Raytheon bunker-busting tandem warhead test

Raytheon video showing the test of a bumber-busting weapon concept using a tandem warhead. In the test, the precursor warhead - a massive shaped charge - is exploded to punch through 20ft of extremely hard high-pressure concrete. The warhead succeeded in penetrating to 19.5ft...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Bunker
• buster
• warhead
• bomb
• missile

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ULTRA HARD

[krap101]

@coolomancp The warhead is the part that explodes, the missile is the delivery system.

[coolomancp]

aren't warheads missiles?

[StiviGun1]

@AllTheKimchi Yeah, I got it.

[AllTheKimchi]

@StiviGun1

I'm not sure. But they don't need the missile itself to test the warhead, so that's why it isn't in the video.

[StiviGun1]

@AllTheKimchi And what is the missile that that warhead would be used on?

[AllTheKimchi]

@StiviGun1

It's not a missile test, it's a warhead test. A warhead is only the explosives in a missile.

[StiviGun1]

I don't see any missile in this test.

[tittysmithy]

...yeah Ive got three just like that.

[nikolai082700]

That is effing awesome... I love it!!!