Subdeacon Joe Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 That was the first thought I had when I read the thread title. Ironically, the picture shows the B-52 over water, not ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 42 minutes ago, DocWard said: That was the first thought I had when I read the thread title. Ironically, the picture shows the B-52 over water, not ground! He still on way to drop point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 1 hour ago, DocWard said: That was the first thought I had when I read the thread title. Ironically, the picture shows the B-52 over water, not ground! Bombing a small island - has to drop over water so the forward momentum will carry the ordnance to the land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Nukes, however, must not hit the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Nukes, however, must not hit the ground Air burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 The bombs destroyed the island...hence the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Nukes, however, must not hit the ground Why? Fuzing depends on the intended target. Air burst for relatively soft targets...military bases above ground; city busting, etc. Surface burst for more hardened targets. Subsurface burst for deeply buried targets (presuming the casing is built for bunker-busting)! But I seriously doubt the BUFF could drop directly on a defended target. With the Russian-made S-400, the range of the thing is about 400 miles, so the bomber would have to rely on some sort of standoff weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 The air burst is usually 100 to 1,000 m (330 to 3,280 ft) above the hypocenter to allow the shockwave of the fission or fusiondriven explosion to bounce off the ground and back into itself, creating a shockwave that is more forceful than one from a detonation at ground level. This "mach stem" only occurs near ground level, and is similar in shape to the letter Y when viewed from the side. Airbursting also minimizes fallout by keeping the fireball from touching the ground, limiting the amount of debris that is vaporized and drawn up in the radioactive debris cloud. For the Hiroshima bomb, an air burst 550 to 610 m (1,800 to 2,000 ft) above the ground was chosen "to achieve maximum blast effects, and to minimize residual radiation on the ground as it was hoped U.S. troops would soon occupy the city". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 11:41 AM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Nukes, however, must not hit the ground B-61 mod 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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