• einfach_orangensaft
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    4 days ago

    they should add a solid rocket booster to bring that thing up to orbital speeds on the way down

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      3 days ago

      Let me introduce you to the Disney Bomb… circa 1943:

      [it] was fitted with solid-fuel rockets to accelerate its descent, giving it an impact speed of 990 mph (1,590 km/h)—substantially beyond the 750 mph (1,210 km/h) free-fall impact velocity of the 5-tonne Tallboy “earthquake” bomb for comparable purposes.

      The Disney could penetrate 16 ft (4.9 m) of solid concrete before detonating.

      • Ilovethebomb
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        2 days ago

        One of the test bombs punched through both the ceiling and the floor of a submarine pen, and ended up in the foundations somewhere.

        Also, it was named after that Disney.