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- vroom101, on 05/11/2008, -2/+251. Large version of the thumbnail photo -- French TN-60 thermonuclear test "Licorne", 3 July 1970, Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia: http://hypatia-lovers.com/images/Hydrogen_Bomb_Tor ... (hypatia-lovers.com/images/Hydrogen_Bomb_Toroidal_Cloud.jpg)
Mirror: http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hydrogenb ... (img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hydrogenbombtoroidalclonq2.jpg)
Video: (a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8yvZ7pIZns , (b) http://www.atomicforum.org/france/licorne.html
More info: http://www.atomicforum.org/france/1970.html
2. Gallery of explosion pics: http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20050304.htm
3. Nuclear Wallpaper Image Collection: http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Wallpaper.html
4. 2,400-ton high explosive test simulating a 4 kiloton near surface nuclear detonation (USA, MINOR SCALE, late 1980s): http://www.dtra.mil/newsservices/photo_library/oe/ ... ( www.dtra.mil/newsservices/photo_library/oe/CS/popup/CS21.cfm )
via http://www.dtra.mil/- jmtest2, on 05/11/2008, -0/+0that is some scary stuff.
- venuspcs, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1Me thinks he got a hold of the WRONG MUSHROOM clouds.
- cydlys, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Thanks for clearing everything up in this thread so that no idiots come on here and ask for mirrors and links a hundred times over, hopefully.
- ElAssoWipo, on 05/11/2008, -0/+24Metal Storm in action (ridiculous firepower):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE- dsmx, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2I'm struggling to work out why anyone would want it. Sure it's impressive but how long does it take to reload? Also due to the way it works you have to have a low muzzle velocity which reduces it's range. Essentially it is a modern form of the volley gun.
- Sirlolalot, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2I remember a seeing documentary they mentioned either US or Australian navy were considering it as an anti-missile defence for ships
- dsmx, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Still doesn't change the fundamental design flaw in metal storm in that reloads are achieved by taking out the barrel and fitting a new one.
- Sirlolalot, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2I remember a seeing documentary they mentioned either US or Australian navy were considering it as an anti-missile defence for ships
- wilcocola, on 05/11/2008, -1/+4explain to me how it's better than building a very large shotgun?
- dsmx, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2I'm struggling to work out why anyone would want it. Sure it's impressive but how long does it take to reload? Also due to the way it works you have to have a low muzzle velocity which reduces it's range. Essentially it is a modern form of the volley gun.
- AltairMetamorf, on 05/11/2008, -0/+0robo rats will be proud.
- D14BL0, on 05/11/2008, -1/+6Bat bombs were an awesome weapon. Definitely worth the extra reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb- known, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1Nature by itself is a Spookiest Weapon.
Imagine a small device that can immediately melt ice glaciers in Antarctica or Arctic.
- known, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1Nature by itself is a Spookiest Weapon.
- trogdorBURN, on 05/11/2008, -3/+1BOOOOOOOM
- AgentGulo, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0WTF? BOOOOOOOOOOOM! Lindsey Vent Harassment
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-a2CDzV8VP0
- AgentGulo, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0WTF? BOOOOOOOOOOOM! Lindsey Vent Harassment
- xL0Sx, on 05/11/2008, -1/+4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_OjZyQ6LGE
Navy RailGun Video. - Niixxon, on 05/11/2008, -0/+5I think the best one out there is the "Rods from God" something so simple but yet so much destruction....
- D14BL0, on 05/11/2008, -2/+10I think that's a porno title...
- venuspcs, on 05/11/2008, -2/+6I had a woman tell me I had a "rod from god", then I woke up to find the dog licking my.............never mind.
- danwallace, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Finish the ***** story man! What happened? What about the glands?
- Chupinator, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0Simple but it seems like it could be shot down easily.
- nollek, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2now that is ***** awesome.
- chrisbosh123, on 05/11/2008, -3/+3these weapons were from several decades ago, if those were that deadly already, it makes me shake in fear to think what we've come up in the modern era.
- karapuz, on 05/11/2008, -2/+13CBU 97 should be on that list.
I was seriously scared when I've seen this one. One conventional bomb capable of destroing an entire armored column.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua3nLmE7Kow&feature- iiBeLiEvE, on 05/11/2008, -1/+5Is that the Jericho from Ironman?
- ByteGuerilla, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2I love the way the little bombs that come off are called Skeets.
- edd17, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Hooray, cluster bombs! I hear kids love those things.
- AngryAngryBrian, on 05/11/2008, -0/+26When hitting someone with a stick just isn't enough, hit them with one that is fired from a satellite.
- 3leggedHorse, on 05/11/2008, -2/+12 Gay bomb LMFAO.
- chrisdancy, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3Why can't I quit you....I mean.....
- ogermino, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0Sounds like the USAF hasn't heard of the Theban Sacred Band...
- anliath, on 05/11/2008, -2/+0is it worrying that I have already heard of most of these?
- Accolade1, on 05/11/2008, -2/+5Mobility Denial System?!
Cyborg Moth?!
... Metal Gear?! - remlap, on 05/11/2008, -2/+9Rod's from the God's looks like it may be around sometime me thinks
- rdebath, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1The idea has been on the table since before the 80's it's even in a 1985 Niven&Pournelle book, Footfall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footfall
- rdebath, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1The idea has been on the table since before the 80's it's even in a 1985 Niven&Pournelle book, Footfall.
- MrFunStuff, on 05/11/2008, -2/+3MK-ULTRA has never ended. Don't believe me take it from a person how was in this program and got out. She is speaking out and telling her story of what it is like within the MK-ULTRA program.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuuYJIcQ2uY&feature ...- Caviarmy, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1"Sponsored by 911TruthNC.org"
lol - danwallace, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2That woman speaks gibberish.
- danwallace, on 05/12/2008, -0/+15:10 - "In 1957 I was born into a multi-generational incest-based family. (uncomfortable cough)"
For some reason I laughed my ass off at the uncomfortable cough that comes from the audience right after that line.
Also, she says "mind control" twelve times in the first five minutes of that video.
- danwallace, on 05/12/2008, -0/+15:10 - "In 1957 I was born into a multi-generational incest-based family. (uncomfortable cough)"
- MrFunStuff, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1If you don't believe her then look at what the cia are doing on record ......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSOOK3tocTk
- Caviarmy, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1"Sponsored by 911TruthNC.org"
- trixterIreland, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3the corner shot rifle is predated, during WWII hitler had a bent barrel rifle made which could fire around corners. I lacked the lcd, camera and ability to shoot straight or around a corner, but it was the first known "corner shot" rifle.
So far all of these weapons were featured on a national geographic program (at least here in NL), which makes me think someone saw that show and decided to write an article about it rather than writing on something new.- WaveyRavey, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1"I lacked the lcd, camera and ability to shoot straight or around a corner"
It lacked the ability to shoot around a corner? Then surely it is not a "corner shot rifle". In fact If it couldnt even shoot straight, then i also doubt that it could be classed as a gun.- IAmTomCruise, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0It was still effective, because when the bullet traveled at the corner it broke into pieces of shrapnel.
- WaveyRavey, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1"I lacked the lcd, camera and ability to shoot straight or around a corner"
- shig, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9The "Active Denial System" and the entire class of directed energy weapons are the most frightening. Imagine a robot capable of giving every mammal within a half-mile radius of it a seizure. The future is a very grim place and nukes are too old school and unreliable to be a legitimate threat. Commanders want 100% effectiveness and a clean battlespace.
By the way, the ADS and other DEW components will not make it to a military conflict without being tested on civilians domestically. At least that is what the commander of the the project says when he lobbies the government to use it at protests and rallies to avoid International law inside a combat zone. It can't be cruel and inhumane if we use it on ourselves, right? - nicksource, on 05/11/2008, -2/+2The gallery won't go past Page 2 for me?
- rdebath, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1You need javascript turned on; then you see one image per page.
- garfnodie, on 05/11/2008, -2/+5I think I'll make my own robotic Frisbee of death and go play with the neighbors dog. Maybe he'll shut up then.
- adamwho, on 05/11/2008, -6/+3Buried for covering 20 pages
- Cryptopsy, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Get over it.
- widgetmaker, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Except it only reloaded a small part the page, it's a good system, saved lots of scrolling.
- mark076h, on 05/11/2008, -2/+15what about digg, it is the ultimate weapon against servers
- hklrs, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3A hammer?
- usgovterrorists, on 05/11/2008, -9/+6Depleted Uranium is one of the spookiest weapons too!
Keeps killing for billions of years, nobody dare say it’s harmful, or the terrorist United States Government will dirty nuke your country into oblivion.
United States Government are terrorists, war criminals, and horrific liars.
Where's the evidence that kerosene fires melted steel?
How did the huge molten pools of metal get under the twin towers and building 7?
9-11 was an inside job! 9-11 official story was a lie! What happened to building 7?
Depleted uranium is a weapon of mass destruction!
Play Wall Street like a PONZI SCHEME!
The elections are rigged, unsecure voting machines & ballots!
Terrorist United States Government mandated a fivefold increase in the use of biofuels.- init100, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3"Depleted Uranium is one of the spookiest weapons too!
Keeps killing for billions of years"
I assume that you are referring to the very long half-life of U-238. In fact, this extremely long half-life means that U-238 emits radiation of a very low intensity, one that is almost completely harmless. Remember that we are exposed to background radiation every day, from e.g. cosmic rays and radioactive compounds in the ground. DU is hardly more dangerous than these, from a radiation standpoint.
On the other hand, DU is chemically toxic. The toxicity is a much more serious threat than its pretty light radiation, although it isn't as toxic as e.g. arsenic or mercury. - Yuska, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1I'm getting tired of reading your conspiracy theories every time I read a story on Digg..
- usgovterrorists, on 05/11/2008, -3/+1Depleted Uranium is WMD!
Tell the soldier the truth about Depleted Uranium, and the soldier won't go to war.
It's too bad the soldier doesn't know, Depleted Uranium kills, and the soldier is expendable.
350 tons used in the first Gulf War, and the current Iraq war has expended an estimated 5 times more tonnage of DU than was used in the first Gulf War.
The U.S. has used more depleted uranium since 1991 than the atomicity equivalent of 400,000 Nagasaki bombs.
Since 1943 the military has been aware of the extreme toxicity of uranium as a gas.
Of the veterans who served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, more than 300,000 have sought VA healthcare, and more than 200,000 have filed VA disability claims.
518,000 Gulf-era vets in 2004 are now on medical disability.
Four reasons why using depleted uranium weapons violates the UN Convention on Human Rights:
LEGALITY TEST FOR WEAPONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
Four reasons why using depleted uranium weapons violates the UN Convention on Human Rights:
TEMPORAL TEST – Weapons must not continue to act after the battle is over.
ENVIRONMENTAL TEST – Weapons must not be unduly harmful to the environment.
TERRITORIAL TEST – Weapons must not act off of the battlefield.
HUMANENESS TEST – Weapons must not kill or wound inhumanly.
BTW: 9-11 Was An Inside Job! - edd17, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Haha, didnt take long for you to turn up.
- init100, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3"Depleted Uranium is one of the spookiest weapons too!
- guardsman85, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1What no EFP's?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_formed_pe ... - d1a1s1, on 05/11/2008, -1/+5And no sharks with freakin lasers?!
- Zombi, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1I really had no idea that the military was using insects. I keep trying to picture what the future is going to look like with technology like this. To be honest, I'm a little scared of the idea of laser rifles and cyborg insects.
- danubecities, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1No mention of cyborg cats.
- sega01, on 05/11/2008, -5/+31. George Bush
- Kreigster, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2anti-tank dogs? cobalt bombs? VX? discriminative genome viruses?
- Torley, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1Is there a way to see all these spooky weapons on a single page without having to scroll through 20 reloads? Thanks in advance.
- ASSASSYN360, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Thats not spooky but this bomb is. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/395689.s ...
- Seizure, on 05/11/2008, -3/+2Scary *****. Scary, evil *****.
- incrediblechris, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3Dugg for destructo discs.
- jpezzznuts, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1I thought the 30 Rock finale was just joking about the Gay Bomb... "lets do this"
- alphaeno, on 05/11/2008, -1/+3What about the Jerico?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaM-eeDDVRs - antonio97b, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Lol. Number 6 reminds me of Red Alert 2.
Fricken lazer beams attached to their heads! - MadOgre, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1TRON diggs the Disks of Death. The REAVERS digg the calmatives.
- Panda200x, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1What about Zombie Dogs?
- Wootstapler, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2"The Gay Bomb" Dugg.
- 4UIDigg, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1beware of friendly fire
- playuhh, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1How bout the temporary paralysis doohickey from Iron Man?!
- Ganja420, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2The fentinal bombs would be great for a party. Nothing goes better with friends than some good elephant tranqulizers
- robszol, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Where's the Ion Cannon!?
- beatleman, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2Did the "puke flashlight" remind anyone else of those "sick sticks" in Minority Report? They seem to be pretty effective in the 2050's.
- cgrado, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Those Rods from God look ***** amazing. Imagine if we actually used those. The power behind them appears to be IMMENSE.
- baqpad, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1About that airborne laser...sure, it may shoot down missiles, but what's going to stop the laser from continuing down to the surface and hitting stuff down here?
- brettruffenach, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1METAL GEAR?!
- YoThisBAlec, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2"The Israeli Army has developed a device they're calling "The Scream," which issues short bursts of highly tuned sound designed to get in someone's head and stay there most uncomfortably until they leave the device's range."
Or just turn on the radio today, same effect. - bincoder, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1Firefox is a pretty scary weapon, I see the bomb, the bat, and very little of half the text as it is skewed off of the left side of the screen.
- 2Bnor2B, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1The description of "Puke Flashlight" reminded me a lot of the gun used in the 1981 movie "Looker"
- reyin, on 05/11/2008, -0/+0Haha I actually know someone who is working on that cyborg moth project.
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