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Monster Machines: Nixing Iranian Nukes With America’s Biggest Bunker Buster
The GBU-57A-B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is 2400kg of high explosive wrapped in 13,600kg of steel. It’s designed to obliterate fortified positions and underground bunkers from the inside.
The Bomb-Proof Miracle Materials That Will Make The Future Safer
When a bomb explodes, you can’t outmanoeuvre it; you probably can’t even take cover quickly enough to protect yourself. Instead, you have to hope that there’s something — anything — already in the way that can shield you from the blast. Here are five of the best future bomb-proof materials that could end up saving lives in our increasingly uncertain future.
North Korea Puts Its Rockets On Standby For Fire After US Show Of Force
According to Reuters, North Korea has readied its rockets to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific Ocean after the US made a show of force earlier today by flying stealth bombers over South Korea. Kim Jong Un had apparently signed off an order for North Korea’s rockets to be “on standby for fire”.
25 Of The Deadliest Explosions Man Ever Made
Everybody likes to watch explosions. Come on, admit it: you like looking at enormous blasts on YouTube because they simultaneously thrill you and make you feel safer and more cautious in your tiny little life. OK, maybe I am projecting a little. But who cares. Whether they’re the result of war, science, freak accidents or rocket failures, destruction is in our blood. The fireball is our final heartbeat, the blastwave is our last breath.
US Military Tested A Tsunami Bomb That Could Rival The Nuclear Bomb
We’ve all seen the destruction that tsunamis can cause. It doesn’t play around. But back in 1944, the US military wanted to play around with tsunamis in hope of creating a man made tsunami bomb — basically setting off 10 large blasts in the ocean to create a 10m tsunami that would pulverise and drown a city.
A Map Of All The Places London Got Bombed During The Blitz
Previously only available for viewing at England’s National Archives, the 1940 census which documented every single bomb dropped on London from October 7, 1940, to June 6, 1941, is now accessible via an interactive website called Bomb Sight. For those of us who’ve only ever read about the Blitz in history books, it’s a shocking look at what exactly the city of London endured during World War II.
