[it] was fitted with solid-fuel rockets to accelerate its descent, giving it an impact speed of 990 mph (1,590 km/h)—substantially beyond the 750 mph (1,210 km/h) free-fall impact velocity of the 5-tonne Tallboy "earthquake" bomb for comparable purposes.
The Disney could penetrate 16 ft (4.9 m) of solid concrete before detonating.
17 Comments
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 55 pts · 1y
All well and good, but you coulda replaced the soldier silhoutte with a Saddam. Really sow those memes all over.
sepi@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
Benny Harvey RIP
einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 1y
they should add a solid rocket booster to bring that thing up to orbital speeds on the way down
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 1y
You would enjoy the "Rods from God" concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y
Let me introduce you to the Disney Bomb… circa 1943:
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
One of the test bombs punched through both the ceiling and the floor of a submarine pen, and ended up in the foundations somewhere.
Also, it was named after that Disney.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Or a giant magnet to pull it down faster
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Some bombs, like the BLU-107 do exactly that.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.network · 17 pts · 1y
Research continues in using the rapid drop of tesla stock to carry a payload to damage targets.
Godric@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
It's cool to see just how fuckoff massive that plane is.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
When ever you see a picture of them it's like "yeah cool, fighter jet" but really it's like "oh, okay closer to 747"
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
how many kids could we feed for the cost of one of those?
bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 1y
My man wanting to throw fat kids off planes instead of bunker busters really living in the future
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
not sure what's worse for the Iranian nuclear program,
getting a bunker buster, or having to deal with an annoying American
Godric@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
At least 2 free lunches, 4 if they get reduced cost lunches.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
We choose to invest our money where it is important. Blowing up people in the Middle East is way more important than feeding or educating children.
burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
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