Nuclear Cannon (literally)

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Jumpin Jehosaphat
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:03 pm

This is my favorite picture (and cannon) of all time.
The explosion seen was a 280mm nuclear shell with a yield of 15 Kilotons.
The shot was conducted during Operation Upshot Knothole at a test site in Nevada on May 25, 1953.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:59 pm

:roll: hmmm... this is the coolest spam ever lol jk... cool pics
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:01 pm

Well that was probably atomic Annie. I'm not really sure if this would fall under the exploding projectiles category or not. You guys tell me.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:03 pm

I've got the video of this.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:06 pm

put them up :lol: i wana see
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Jumpin Jehosaphat
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:18 pm

Not trying to spam. I figured it's cannon related, and people here would appreciate it. I would like to see the video too. :D

Edit: Mr. Crowley, are we allowed to have picture signatures here? It seems like very few people do it, and if it's generally considered irritating I could disable it.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:23 pm

Yeah just check the rules to make sure yours is within the pixel size limit.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:24 pm

Ive seen the vid. Pretty crazy with the damage. After shock is amazing.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/454/
Pretty sure thats it.

EDIT: Yep thats it. Being capped is crap.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:48 pm

My sig was a little too big, so I resized it.
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:04 am

hmm why are the camera's not affected by the after shock? seriously wouldn't they get knocked over or stop working?
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:53 am

Its over 7 miles away. They were too far. Im not sure about the ones that are in the blast. I have no idea. I guess they only got seconds of fortage before destructing themselves?
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:12 am

but wouldn't the tape have been destroyed? it just seems very unlikely that a video camera would survive a nuclear blast. i mean even video cameras of our time don't survive a flash powder explosion... just seems very unlikely for them cameras to survive...
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:58 am

the EMP would fry them even if they survived physically.
at the very least it would wipe the footage!!!
they probably had the ones 7 miles away heavily shielded.
and yes this would fall under exploding projectiles i would say but i dont mind if it stays!!
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:38 am

Davey Crockett they called it they didn't use it because its range was 12 miles and the fallout range was 13 miles that doesn't work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crock ... ar_device)
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:04 am

paaiyan wrote:Well that was probably atomic Annie. I'm not really sure if this would fall under the exploding projectiles category or not. You guys tell me.
Who cares, it's not like one of us could duplicate one of those anyway...
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