Re:Declassified photos from Tinian Island as the B-29 “Enola...
by maaku on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @12:24PM
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Are they? These aren't the multi-megaton nuclear behemoths that people associate with nukes post-cold war. Those bombs are three orders of magnitude more powerful than the one shown in the picture. This bomb is probably comparable to a warehouse full of conventional weapons, which the shirtless youngster was probably manhandling in his everyday work.
And unlike a conventional weapon, it's pretty hard for a nuke of this design to accidentally explode.
And unlike a conventional weapon, it's pretty hard for a nuke of this design to accidentally explode.