Showing posts with label ballistic missiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ballistic missiles. Show all posts

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Nuclear Weapons

I came across these pictures of nuclear weapons and their delivery methods. I thought they were very interesting, so I decided to share them with you. Everything shown here is American-made.


B-29 Superfortress

B-36 Peacemaker

B-46 Stratojet

B-52 Stratofortress

B-1B Lancer

B-2 Spirit "Stealth Bomber"




Interior views of Atlas ICBM silos


Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile




Conning tower of an Ohio-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine


"Little Boy"- The Hiroshima Bomb - 13-18 kiloton yield


"Fat Man" Nagasaki Bomb - 22 kiloton yield


Mk 6 Fission Bomb - variable yield 8, 26, 80, 154, or 160 kilotons



"Physics Packages" of implosion-type Fission Bombs

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Space Gateway or Russian Missile Launch Failure?





These photos were taken in Tromso, Norway on December 9, 2009 at 8:45AM local time. The strange, swirling, and spiraling light was visible for about 12 minutes. There was some speculation as to the origin of these strange lights, my favorites being, that it was a black hole,or a gateway to another galaxy/dimension. Sadly, it emerged a few days later (after the customary denials of course) was that the lights were the result of a failed missile launch. This was a Russian Bulava missile, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, launched from a Ballistic Missile submarine submerged in the White Sea. This was the 12th test launch of the Bulava and the seventh time the firing has ended in failure, according to Interfax news agency.