BSM: “It’s ok folks, todays nukes are much safer!”

[sirhrmechanic]

Nuke War In Ukraine? No Big Deal, Says Biden Ally
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/16/nukes-in-ukraine-no-probs-said-biden-ally/

Wow, the left really does want a nuclear exchange!!! These little fruit bats have obviously never heard of Kahn… or escalation.

And the Biden admin is saying loud and clear, go ahead use nukes.

These are the same people who have whined about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bikini, nuclear waste, TMI, Chernobyl, The H Bomb. And every other radioactive thing since their feeling got all squeamish.

Now they can’t wait for nuclear war. Carl Sagan needs to come down from above and bitch slap BSM just on principle.

Wow… just wow.

On the other hand…. Tactical nukes will make TV worth watching. What does the US do when we learn there are hundreds of Americans who got fried… meh, who cares.

I remember Benghazi. The admin knows no one else does!

Sirhr

 

[forrestgump01]

But if we don't go to war to save Ukraine , then where will Hunter get all of his hookers and blow ?

 

[308pirate]

DeGrasse Tyson is a fucking idiot and way out of his depth.

 

[MtnCreek]

 

[Eli17L]

Nukes are inevitable they will be used someday.
People panicking here because some dictators are having a pissing match could cause more damage than the nuke itself.
But fuck these idiots.

 

[lariat]

Tactical nukes = tactical or strategic targets. I wonder what targets in Uk would fit that bill…. They aren’t going to waste one on a wheat field. Whoever “they” end up being.

 

[OkieMike]

I kinda think NDT is blowing smoke to cover for his senile savior. I'm not a nuclear physicist... But I find nuclear weapons morbidly fascinating and do a fair bit of research.

You can't just build a weapon with an appleseed amount of fuel to smash a city block. You have to have enough material to start and maintain a reaction... Critical mass.

Typically, high yield devices (H-bombs in 100's of kilotons up into megatons) produce less fallout as more nuclear material is converted to energy.

Tactical nukes being low yield devices would likely produce more fallout... You want a smaller bang so you throttle it down. Well, all of that material that doesn't get converted to energy doesn't just magically disappear.

I'm sure they've improved the efficiency of designs to use more of the material to literally get more bang for the buck. After all enrichment isn't exactly cheap.

But the fact remains you still need a minimum amount of fuel to even get an explosion... If you were able to build one that used 100% of that minimum amount, you'd have no fallout... But the destructive yield would be off the charts... Or at least bigger than what you would want to smash a city block.

In the end, no one really knows because we haven't done much real world testing in a long time.

Putin isn't an idiot. He probably knows Brandon is on the ropes politically... So if he can maintain for a few more weeks until midterms, Joe might get hamstrung... I'm just worried that the morons in DC (knowing the clock is ticking) will do what they can to goad Putin into using crowd-pleasers before the election. Then all bets (and elections) are off.

This is akin to a chess game between Ralph Wiggum and... anyone else smarter than Ralph. But both sides are wired to kill everyone watching the game if either one thinks they're about to lose.

Mike

 

[sirhrmechanic]

And a tactical nuke is not a city block… it is kilotonnes (Hiroshima light) designed to stop a major armor assault or deny territory. A couple of tactical nukes could have blunted a Fulda Gap attack. The Fulda Gap is dozens of miles wide.

Similarly, sovs could have used
Tactical nukes to blow a 20-30 mile wide gap in NATO lines to punch through.

These are not nuclear grenades. They are large.

And crossing the threshold is the bad part. Because it forces NATO to respond or look weak.

Herman Kahn is still relevant today. “On Escalation”. Read it folks!

Sirhr

 

[BytorJr]

Nuke War In Ukraine? No Big Deal, Says Biden Ally
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/16/nukes-in-ukraine-no-probs-said-biden-ally/


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Wow, the left really does want a nuclear exchange!!! These little fruit bats have obviously never heard of Kahn… or escalation.

And the Biden admin is saying loud and clear, go ahead use nukes.

These are the same people who have whined about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bikini, nuclear waste, TMI, Chernobyl, The H Bomb. And every other radioactive thing since their feeling got all squeamish.

Now they can’t wait for nuclear war. Carl Sagan needs to come down from above and bitch slap BSM just on principle.

Wow… just wow.

On the other hand…. Tactical nukes will make TV worth watching. What does the US do when we learn there are hundreds of Americans who got fried… meh, who cares.

I remember Benghazi. The admin knows no one else does!

Sirhr

Yikes, I just read De-Ass Tyson's comments in this article.

Yeah, idiot!!! First class idiot. Not sure what the lowest yield tactical weapon is, but I'd guess could be in the 1-5kt range (looking at Wikipedia table). Looks like Operation Julin was to test these low yield tactical weapons right before the ban started. Unless we've made some progress, as OkieMike says at achieving near 100% yield, it's going to be radioactive for a while.

Personally, I'd think they'd probably use a fuel-air explosive en-masse and be done with it...if they even have that capability. Or has Russia put a bunch of eggs in the Nuke basket only - after all they do have the largest inventory?

 

[OkieMike]

I said city block... That was a bit of a euphemism for "localized" destruction.

Mike

 

[hlee]

So, in part of what NdT says, he’s not wrong...

”What you really have to worry about is being vaporized and after that, if you’re not vaporized, blown to bits by the shock wave. That’s a way bigger problem that you’re going to have.”

Yes, primary concern is not being vaporized. Secondary concern is not being blown to bits. If either of those happen, you’re not concerned about radioactive fallout. From the perspective of someone a ground zero, the effects of living after the blast come after living through the blast.

This is either an astute use of ‘frame of reference,’ or hopelessly miopic.

 

[Fig]

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Yikes, I just read De-Ass Tyson's comments in this article.

Yeah, idiot!!! First class idiot. Not sure what the lowest yield tactical weapon is, but I'd guess could be in the 1-5kt range (looking at Wikipedia table). Looks like Operation Julin was to test these low yield tactical weapons right before the ban started. Unless we've made some progress, as OkieMike says at achieving near 100% yield, it's going to be radioactive for a while.

Personally, I'd think they'd probably use a fuel-air explosive en-masse and be done with it...if they even have that capability. Or has Russia put a bunch of eggs in the Nuke basket only - after all they do have the largest inventory?

FAE’s were my thinking exactly. No idea what FUSSR has for FAE’s

Sirhr

 

[GreenGO Juan]

 

[E. Bryant]

Modern nukes are indeed "cleaner" than older designs, but holy crap any amount of fallout is really something we should all strive to avoid.

Everyone is worried about communism, but neocons are every bit as dangerous to the world.

 

[Rthur]

R

 

[308pirate]

And a tactical nuke is not a city block… it is kilotonnes (Hiroshima light) designed to stop a major armor assault or deny territory. A couple of tactical nukes could have blunted a Fulfa Gap attack. The Fulda Gap is dozens of miles wide.

 

[The D]

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[jr81452]

Today on the No-Shit channel: An astrophysicist isn't an expert on nuclear weapons, and a celebrity that can't keep their mouth shut about shit they don't understand (same guy).

 

[GreenGO Juan]

Today on the No-Shit channel: An astrophysicist isn't an expert on nuclear weapons, and a celebrity that can't keep their mouth shut about shit they don't understand (same guy).

His point was modern weapons have less fall out. Which is actually true.

Most of those who died in Japan were killed by the fall out not the Blast/Heat wave. They were extremely dirty bombs.

 

[308pirate]

His point was modern weapons have less fall out. Which is actually true.

How much less?

How many people will die over 20 years from the fallout generated by 30 kT warhead ground burst?

 

[GreenGO Juan]

How much less?

How many people will die over 20 years from the fallout generated by 30 kT warhead ground burst?

How much less than what?

Depends. Way too many variables to answer accurately.

You are not a dumb one, you’re more than capable of going and finding answers you seek.

 

[BLEE]

Nuclear WWIII, along with total, global, economic collapse are key to the global reset that the left desires. Humanity must be BROKEN and willing to accept the shit deal they will offer. Slavery will appear to be heaven, compared to the misery of the masses. It amazes me that they brazenly advertise their plans, without fear.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Modern nukes are indeed "cleaner" than older designs, but holy crap any amount of fallout is really something we should all strive to avoid.

Everyone is worried about communism, but neocons are every bit as dangerous to the world.

Not disagreeing… but where are the neocons in this??? I thought they were busy chanting orange man bad in their irrelevant hovels?

Sirhr

 

[GreenGO Juan]

 

[308pirate]

How much less than what?

Depends. Way too many variables to answer accurately.

You are not a dumb one, you’re more than capable of going and finding answers you seek.

The point wasn't to pin you down for an answer. The point was to highlight the stupidity of trying to rationalize the use of tactical nuclear weapons by saying they're less deadly.

 

[308pirate]

LOL WTF

 

[W54/XM-388]

I kinda think NDT is blowing smoke to cover for his senile savior. I'm not a nuclear physicist... But I find nuclear weapons morbidly fascinating and do a fair bit of research.

You can't just build a weapon with an appleseed amount of fuel to smash a city block. You have to have enough material to start and maintain a reaction... Critical mass.

Typically, high yield devices (H-bombs in 100's of kilotons up into megatons) produce less fallout as more nuclear material is converted to energy.

Tactical nukes being low yield devices would likely produce more fallout... You want a smaller bang so you throttle it down. Well, all of that material that doesn't get converted to energy doesn't just magically disappear.

I'm sure they've improved the efficiency of designs to use more of the material to literally get more bang for the buck. After all enrichment isn't exactly cheap.

But the fact remains you still need a minimum amount of fuel to even get an explosion... If you were able to build one that used 100% of that minimum amount, you'd have no fallout... But the destructive yield would be off the charts... Or at least bigger than what you would want to smash a city block.

In the end, no one really knows because we haven't done much real world testing in a long time.

Putin isn't an idiot. He probably knows Brandon is on the ropes politically... So if he can maintain for a few more weeks until midterms, Joe might get hamstrung... I'm just worried that the morons in DC (knowing the clock is ticking) will do what they can to goad Putin into using crowd-pleasers before the election. Then all bets (and elections) are off.

This is akin to a chess game between Ralph Wiggum and... anyone else smarter than Ralph. But both sides are wired to kill everyone watching the game if either one thinks they're about to lose.

Mike

An important part of the subject is that small devices are usually fission (or these days pretty much all boosted fusion boosted fission) devices.
Current generation and prior generation huge output devices are always going to be fusion devices with a fission starter.

Fission fuel is very radioactive
Fusion fuel has very low radioactivity by comparison.

With Fusion weapons you can design them to have minimal (compared to blast effect) radiation if so desired, at the cost of less yield and larger size.
The dampening / containment material you choose has a direct effect on that.
Plus you can use more exotic reflectors in your fission plug to shrink that as well.

Now you can also go the other way, you can include stuff in your nuclear warheads that has a very long half life and will render a large area saturated by radiation for generations.

The next of course ultimate holy grail of future generation nukes is being able to kickstart the fusion reaction without needing a fission core.
That is the really crazy science stuff that is unlikely to happen for some time, but if it ever does, it will make folks a lot more ready to use such devices.

 

[MtnCreek]

Nuclear WWIII, along with total, global, economic collapse are key to the global reset that the left desires. Humanity must be BROKEN and willing to accept the shit deal they will offer. Slavery will appear to be heaven, compared to the misery of the masses. It amazes me that they brazenly advertise their plans, without fear.

That would have sounded Crazy a few years ago.

 

[MrSmith]

So .. do we still get under our desks, shut eyes and put our hands over our heads or will stop, drop and roll cover it now?

Thank you,
MrSmith

 

[The D]

Not disagreeing… but where are the neocons in this??? I thought they were busy chanting orange man bad in their irrelevant hovels?

Sirhr

The neocons are busy telling whoever is responsible for Blo Jiden that the corp boards they sit on demand more wealth transfer

 

[DocRDS]

"Less Lethal Nukes" is like saying a "416 Barret is lethal than a 50BMG at 50 yards"

As pointed out "tactical nukes" are small and thus VERY fallout prone. Plus only an idiot slams a nuke into the ground--you airburst them for maximum effect (bunker busters aside).

Oh and by the way: you can "salt" a nuke on purpose to increase fallout for area denial--only a fool assumes we want that nuke to be clean. "Nyet comrade! We want to spare the environment and avoid fallout"

OTOH we'll solve that climate change argument REAL fast. Throwing tons of particulates into the atmospehere will stop that warming for a while. So we got that going for us.

 

[JoshPutman]

Are these "kinder, gentler" nukes?

I remember when going through Basic Training they showed us to lay on the ground on our stomachs, head towards the blast, and cup our nuts in our hands. Like that's gonna do anything.

 

[Threadcutter308]

You don't say ?, Einstein..........

 

[tomcatmv]

But if we don't go to war to save Ukraine , then where will Hunter get all of his hookers and blow ?

The cartels that daddy Bite me is letting drugs and human trafficking across the Texas border.

 

[RUTGERS95]

Dear God they are insane

 

[lariat]

Dear God they are insane

Its almost like someone is using the last book of the Bible as a guide. We got the earthquakes, drought, famines coming along nicely, wars, but no fire from heaven, poisoned water and a massive percentage of the world dead. Yet.

 

[acudaowner]

the only safe nuke in the hand of terrorist is the one that detonates it's self while still on a launch platform which we can watch like the old Benny Hill show as Jihadist kill them self in mass .

 

[roostercogburn98]

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Too big. You need a Davy Crockett

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Its almost like someone is using the last book of the Bible as a guide. We got the earthquakes, drought, famines coming along nicely, wars, but no fire from heaven, poisoned water and a massive percentage of the world dead. Yet.

And if you live near the Canadian border during leaf season I can tell you for sure we have plagues of frogs.

 

[OkieMike]

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Mom and dad took me to the arty museum out at Ft. Sill when I was 6 or 7. I don't remember much about it... But I distinctly remember seeing Atomic Annie. Seems like dad had to get on to me to keep me from trying to climb up on it...

"No, you can't climb on the atomic cannon!"

(But the Museum of the Great Plains was totally cool with letting you climb all over the steam locomotive they had outside)

Mike

 

[308pirate]

Mom and dad took me to the arty museum out at Ft. Sill when I was 6 or 7. I don't remember much about it... But I distinctly remember seeing Atomic Annie. Seems like dad had to get on to me to keep me from trying to climb up on it...

"No, you can't climb on the atomic cannon!"

(But the Museum of the Great Plains was totally cool with letting you climb all over the steam locomotive they had outside)

Mike

Well the engine wasn't coated in radioactive contamination, so there's that.

 

[armorpl8chikn]

I can't believe no one has posted a Starship Troopers clip yet....

 

[Blue Sky Country]

And a tactical nuke is not a city block… it is kilotonnes (Hiroshima light) designed to stop a major armor assault or deny territory. A couple of tactical nukes could have blunted a Fulfa Gap attack. The Fulda Gap is dozens of miles wide.

Similarly, sovs could have used
Tactical nukes to blow a 20-30 mile wide gap in NATO lines to punch through.

These are not nuclear grenades. They are large.

And crossing the threshold is the bad part. Because it forces NATO to respond or look weak.

Herman Kahn is still relevant today. “On Escalation”. Read it folks!

Sirhr

This. There are no such things as "micronuclear warheads". Fissionables will only undergo their reaction when they are of a certain mass and yield. Something like "atomic hand grenades" cannot be built because the amount of fission material packed into the shell of a hand grenade is nowhere near the mass needed for fission to occur. The smallest ever nuclear warhead ever created was the Davy Crockett crew served recoilless rifle, and that thing will take out a couple of entire neighborhoods.

 

[OkieMike]

Well the engine wasn't coated in radioactive contamination, so there's that.

"3.6 Roentgens. Not great, not terrible."

Mike

 

[sirhrmechanic]

This. There are no such things as "micronuclear waeheads". Fissionables will only undergo their reaction when they are of a certain mass and yield. Something like "atomic hand grenades" cannot be built because the amount of fission material packed into the shell of a hand grenade is nowhere near the mass needed for fission to occur. The smallest ever nuclear warhead ever created was the Davy Crockett crew served recoilless rifle, and that thing will take out a couple of entire neighborhoods.

The backpack was, technically, smaller. Only because it didn't take a Recoilless rifle to fire it! ;-)

Noone ever knew whether pushing the red button really did give you time to E&E. Or whether it went off immediately and they'd just send a medal back to your family. Well, somebody knows. Just not the guys who were trained to carry them.

Sirhr

 

[Cardboard55]

What aboot the infamous suitcase snukes?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

DeGrasse Tyson is a fucking idiot and way out of his depth.

Yes.

But you must trust the science!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

What aboot the infamous suitcase snukes?

Look up one post. That's what they were talking about. SADM's I think they were, IIRC named Small Atomic Demolition Munitions. Take out bridges, railyards, tunnels, funnel points. Man portable.

That is the so-called suitcase nuke.

Probably could have put it in a big Samsonite, too. But that would have been a bitch to hump into East Germany...

Sirhr