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Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb
mahesh_gharat writes "Russia has tested the "Father of all bombs," a conventional air-delivered explosive that experts say can only be compared with a nuclear weapon in terms of its destructive power.The device is a fuel-air explosive, commonly known as a vacuum bomb, that spreads a high incendiary vapour cloud over a wide area and then ignites it, creating an ultra-sonic shock wave and searing fireball that destroys everything in its wake."
They have WMD! They harbor terrorists!
Seriously? Isn't it ironic that MOTHER Russia built the FATHER of all BOMBS to outdo UNCLE SAM's MOTHER of all Bombs? Its almost mind-blowing...
...and it should be known by now
Hehe... They say it's environmentally friendly. That is of course, if your environment is not within a mile or two of the blast zone. http://parthian-shot.blogspot.com/
It just might be enough to destroy the Angels that are a'comin' in 2015!
Indeed! The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away, and no star system will dare oppose Putin after this demonstration of the full power of FOAB. The Rebel alliance will be crushed in one swift stroke!
Of course! You can fight anything with bombs. Just have all the terrorists stand under it... including all the people who want this bomb to be really scary... and boom! You want to fight deer overpopulation? Just have the deer stand under it. You want to fight republicanism? Christianity? Kangaroos? -- You could have pretty much anything you want dead stand under this sucker and the problem would be done.
*Places all dishes under bomb*
*detonate*
The dishes are done man!
It is no longer uncommon to be uncommon.
Don't worry - the US will soon respond with their "Alcoholic Step-Dad of All Bombs."
Dark Reflection
The Russians are gearing up for their own version of "Shock and Awesky"
France is planning to test Le Grand-père de Toutes les Bombes next week.
The week after that North Korea is threatening to test indoor plumbing.
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
It doesn't pollute the environment... it just incinerates it!
-FL
Hollywood has built far larger bombs. One of the largest was named Pluto Nash. Not many people have heard of it inspite of it not being a secret project. Smaller tactical bombs were created by the likes of Pauly Shore. Not as powerful but equally devasting at killing 90 minutes of your life.
Communism is one man taking advantage of another man.
And Capitalism is the exact opposite of that.
This bomb made Chuck Norris sneeze.
The hydrogen bomb has always protected your freedom from Godless communism. My one regret is that the building of hydrogen bombs is being done big Big Government in Washington rather than by skilled private contractors like Ryan Industries.
Every American should have a small (<5MT) hydrogen bomb in their homes to drop on the advancing Reds from their flying car should the need arise. There's no need for costly quasi socialist spending on Statist "Air Ministry" rife with bureaucrats. If those Commisars knew that they had to avoid provoking millions of normal Americans rather than a small group of fellow travellers in Washington, I bet they'd be much more cautious.
Better, if the cars were nuclear powered with a reactor and had an auto pilot like the German V2s, they could just be launched in waves by the militia to spread deadly radiation over an advancing Red army. Small towns would club together to buy a few cobalt salted 5MT devices to drop just in case the Reds proved to be hard to stop.
Most Americans will buy at least one car, and our Founding Fathers believed in the right to bear Arms, not just guns. Why not try to combine the two?
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The bomb, George. The fuel-air bomb. Well now what happened is, one of our base commanders, he had a sort of, well he went a little funny in the head. You know. Just a little... funny. And uh, he went and did a silly thing. Well, I'll tell you what he did, he ordered his planes... to attack your country. Well let me finish, George. Let me finish, George. Well, listen, how do you think I feel about it? Can you imagine how I feel about it, George? Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello? Of course I like to speak to you. Of course I like to say hello. Not now, but any time, George. I'm just calling up to tell you something terrible has happened. It's a friendly call.
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How big was Gandhi's fuel air explosive?
oh, praise Allah, what a glorious nation to live in.
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
This bomb is a Haliburton initiative. I see lots of rebuilding contracts in their future.
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