operation castle : yankee test

[sprengmeister00]

13,5 mt

[Vinnieh1991]

just beautiful

[sprengmeister00]

das war die dritt stärkste bombe die je gezündet wurde.

[trotskydolan]

@sprengmeister00 Es gab eigentlich 2 sowjetischen Tests, 20 Megatonnen waren, das macht diese Bombe die fünftgrößte jemals gezündet.

[GES280]

its both beautiful and terrifying

[nucleartactician]

Fking bright.

[robr2004]

the bomb is so bright, even during mid day the sky seems to turn black.

[Ugnele]

What are these white circles that are forming around the cloud?

[aardvark9100]

@Ugnele They have varying names for them depending on the weather conditions that make them prominent. Ice caps, ice rings, and so forth. I saw a video once that detailed every visual aspect, but could not find it again. Here is the best I could find off-hand : Watch 29:08 - 30:00 at this link for YouTube watch?v=3zJ5ik5Na60 If the link does not work type in declassified u.s. nuclear test film #10 on the YouTube search.

[antimatterXXXIII]

@Ugnele They are condensation clouds in the turbulent air left in the wake of the passing shock front from the blast. Similar in principle to the condensation sometimes seen in the vicinity of an airliner wing. Also note the darkening right after detonation - that's caused by rapid formation of oxides of nitrogen that temporarily block some of the light from the blast. If you ever see tremendous brightening followed by dark then even more yellowish light, a nuke has gone off near you :)

[johnbarleycornmd]

Think about the logic

Let's create a bomb that for the first thousandth of a second generates 200 million degrees. Then, it cools down into the thousands. In a little while, a blast sending winds over 100 mph comes. Then, radioactivity soot and rain falls from the sky into the remaining quivering popluation below.

Sounds militarilly plausible?

Oh, my apologies. This is meant for PEOPLE.

Christ.

[MrBoneStripper98]

if the screen is 14-18 then the mush cloud is more than a mile wide.

right?

[elliottbradshaw]

50 miles! holy balls

[metalasserra]

tsssssssss a bestiality

[CrazedNovaProduction]

well you all think nukes are bad.What if there was a meteor? no conventual weapons can stop it. Were screwed.

[nealshireman]

@CrazedNovaProduction retro rockets would work...

[CrazedNovaProduction]

@nealshireman is that a joke? a music group cant stop a meteor.

[nealshireman]

@CrazedNovaProduction that's a band? and, if we had enough notice (years, i hope) we could alter the orbit just enough so that it doesn't collide with the earth.

[CrazedNovaProduction]

@nealshireman how the fuck is that possible? Still nukes would work well.And if theres aliens and they dont come in peace then we nukem'.

[nealshireman]

@CrazedNovaProduction nukes are NOT the best answer, think about it... EMP blast from firing a nuke in space, millios of SUV sized meteors wreaking havoc all around the world, radioactive particles raining down, and, if the rocked malfunctioned, it would send radio-active dust all around the world.

[CrazedNovaProduction]

@nealshireman im talking about all nukes and the meteor is already radioactive.Whats ur solution?

[nealshireman]

@CrazedNovaProduction i would use rockets on the surface of the asteroid, it doesn't take much to move something in space where there is no friction holding it back

[CrazedNovaProduction]

@nealshireman have u seen the Armageddon?They nuked the astroid by putting the device into the core of the meteor then detonated it.Then it split in half and saved the earth.Listen Nukes arent the worst weapons ever.There are far mor worse wmds than that.

[nealshireman]

@CrazedNovaProduction you based your ideas on a movie. wow... just... wow...

[CrazedNovaProduction]

@nealshireman okay i know but man dont take away fucking nukes.If the whole world takes away nukes were screwed.What if theres aliens?Then we can use nukes on them if they exist.But please man dont take away nukes.

[CrazedNovaProduction]

@nealshireman im tired of arguing with u.But i think it would be a terrible idea 2 give up nukes.

[nealshireman]

@CrazedNovaProduction ya ok, lets end the conversation. goodbye

[CrazedNovaProduction]

@nealshireman i will make shure nukes stay.U will not stop me, bye.

[valkyrie1960s]

fuck nukes!! humanity is so fucking crazy! these things are like gods hand!

get rid of that shit

[valkyrie1960s]

no i mean more like the devils hand

[1972njr]

This is absolute insanity that this is even a reality. It also blows my mind that there is even a pissing contest over who's got the bigger dick, I mean bomb. What I hope happened in reality is that the Russians scared themselves with Tsar considering the extra damage that suprised them and that they scaled it back almost 50% from their plan. THAT SHOULD SCARE YOU ENOUGH TO KNOCK IT OFF!

[1972njr]

And noone can figure out where all the cancer and strange genetic mutations or other anomolies that can't be explained. Anyone have an actual count on how many of these things have been tested? I think, maybe enough to cause some serious changes in our atmosphere to say the least. How about the irradiated people who passed it on in their genetics.

[geinman1287]

The radiation from this (immediate radiation) would be too small to measure at 100 miles. The deadly radius for large weapons is much smaller than the deadly thermal and blast radius. At 100 miles, the only danger would be flashblindness and fallout if your'e downwind.

[WTCnucleardemolition]

Google "Many Small Fission Nukes at the WTC"

[enuvune]

google "conspiracy theories are bullshit".

[TheNp42]

You sir, have made my day.

Owned.

[TheNp42]

1 Fission nuke would take down a whole block, not a building, you fuck.

[Antibacterialspray01]

I don't think anyone really understands the Reality of this video(s) If your caught within a 100 miles of this bomb, your dead from radiation. Besides 600 (1MT) ICBMS would scare you more than 1 big daddy. Kennedy should of dealt with this in 62' Now were coming to a greater threat of it actually happening today, future, with no one to blame. Fucking greedy rip off Governments & PEOPLE.

[Hexxle]

You idiot... They aren't 'hanging around' at 50 miles away and at 10 000 feet, they're in a plane getting the fuck out of there. You don't die instantly from radiation, it has to spread.

[Antibacterialspray01]

Oh fucking sorry !!.....I didn't get that in there! wow what a dumb shit. No shit Sherlock there getting out of there. EVERYONE knows radiation has to spread ! Do I actually have to write down every single detail in a you tube 500 word count paragraph? Fuckin' Moron. Go back to your village.

[TetraXannabis]

oh my GOD... destroyers...

the only way is LOVE

[poweroftheatom]

all it takes is one greedy man and poof the worlds gone for good

[ImperatorDerGalaxis]

Why the hell do people want these weapons.

[tamenga88]

Why do people want weapons to begin with?

POWER, POWER and POWER

[Mouldywart]

Because other people have them.

[MAIDENrules100]

somone says this is the most powerfulist wepon to mankind hahaha look at the tzar bomba 50 megatonnes thats equel to 57,000.000.00 tonnes of tnt this yankee bomb only has13.5 megatonnes the tzar bomba has a blast raduis of 62 miles its mushroom cloud rose to over 3 times the hight of mount everest an was 21 miles wide thats huge c'mon that was in 1960 something what can russia make today what have they made i dread to think if theve made something bigger say 200mt then were doomed

[tamenga88]

200 MT bombs are Huge, clumsy, expensive to built and stockpile, inefficient and lastly very easy to shoot down.

The bomb could weigh between 50 to 55 tons.

You need a missile the size of a Saturn V rocket to carry that thing.

And how are you going to protect such a HUGE rocket from enemy fire?

How are you going to hide it?

200 x 1MT warheads are way more destructive.

[Ebonypride09]

@MAIDENrules100 The difference is the Tzar bomb was too large to be actually used as a weapon, and opposed to this bomb which could be delivered to mother russia !

[MAIDENrules100]

Ebonypride09 the Tzar bomb was too large at the scale of 100 mt so it was scaled down to 50mt and they were going to use t they still will if they have to thats russia for you. face russia can make better bombs than the americans its true if the yankee bomb could be delivered to mother russia the Tzar bomb could be delivered to crappy america delivering more damage than the yankee bomb. Russia made the largest nuke ever and can use it no bomb has ever been made bigger. i think i now my history

[crofters]

@MAIDENrules100 The Tzar bomb was never intended to be a deliverable weapon, They had to specially modify a Russian Bomber to be able to carry it. The plane could not go at its top speed and had a much less operational radius because of the weight of the bomb. There was no way you would ever get a bomb this large to america, it was simply a propeganda move to show off how big a bomb they could make, even if it was usless as a weapon. This is well known.

[MAIDENrules100]

@crofters where u get that from it was intended and they could have delivered it even tho they wouldn't have and dont say any crappy shit because of nuclear fallout the tzar bomba is the cleanest nuclear bomb ever created any i dont care any more it wasn't used to bring destrucion so thats all that matters still 62 mile blass radius Jesus.

[USAsoldier1955]

beautiful

[THeseekerman77]

It is rather beautiful considering it's themost destructive weapon know to mankind.

[wizeman5974]

@THeseekerman77 Makes you wonder that if there really was a big-bang, could it have been something like this on a cosmic scale?

[hello1231000]

Well, were fucked.

[DDTea]

Oh come on. One can be sentimental about nuclear arms, but they should still get their facts right.

Sure, Iran has no love of the US or Israel; but why would they choose to destroy their own sacred Al-Aqsa mosque, which they are fighting so hard for, and kill most of the Palestinians on top of that? Logic!

Hitting NYC = suicide. The retaliation would be epic. Leaders might be fanatics, but they don't do cult suicides.

[Truthseekerfinder]

They wouldn't hit NYC. THey would hit Israel, to end Israel. And that would do it.

[DDTea]

They wouldn't even hit Israel with a nuclear weapon. Yes, such a weapon would obliterate Israel, but it would *also* obliterate the Palestinians and irradiate Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria.

They would destroy Jerusalem, which they are so keen on controlling. That means they'd destroy their beloved Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites in all of Islam.

Don't forget Israel has 200+ nuclear warheads and Jericho missiles to deliver them anywhere in the Mid-East.

The power of logic. :)

[Truthseekerfinder]

They wouldn't necessarily have to target Jerusalem. Target every other city in the country.

Tactical nukes of 5-10 kt would be sufficient, without causing too much collateral damage.

Oh, and where did you get the 200+ warhead count, as Israel has never, to my knowlege, ever confirmed the existence of nuclear weapons in Israel. Just wondering.....

[wardenphil]

Don't bet on that.

[charlesvan13]

They would hit Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem. That was always Saddam Hussein's plan.

I had a leftist tell me how he admired Ahmadinajad last year. One protester is already sentenced to be executed, and 100 await "trial".

[DDTea]

Ahmedinejad wouldn't make the decisions on the use of strategic weapons--Khameinei would.

The Iranian puppets Hezbullah never struck Tel Aviv with their Iran-supplied missiles, even though it was in their range.

You need to read "The art of war" by Sun Tzu, because you do not know your enemy.

"If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will suffer a defeat."

[tamenga88]

Unless your country is run by Adolph Hitler.

A madman like him would have no problem using nuke regardless of the possibility of retaliation.

[tron81]

Iran doesn't have any missiles that can come close to reaching New York.

[tomwilliamss]

Yes, ISRAEL IS TERRORIST STATE. BE IN CHARGE OF AMERICA. (Israel has Atomic Bomb and nuclear weapons programs. ) Damn it. ISRAEL HIT BELOW THE BELT... ISRAEL SON OF A BITCH! ISRAEL IS BIGGEST and REAL THREAT FOR WORLD...!!!

[Thrills2010]

i hate these god damn things

[VagianTuerous]

This is our baby. And like a baby, regardless of the circumstances of its birth, is still beautiful. We asked for this: it is the culmination of an entire history of warfare.

It will be a difficult child.

[joshuademoraes]

you can realize when the first light came out...this is the result of the fission bomb , smartly used to make the thermonuclear device to work.Very interesting this invention by Teller

[NielsShoe]

So would iran

[joshuademoraes]

hmm Jerusalem would be a good target

[goddesslush]

I wouldn't worry about that.

[LikePhoenixFromAshes]

This is most beautiful and most lethal weapon that human invented to this day. If III world war will eventually occurs, probably also last thing you'll see before vaporizing...

[goddesslush]

you would be dead long before hand depending on how far away you are. Nobody sees the flash in reality to those that are close to it. They just just vanish..

[Ak47warz]

that is fucking Awesome.thanks for putting it up!

[PCoderch]

This is one crazy ass, freaky explosion. Now think that the combined American and Russian arsenal is equivalent to ten thousand times this, and you get the picture of what why nuclear weapons ended warfare between large powers forever.

[milchding]

sick !!

[commandersqwigly]

holy shit!!!!

[ugowar]

Wow, that ground view at 46 seconds is amazing. Too bad the contrast is washed out in these declassified shots. It's still awesome how the shockwave arrives and behind it a huge curtain of condensation approaching the camera.

[sarin82]

Are you sure this is the yankee shot??

The picture closely resembles the photograph taken from the romeoi shot.

[engkngorks]

yup, these is the yankee shot @ 13mt

[lamanogaucha]

castle-yankee, definitely...

[tamenga88]

The Yankee Mushroom cloud has additional cloud disks.

The Romeo has a rather clean looking Mushroom.