damage to friendly troops.

There are too even worse weapons to be concerned about:

1. The Neutron Bomb: a Carter Era development, which has maximum civilian casualties, with little or no damage to property.

2. The SADM(Self Administered Detonation Mechanism), which is basically a backpack style nuke, weighing a bit over 125lbs., that a team of paratroopers can jump off a plain with, assemble when they reach the detonation point, be recovered, and set off with a remote control.

Technology at its best.............

are the underground bursts just to destroy bunkers etc?