I notice there’s no place to hold the thing that is outside the swing of that chain.
In the 60s the Navy fielded the Mk 45 ASTOR nuclear torpedo with an 11 KT warhead. It had to be detonated by a signal down the control wire, there was no other exploder installed. IN THEORY the wire was long enough for the launching sub to be out of range. In the field, those crews knew they would score two kills with each shot. There are still two of those around, on the bottom of the Atlantic aboard the wreck of the Scorpion.
Well, there was the Davy Crockett battlefield tac-nuke launcher. With a blast radius exceeding the range of the rocket.
Then there were the nuclear backpacks with timers. You'd have to be Olympic-class runners on speed being chased by lions to get out of the blast radius of those.
And the Air Force had nuke air-to-air missiles that, yep, would pretty much blow up the launcher along with the target. And air-dropped nukes that the fighter-bomber would most likely get caught in the blast even after doing a vertical bomb-toss (upwards).
You'd have to be an idiot to hold that by the handle and push the switch. Besides, one good whack and that things stuck in....AH!... I get it. Swing it once to embed it in someones temple, and then flip the switch and let go????
I want to know the angular momentum of that thing! Those angle grinders spin at what, 10k rpm? Even IF it didn't rip your arm in half, I don't think any human could hold on tight enough, it would just launch itself out of your hands. Which, if you survived the first few revolutions, would be the absolute best case ending for that. -Just a Chemist
Its not gonna do a damn thing. That itty-bitty (bad) weld ain't gonna hold. I bet it makes 2 revolutions b4 it breaks & is launched to the garage ceiling!!!
Definitely the way to do it if you are a masochist... 🤪
ReplyDeleteI notice there’s no place to hold the thing that is outside the swing of that chain.
ReplyDeleteIn the 60s the Navy fielded the Mk 45 ASTOR nuclear torpedo with an 11 KT warhead. It had to be detonated by a signal down the control wire, there was no other exploder installed. IN THEORY the wire was long enough for the launching sub to be out of range. In the field, those crews knew they would score two kills with each shot. There are still two of those around, on the bottom of the Atlantic aboard the wreck of the Scorpion.
Much like the fictional Nuclear Hand Grenade the Infantry was supposed to have. Kill radius 75 yards, but you could only throw it 50.
DeleteWell, there was the Davy Crockett battlefield tac-nuke launcher. With a blast radius exceeding the range of the rocket.
DeleteThen there were the nuclear backpacks with timers. You'd have to be Olympic-class runners on speed being chased by lions to get out of the blast radius of those.
And the Air Force had nuke air-to-air missiles that, yep, would pretty much blow up the launcher along with the target. And air-dropped nukes that the fighter-bomber would most likely get caught in the blast even after doing a vertical bomb-toss (upwards).
Yeah...
only an idiot will turn that thing on
ReplyDeleteBuilt for extreme self-flagellation. Monks only need apply.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to be an idiot to hold that by the handle and push the switch. Besides, one good whack and that things stuck in....AH!... I get it. Swing it once to embed it in someones temple, and then flip the switch and let go????
ReplyDeleteI want to know the angular momentum of that thing!
ReplyDeleteThose angle grinders spin at what, 10k rpm? Even IF it didn't rip your arm in half, I don't think any human could hold on tight enough, it would just launch itself out of your hands. Which, if you survived the first few revolutions, would be the absolute best case ending for that.
-Just a Chemist
How the hell does one use it without pureeing one's own forearms?
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I'd be afraid to even plug it in, much less flip the switch.
ReplyDeleteSell it to a muslim, maybe?
ReplyDeleteIts not gonna do a damn thing. That itty-bitty (bad) weld ain't gonna hold. I bet it makes 2 revolutions b4 it breaks & is launched to the garage ceiling!!!
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