jhb8426
October 14, 2020, 3:35am
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There were some earlier stories explaining the situation and the plans to defuse the bomb by burning off the explosive at a lower temp than that which causes detonation. Unfortunately they have been updated to reflect that it went off…
Tallboy or Bomb, Medium Capacity, 12,000 lb was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.[a]
At 5 long tons (5.1 t), it could only be carried by a modified model of the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. It proved to be effective against large, fortified structures against which conventional bombing had proved ineffective.
Wallis presented his ideas for a 10-ton bomb in his 1941 paper A Note on a ...
Here’s a couple of older versions that survived.
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JavaDogs
October 14, 2020, 11:40am
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I wonder how many boats just casually floated past a 2.4-tonne undefused tallboy
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I always feel bad for marine life. Bomb tests in the ocean must be horrible for ocean mammals.
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