Another factor to consider about "taking a nuke" is, How powerful was the nuke? The smallest battlefield nukes are about 10 tons TNT (.01 kT), like the MOAB conventional bomb. Not a walk in the park, but hardly a megaton, or even the equivalent of the Hiroshima bomb, or even one kiloton. And as I mentioned in a previous thread, distance is a big factor, thanks to the inverse-square-law effect. At ten feet away (as opposed to one foot away), you get only 1/100 the power of the blast, and even That's if you're surrounding the bomb, to absorb all its energy, otherwise at least half that energy is radiating away from you.
"Taking a nuke" sounds impressive, but it can be misleading.
Originally posted by Khellendros
Still a fairly impressive feat if it was a really large amount in a small space. Napalm burns like a motherf*cker. But a nuke it ain't.
of course, i just wondered about how many pounds was used... a hell of alot was used in vietnam, with varying success... logan would have had to be smack in the middle of it for it to do major damage...
Originally posted by Khellendros
Or gas and soap. Basically, stuff that thickens the gas without making it less flammable.
you can make a pretty good home made napalm substitute from petrol, washing powder and magnesium powder it becomes a jelly you can paint on - not as funny as glycerol, nitric and sulphuric acid - which of course is nitro glycerine - make sure you let it activate in a fridge π otherwise boom.
Less dangerous iodine and ammonia makes a movement sensitive explosive paste ffor practical jokes - damn funny stuff π
Originally posted by Whirlysplatt
you can make a pretty good home made napalm substitute from petrol, washing powder and magnesium powder it becomes a jelly you can paint on - not as funny as glycerol, nitric and sulphuric acid - which of course is nitro glycerine - make sure you let it activate in a fridge π otherwise boom.Less dangerous iodine and ammonia makes a movement sensitive explosive paste ffor practical jokes - damn funny stuff π
^shame on you whirly!!!
you want another Columbine?!?!
Oh this is napalm then?
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=4742795
Does that move it down from SVFL though? π