Dougie93 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Shots fired on the Subcontinent, be advised. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-strikes-in-pakistan-live-updates-mea-summons-pakistan-deputy-high-commissioner-lodges-protest/liveblog/68177682.cms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzermandius19 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dougie93 said: Shots fired on the Subcontinent, be advised. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-strikes-in-pakistan-live-updates-mea-summons-pakistan-deputy-high-commissioner-lodges-protest/liveblog/68177682.cms Biggest news story of the day, but the media would rather talk about Cohen and North Korea instead. Trump Political Witch Hunt always leads, who knew? Edited February 27, 2019 by Yzermandius19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 30 minutes ago, Yzermandius19 said: Biggest news story of the day, but the media would rather talk about Cohen and North Korea instead. Trump Political Witch Hunt always leads, who knew? No smoking gun for the win, Roger Stone will go to the Supermax for our sins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 The Grable test shot from Atomic Annie...an M65 Howitzer...7 miles downrange. Yield is 15 kilotons...equal to Hiroshima. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) I think this wins the smallest nuke ever award. Operation Hardtack II...Test Shot Dona Ana. 37 tons yield...that's right...tons. Note that the balloon it was suspended from is clearly visible. This was a test of the so-called Gnat device....meant to be a tiny primary in future hydrogen bombs. http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Hardtack2.html Edited March 19, 2019 by DogOnPorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted March 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Interesting footage from Operation Plumbbob. Somebody has to set-up the blimp... Quote 1) MS K-TYPE BLIMP FLYING LOW OVER THE GROUND BLIMP LANDS ON THE FLATS. MEN CATCH MOORING LINES AND ATTACH THEM TO A JEEP. F2) CU PORTABLE MOORING MAST BEING TOWED TOWARD THE NOSE OF THE BLIMP. G3) LA MS MOORING MAN ATOP MAST AS NOSE OF BLIMP IS PULLED TOWARD THE TOP OF THE MAST. G4) MS CONTROL CABIN OF THE BLIMP. G5) LA MS BLIMP BEING SECURED TO THE MAST. G6) MCU SEVERAL PERSONNEL NEAR CONTROL CABIN AS JEEP TOWS BLIMP AND MAST MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN BG. G7) CU A4D IN FLIGHT LIGHT BLINKS ON STRBD. SIDE OF AIRCRAFT WHICH IS IN SILHOUETTE (NIGHT SCENE). G8) MS A4D IN FLIGHT AS SUN RISES IN BG AIRCRAFT IN SILHOUETTE (SV DIFFERENT ANBLES).G9) CU AIRCRAFT BANKING TO LEFT. G10) ATOG LS SUN RISING OVER MOUNTAIN PEAKS HEAVY CLOUDS SKY IS BEAUTIFUL (VERY GOOD SCENE). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted March 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 More 'new' footage...from Camp Desert Rock. A recent detonation pokes-up over the mountains. A few comments claim it is Tumbler-Snapper Charlie shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted March 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Some more recently released footage. Operation Buster-Jangle Dog Shot...21 kilotons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Buster–Jangle Edited March 30, 2019 by DogOnPorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted April 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Joe-4 was the Soviet's first attempt at a fusion device but didn't produce the desired yield. A 'mere' 400 kilotons. It was also called the 'Sloika'...a Russian layered pastry...due to the layers of lithium-6 & deuterium surrounding the pit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted April 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 8mm film of Camp Desert Rock and some related test footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted April 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Various test detonations from Operation Plumbbob...May-October, 1957. Good quality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 SLAM - America's Big Stick & Doomsday Weapon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted April 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 The Building They Couldn't Blow Up at the Nevada Test Site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted August 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) A big ooops in Northern Russia as a 9M730 Burevestnik explodes on the test stand. Several dead... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/russian-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile-blows-up-creating-mini-chernobyl/ AKA Skyfall in NATO jargon, this critter apparently had a fairly big radioisotope thermoelectric generator aboard which spread radioactive materials far and wide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik Edited August 15, 2019 by DogOnPorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 Russia's new weapons...according to RT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted August 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 These are back to poking around NATO airspace... https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/02/russia-spy-planes-enter-alaskan-air-defense-zone.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9711720/raf-typhoon-fighter-jets-russia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 2 hours ago, DogOnPorch said: Russia's new weapons...according to RT. The irony is that we are locked in an argument with the leftist anti-nuclear movement, who have stirred up public fear especially after incidents like Chernobyl. Meanwhile the Russians are quietly developing ever more lethal nuclear weapons, pointed at us. Their plan are not similarly encumbered. Safety margin, komrad Chairman? Nyet! Enforcing regulations? Nyet! Environmental protections? ... Nyet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 2 hours ago, OftenWrong said: The irony is that we are locked in an argument with the leftist anti-nuclear movement, who have stirred up public fear especially after incidents like Chernobyl. Meanwhile the Russians are quietly developing ever more lethal nuclear weapons, pointed at us. Their plan are not similarly encumbered. Safety margin, komrad Chairman? Nyet! Enforcing regulations? Nyet! Environmental protections? ... Nyet! The Kremlin is simply responding to the American withdrawal from the 1972 Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2006. Ballistic Missile Defense induces the Russians to try to compensate for those defenses with a more aggressive posture. Never the less, an all out exchange between Russia and North America remains a very remote possibility, by anything other than some sort of accident by false alarm. Much more likely to be a theater thermonuclear war in Central Europe with the Russians only launching nuclear weapons against countries which do not have nuclear weapons to retaliate with, such as Poland, Ukraine and Romania, using Intermediate Nuclear Forces against startegic targets such as the aforementioned ballistic missile defenses. Due to a lack of funding, the Russians are not likely to be in possession of large numbers of futuristic weapons, more likely they will fall back on the existing Soviet designed arsenal, weapons such as P-700 Granit supersonic cruise missiles and Type 65 heavy torpedoes, with thermonuclear warheads fitted to those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHackerMP Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 This was kind of scary if somewhat boring at times... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yzermandius19 Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 3 hours ago, Dougie93 said: Who gets them first and how long until the rest catch up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Yzermandius19 said: Who gets them first and how long until the rest catch up? I think the Russians will get there first, it's the highest priority for them, because it's all about countering BMD, and the Russians are good at missiles. I think China will get them next, perhaps they will copy the Russian designs. America will get them last because America needs them the least, America will focus on BMD. What the exact time frames are is hard to say, because that's a political choice more than anything. Edited August 31, 2019 by Dougie93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzermandius19 Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Dougie93 said: I think the Russians will get there first, it's the highest priority for them, because its all about countering BMD and the Russians are good at missiles. I think China will get them next, perhaps they will copy the Russian designs. America will get them last because America needs them the least, America will focus on BMD. What the exact time frames are is hard to say, because that's a political choice more than anything. Why would America focus on BMD when their biggest geopolitical opponents are close to countering it? That seems foolish, once they get the hypersonic to test against their BMD, that will speed up BMD development more than anything as well, so they shouldn't slack on the hypersonic, especially when Russia and China are so close. Edited August 31, 2019 by Yzermandius19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted August 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 The SR-72 is in development...but it isn't a missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_SR-72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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