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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 09 October 2013, 22:48:31
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Fortunately, it was never built.
http://jalopnik.com/the-flying-crowbar-the-insane-doomsday-weapon-america-1435286216?ico=home^editors_choice (http://jalopnik.com/the-flying-crowbar-the-insane-doomsday-weapon-america-1435286216?ico=home^editors_choice)
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Neat. ;D
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"open core reactor" :o :o :o
Yeh, sign me up for that servicing course ::) NOT ;D
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2,100 of these were built though:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/DavyCrockettBomb.jpg/200px-DavyCrockettBomb.jpg)
A nuclear bomb fired from a recoiless rifle, what a good idea is that?
Hopefully the range (1.25 miles) would have made the soldier think twice about firing it.
One was actually fired in 1962 - the last atmospheric test detonation in Nevada. By an Olympic 100m champion ;D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-388 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-388)