Tag: bomb
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Military Hardware Decoratively Re-Purposed
Stockpile Designs is the bomb at re-purposing: The lamp pictured above is made with the tail fins of a 100-lb bomb from the Korean War. Paint and corrosion are removed to expose gleaming steel, interrupted by rough machinists marks from the factory. The interior of the fins retains the original turquoise paint, for a subtle…
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When We Tested Nuclear Bombs
On November 16, 1952, a B-36H bomber dropped a nuclear bomb over a point north of Runit Island in the Enewetak atoll, resulting in a 500 kiloton explosion — part of a test code-named Ivy. (U.S. Department of Defense) Full photo set – HERE I think it’s great to have that powerful of weapon technology in…
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Suspicious Toy Pony Detonated By Bomb Squad Just In Case
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hmcf1mHVoU[/youtube] Orlando, FL – Waterbridge Elementary school was less than 100 yards away from the strangely-placed toy. The scene took on an almost comical tone as a real bomb robot faced off against what turned out to be a Hasbro toy robot called Butterscotch that sells for about $350. Full story – HERE The detonation…
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The Dropping Of The Atomic Bomb – 65 years later
This is a photograph released by the U.S. government in 1960 that shows the Little Boy atom bomb, the type detonated over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The bomb was 29 inches in diameter, 126 inches long and weighed 9,700 pounds with a yield equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT explosive. (AP Photo) Full photoset…
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Times Square Fail Bomber Wants To Know What Went Wrong
Faisal Shahzad, who has spent the last two weeks under guard at a Brooklyn hotel, told his interrogators he was surprised the haphazardly constructed device didn’t detonate — and begged them to explain where he went wrong, a law-enforcement source told The Post. Full Story – HERE hahahahah what a piece of work. I hope…