LOCKMART to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 1 month agoWarms one's heart, doesn't it?imagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down11
arrow-up1227arrow-down1imageWarms one's heart, doesn't it?LOCKMART to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 month agoThis is “the gadget,” an implosion type nuclear bomb detonated in the trinity test, the first nuclear bomb test on earth (that we know of, heh). It’s shown partially assembled inside the 100-foot test tower where it would eventually be detonated.
minus-squareFeatherConstrictorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoOh awesome thanks for the info :D I’ll have to read the Wikipedia page on it. Thing looks wicked.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoAnd watched literally by the only single guy in the group, who had to by right next to it because something might go wrong overnight.
What is “that thing”?
This is “the gadget,” an implosion type nuclear bomb detonated in the trinity test, the first nuclear bomb test on earth (that we know of, heh).
It’s shown partially assembled inside the 100-foot test tower where it would eventually be detonated.
Oh awesome thanks for the info :D I’ll have to read the Wikipedia page on it. Thing looks wicked.
And watched literally by the only single guy in the group, who had to by right next to it because something might go wrong overnight.
That thing is a god