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originally posted by: firerescue
a reply to: Salander
WE HAVE BEEN OVER THIS AD NASEUM, GRUBER ……..
AGAIN - the smallest nuclear weapon fielded was the WK 54 for the "DAVY CROCKETT" recoiless launcher
It had a nominal yield of some 10 to 20 tons (.01 - .02 kilotons)
The lethal radiation radius is some 350 - 400 meters ( 500 rems) Much of southern Manhattan would have been
irradiated and thousands, if not tens of thousands of radiation casualties been recorded
Also, the video said the blast cone radius was further modified by directing the "fizzle" up through the elevator shafts creating a sort of nuclear flamethrower.
originally posted by: neutronflux
a reply to: toms54
Again, there is a threshold on the minimum required nuclear grade material needed to create the nuclear reaction that fuels a nuclear bomb. The nuclear reaction is triggered by using conventional explosives to slam the nuclear material together to yield the nuclear explosion. Not enough weapons grade radioactive material, you only got a dirty conventional bomb.
And....
Still no audio, video, seismic evidence of detentions powerful enough to cut steel.
And again...
Is it false to state the guy in the video was implying the bomb left enough radiation behind to cause 1,000,000 tons of rubble to be smoldering hot for up to 3 months? How does a micro nuke do that? The best parallel would be fukushima. If something radioactive was keeping 1,000,000 tons smolder for three months, you need a nuclear reactor’s amount of nuclear fuel. If the smoldering was caused by the heat of radioactive decay, the resultant radiation would be killing people working the pile in hours, not years. The radiation would be easily detected.
The guy contradicted and discredited himself in the first 11 minutes of the first video.
en.m.wikipedia.org...
A suitcase nuclear device (also suitcase bomb, backpack nuke, mini-nuke and pocket nuke) is a hypothetical tactical nuclear weapon that is portable enough that it could use a suitcase as its delivery method.
Both the United States and the Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons small enough to be portable in specially-designed backpacks during the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2]
The maximum yield of the W54 warhead used in the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (pictured) was 1kt (1000 tonnes of TNT). This is actually larger and heavier than the US W48 nuclear shell at 155mm (6.1 inches) in diameter and 846mm (33.3 inches) long and weighing 53.5Kg (118lb) which represents the smallest complete, self-contained physics package be fielded and had a yield of 72 tonnes of TNT. Nuclear weapons designer Ted Taylor has alleged that a 105mm (4.1 inch) diameter shell with a mass of 19Kg is theoretically possible.[3] Conversely, reduction beyond the size of the W54 meant that linear implosion designs must be employed and neutron reflectors dispensed with ('bare core') so the mass of fissile material increases dramatically while explosive yields are reduced dramatically. Taylor's figures represent the minimum size and mass to sustain a Prompt Criticality but the duration without tamper or neutron reflection would be short.
originally posted by: toms54
originally posted by: firerescue
a reply to: Salander
WE HAVE BEEN OVER THIS AD NASEUM, GRUBER ……..
AGAIN - the smallest nuclear weapon fielded was the WK 54 for the "DAVY CROCKETT" recoiless launcher
It had a nominal yield of some 10 to 20 tons (.01 - .02 kilotons)
The lethal radiation radius is some 350 - 400 meters ( 500 rems) Much of southern Manhattan would have been
irradiated and thousands, if not tens of thousands of radiation casualties been recorded
That's the smallest bomb that's been declassified. We've been hearing about tiny bombs that fit into a suitcase for decades now.
I liked your nuclear effects calculator. It doesn't take into account modern bombs that have a shaped charge. Also, the video said the blast cone radius was further modified by directing the "fizzle" up through the elevator shafts creating a sort of nuclear flamethrower.
originally posted by: Salander
a reply to: samkent
You are way behind the power curve Sam. You are not aware, it seems, that research of the "secret" type has been going on full steam since Fat Boy was dropped in 1944. Among others, the trend has been miniaturization and cleaner.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net...
originally posted by: Salander
a reply to: samkent
You are way behind the power curve Sam. You are not aware, it seems, that research of the "secret" type has been going on full steam since Fat Boy was dropped in 1944. Among others, the trend has been miniaturization and cleaner.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net...
However, there are also modern "mini-nukes" made of Plutonium-239, rather than of Uranium-235, and due to a much lower critical mass of Plutonium, their size could be significantly decreased - some latest Plutonium-based "mini-nukes" could indeed fit into an attaché-case.
Nuclear demolition of skyscrapers was patented by "Controlled Demolition Inc." (alternative site) - the most renowned demolition company that deals with controlled demolition of buildings, and especially with controlled demolition of skyscrapers. The same company was a primary designer of nuclear demolition projects of the World Trade Center in New York and of the Sears Tower in Chicago.
It was manufactured starting in 1963, and all units were retired in 1992.
originally posted by: neutronflux
a reply to: toms54
No, the smallest micro nuke would still make a nuclear explosion that would have been noticeable and distinct in the audio and video from the WTC. With resultant shockwaves. Producing radiation that would have caused radiation poisoning and deaths within hours of detention. Claiming a nuclear explosion without the resultant radiation is like saying you have electricity without the flow of electrons.
However, in accordance with the US laws governing construction of skyscrapers buildings designers had to submit some satisfactorily demolition project before their construction project could be approved by the Department of Buildings. No one could be allowed to build a skyscraper that can't be demolished in the future. This is the main point of the skyscrapers' in-built nuclear demolition features.
Anyhow, "Controlled Demolition Inc." began to study possibilities of demolishing modern skyscrapers by underground nuclear explosions at the end of 60s, at request of the then New York Sate Governor Nelson Rockefeller - when it became necessary to get a legal approval from the New York Department of Buildings for the WTC Twin Towers construction. After some research, a final solution was found and approved by the Department of Buildings and "Controlled Demolition Inc." got its nuclear demolition know-how patented.
First of all, such a modern nuclear demolition has nothing to do with the former atomic demolition using SADM or MADM as described above. It is an entirely new concept. During modern nuclear demolition process, a demolition charge does not produce any atmospheric nuclear explosion - with its trade-mark atomic mushroom cloud, a thermal radiation and an air-blast wave. It explodes quite deep underground - much in the same sense as any nuclear charge explodes during a typical nuclear test. So, it does produce, neither any air-blast wave nor any thermal radiation nor any penetrating radiation nor any electro-magnetic pulse It could cause only relatively minor harm to surroundings by an ensuing radioactive contamination, which, nonetheless, considered being a negligible factor by designers of such demolition schemes.