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Anonymous Sat 08 May 21:22:42 2021 No.13099929 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13104071 >>13104414

Can you make a nuclear bomb into a shaped charge sort like a laser when you detonate it.

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 21:29:27 No.13099958 Report

Quoted By: >>13099993

Cahaba howizter is basically nuclear shaped charge that fires out a gamma ray death ray

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 21:30:41 No.13099967 Report

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I believe this is the article you are looking for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pumped_laser

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 21:37:34 No.13099993 Report

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>>13099958
Casaba howitzer is more of a particle beam/plasma weapon.

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 21:41:24 No.13100010 Report

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excalibur

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 22:30:41 No.13100234 Report

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Anybody got a screencap where some Russian scientist figured out how to use a Tsar bomb to propel a shaped charge at near relativistic speeds to be used in case of alien attack?

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Anonymous Sun 09 May 2021 09:52:39 No.13103218 Report

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>>13100234
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob
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900kg steel plate shot up at 66 km/s

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Anonymous Sun 09 May 2021 14:52:04 No.13104071 Report

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>>13099993
It's literally a nucelar shaped charge.
>>13099929
Yes, they did the math and found you could make it work either as a propulsion unit or warhead.

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Anonymous Sun 09 May 2021 14:53:11 No.13104077 Report

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>>13100010
That's using nukes to pump lasers, not a nuclear shaped charge.

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Anonymous Sun 09 May 2021 16:06:16 No.13104414 Report

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>>13099929
http://toughsf.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-nuclear-spear-casaba-howitzer.html

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