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Nuclear artillery is a BAD idea

submitted by fissionchips

1 decade 6 years 8 months ago

Military

A nuclear artillery cannon firing, circa 1953. It was discovered that the low altitude (500ft) caused a pressure wave that made the weapon much more destructive than a higher yield weapon exploding at 2,500ft.

This is some of the scariest explosion footage I have ever seen, because it is a battlefield and not a tactical weapon. Let's hope this is never tried again.

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basically a dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Atomic-Cannon-1953-Test-Footage

both are contained in: http://www.videosift.com/video/Trinity-and-Beyond-The-Atomic-Bomb-Movie

My grandfather was a Col. in the Army at the time and called away from the family for this test. It was all kept Top Secret and they were not allowed to talk about the operation. The whole concept was to hide in the trenches explode it just enough above the surface as to keep the ground radiation to a minimum so the soldiers could move in right away.

This tactic is still on the board and I believe there were many more tests than this one.

fissionchips

Thanks jonny, *discarding. Though I'd like to save it just for thesnipe's comment.

Discarding this post - discard requested by original submitter fissionchips.

fissionchips

*kill

Permanently discarding this video - kill requested by submitter fissionchips.

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