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The very first nuclear weapon the U.S. detonated. Oppenheimer named the project "Trinity". The device was called "Gadget". The detonation was equal to approximately 44 million pounds, or 22 kilotons, of TNT. I thought it was kind of funny the device was called Gadget!


Gadget atop tower with Norris Bradbury prepairing for deployment.
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GSS said:
Where's the starter switch on that "Gadget"?:eek:
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They just used a really long fuse! :p

Joking of course, detonating a nuclear weapon takes much more than that - everything needs to be precisely timed.
 
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Funny thing about "the gadget" was it was all hand wired and nobody knew if it would detonate at all. There were stories of people who had dreams of wiring it wrong and went back to check their wiring only to find they had mistakenly done it wrong. They corrected their mistakes and "the gadget" went off without a hitch. This is an old story and I remember it from some time ago.
 
No, definitely not the same since. Especially once fusion bombs came into existence.
 
CurtisOliver said:
No, definitely not the same since. Especially once fusion bombs came into existence.
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The largest of these thermonuclear bombs tested was the one detonated by the USSR in 1961 with a total output between 50 and 57 megatons. The problems with this weapon was it was too big to be delivered by ballistic missile and the blast was so large it was mostly deflected upwards instead of down and outwards. The Tsar Bomba, which was the name give to this bomb was capable of producing a 100 megaton blast with some modifications, but the fallout would have been too great and would have been carried to populated areas of Russia.
 
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paul1598419 said:
but the fallout would have been too great and would have been carried to populated areas of Russia.
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Not only that, but there was a very high chance they'd have blown the aircraft that dropped it out of the sky had they went with the full 100MT yield, they had to put Anti-Flash White paint on the aircraft to protect it from thermal damage even at the lower yield. The crew on the aircraft were still only given a 50% chance of surviving the test, even at the lower yield.

The bomb, weighing 27 metric tons, was so large (8 metres (26 ft) long by 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) in diameter) that the Tu-95V had to have its bomb bay doors and fuselage fuel tanks removed.[19] The bomb was attached to an 800 kilogram parachute, which gave the release and observer planes time to fly about 45 kilometres (28 mi) away from ground zero. When detonation occurred, the Tu-95V dropped one kilometer in the air because of the shock wave, but was able to land safely.[9]
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All buildings in the village of Severny (both wooden and brick), located 55 km (34 mi) from ground zero within the Sukhoy Nos test range, were destroyed. In districts hundreds of kilometers from ground zero wooden houses were destroyed, stone ones lost their roofs, windows and doors, and radio communications were interrupted for almost one hour. One participant in the test saw a bright flash through dark goggles and felt the effects of a thermal pulse even at a distance of 270 kilometres (170 mi). The heat from the explosion could have caused third-degree burns 100 km (62 mi) away from ground zero. A shock wave was observed in the air at Dikson settlement 700 km (430 mi) away; windowpanes were partially broken to distances of 900 kilometres (560 mi).[23] Atmospheric focusing caused blast damage at even greater distances, breaking windows in Norway and Finland. Despite being detonated 4.2 km above ground, its seismic body wave magnitude was estimated at 5–5.25.[9][20] Sensors continued to identify the shockwaves after their third trip around the world.[10][24]
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GSS said:
How about some basic spec's of that copter?:)
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Here you go! :D

General characteristics

Crew: three (pilot, copilot, flight engineer or loadmaster)
Capacity:
33–55 troops or
24 litters and 3 attendants or
24,000 lb (10,886 kg) cargo
Length: 52 ft. fuselage, 98 ft 10 in with rotors[117] (30.1 m)
Fuselage width: 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)[117])
Rotor diameter: 60 ft 0 in (18.3 m)
Height: 18 ft 11 in (5.7 m)
Disc area: 5,600 ft2 (520 m2)
Empty weight: 24,578 lb (11,148 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 50,000 lb (22,680 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming T55-GA-714A turboshaft, 4,733 hp (3,529 kW) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h)
Cruise speed: 160 kt (184 mph, 296 km/h)
Range: 400 nmi (450 mi, 741 km)
Combat radius: 200 nmi (230 mi, 370 km)
Ferry range: 1,216 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,252 km[118])
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6100 m)
Rate of climb: 1,522 ft/min (7.73 m/s)
Disc loading: 9.5 lb/ft2 (47 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.28 hp/lb (460 W/kg)
Armament

Up to 3 pintle-mounted medium machine guns (1 on loading ramp and 2 at shoulder windows), generally 7.62 mm (0.308 in) M240/FN MAG machine guns
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Holy smokes, thanks Diachi:)
Almost 200mph top speed:whistle:
I need to go back and put the sizes in perspect but wondering if I can put one of those Lycoming turbo shaft motors in a Sear's mini bike???:eek:

Bye the way how so quick for answer spec's? are you a military nut?:D
and at 24,000 lbs of cargo capacity how many ebay pens can it carry?:thinking: Wondering if they will let Alaskan use it for shipping them??
 
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I know about the Tsar bomb, that was particularly the one I was leading to Paul. It still shocks me that Russia went that far with the yield strength. Even at half yield it is double the next most powerful bomb. It sure was a very serious weapon and interesting info on it Diachi. Also good info on the Chinook as well. :beer:

Very cosy isn't it Hap. :p
 
It was a very serious escalation at the time and a political stunt that could have been more disastrous than it was.
 
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