[QUOTE=crackberry;32964884]Why would you need a nuke this big?[/QUOTE]
Accurate targeting systems had not yet been developed, so they compensated by making the blast radius larger so that even if they did miss, they would still hit the target.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;32963412]Goddamn...
They said it was put into service during the Cold War...
Wouldn't be surprised if they intended for that thing to take out half of Russia...
(They said it was hundreds of times stronger than Hiroshima bomb.)[/QUOTE]
And the remaining half of Russia would throw a Tzar bomb.
[QUOTE=Sir Gangster;32963168]This is what should happen to all nuclear bombs.[/QUOTE]
I think nuclear weapons should be held by the UN, and the use of one has to be cleared via a vote.
[QUOTE=GameDev;32963640]That can't be the last of them. With countries knowing we don't have them, they could go batshit on us for no reason.[/QUOTE]
Not really. When it comes to nuclear weapons, we use to build them big because they were fucking inaccurate. We needed huge bombs, not because they were actually capable of taking out multiple major cities at the same time (most weren't), but because we simply couldn't drop them in the dead center of the city.
Now a days, our ICBMs can drop a much smaller, much more effective, and less 'dirty' nuclear warhead right into our backyard. This article is really moot, if you think about it. Yes, we disabled one of our most powerful nukes, but it was one we were never going to touch in the first place. It's hard to make a fitting synonym for this, but basically all we did was a symbolic gesture. The US still has many, many in-service ICBMs that are much more accurate than this ancient thing.
[QUOTE=AntiNazi;32973118]And the remaining half of Russia would throw a Tzar bomb.[/QUOTE]
The Tzar Bomb wasn't really a practical warhead, just a bit of dick waving by the USSR.
Basically all military might comparisons are useless dick waving.
This is the sign we have been waiting for! Comrades, attack now!
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;32973221]I think nuclear weapons should be held by the UN, and the use of one has to be cleared via a vote.[/QUOTE]
Good luck getting all countries to relinquish their nuclear arms
Even if they officially did so, they'd still build nuclear weapons in secret.
holy fuck, this is one serious firecracker.
Thinking of that the Tsar is 10 times more powerfull...
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;32974028]Good luck getting all countries to relinquish their nuclear arms
Even if they officially did so, they'd still build nuclear weapons in secret.[/QUOTE]
I never said it would be, just how it should be.
[QUOTE=Dirf;32967808]This picture absolutely blows my mind. Is it accurate?[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxD44HO8dNQ]See for yourself.[/url]
Whoever invented nukes should get the Nobel Peace Prize because he single handedly ended major warfare.
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;32974469]Whoever invented nukes should get the Nobel Peace Prize because he single handedly ended major warfare.[/QUOTE]
Robert Oppenheimer and Niels Bohr.
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;32974469]Whoever invented nukes should get the Nobel Peace Prize because he single handedly ended major warfare.[/QUOTE]
It's be the first [peace] prize entirely constructed out of iron!
[QUOTE=Smug Bastard;32969598]He's not doing it to be funny, he posted earlier that he's having keyboard issues.[/QUOTE]You Smug Bastard.
[QUOTE=Ubercrow;32970755]Kinda relived that there are less nukes in the world now.[/QUOTE]
There's nothing to be relieved about. There's still thousands if not millions of nukes left, enough to kill everyone several times over. And honestly, nuclear weapons will never go away.
That's why it saddens me to see a technological and scientific marvel be dismantled. It's dismantling means nothing to world peace as there are MIRV warheads that are several times more devastating. I'd rather just keep gargantuan nukes to make my nation penis look bigger.
[QUOTE=ItWasNiceToKnow;32974490]Robert Oppenheimer and Niels Bohr.[/QUOTE]Maybe indirectly Einstein too.
[QUOTE=Prez;32966974]Seeing as the resultant blast broke windows all the way in Norway and Finland, I think it was a good idea. Oh, and this is what the bomb would do for damage if dropped on Paris:
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Tsar_Bomba_Paris.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
"Paris"
"What's Paris?"
And Texans allowed it?
That's surprising...
[QUOTE=SataniX;32988468]"Paris"
"What's Paris?"[/QUOTE]
Capital of Europe... GOD, are you stupid or something?
[QUOTE=Joazzz;32988274]Maybe indirectly Einstein too.[/QUOTE]
If you open the door to Einstein, you open the door to thousands of other physicists as well.
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[QUOTE=just-a-boy;32988934]Capital of Europe... GOD, are you stupid or something?[/QUOTE]
He was indicating that if a nuclear weapon of that magnitude were dropped on paris, it would cease to exist, leading to the question of "what paris?"
[QUOTE=just-a-boy;32968342]Why are these WMDs given such sissy names? Fat Man? Tsar bomba?
If I wanted to induce utter fear and terror in the hearts of my enemies, I'd name my nukes Rectum Rippers or something...[/QUOTE]
Tsar Bomba is meant to descrive how fucking huge it is.
There are other russian objects that were named Tsar, so this was named Tsar Bomba, for being the biggest nuclear bomb ever built.
A pretty scary one aswell, considering it did such a huge damage AFTER having half of its power reduced.
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;32974469]Whoever invented nukes should get the Nobel Peace Prize because he single handedly ended major warfare.[/QUOTE]
Yes and then he should get his grave shat on because he also invented the very static global dominion of the super powers.
[QUOTE=Contag;32988962]He was indicating that if a nuclear weapon of that magnitude were dropped on paris, it would cease to exist, leading to the question of "what paris?"[/QUOTE]
My bad... apologies. ^^
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;32971597]I don't know, it seems a bit arbitrary when we don't use Hitlers to measure loss of human life either. One Hitler should be around 6.0*106 human deaths. Harold Shipman killed enough people to account for 36 microhitlers.
This is a good way to quantitatively establish whether someone is "worse than Hitler". The EPA currently values one human life as being worth 6.9 million US dollars (6.9 megadollars). A simple unit conversion 1 hitler is equivalent to 41,400,000,000,000 dollars (~41 teradollars).
When the congress failed to pass a stimulus bill in 2008 the market lost 1.2 trillion dollars in one day, roughly equivalent to 29 millihitlers. Stalin's achievements clocked roughly 5 hitlers. When you're nailed with a 35 dollar fine, you can confidently tell the officer that they are currently fucking you over to the tune of 84 picohitlers and ask if they have a very tiny Auschwitz on their backyard.[/QUOTE]
This is the most hilarious use of statistics I've ever seen :v:
[QUOTE=Falchion;32989252]Yes and then he should get his grave shat on because he also invented the very static global dominion of the super powers.[/QUOTE]
Yeah! It would be so much better if we had wars all the time and nations constantly tried to gain the upper hand through domination and conquest! At least it wouldn't be "static"!
:downs:
The US just gained a bit of respect from me.
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Just a little bit.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;32963204]There are other weapons that achieve the same effect while not causing thousands of years of irradiated earth.[/QUOTE]
You mean like nukes?
[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;32992830]You mean like nukes?[/QUOTE]
Things like the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb and the Russian Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP).
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