MK17 bomb moved to Strategic Air Command monument site at former Carswell AFB

In article ,
"Don Pyeatt" wrote:

The largest thermonuclear bomb ever built has been placed at the SAC
monument site under construction at NAS Fort Worth JRB.

This move brings the monument site near to completion with only bricklaying
and one plaque remaining.

The monument team needs to sell only 50 more bricks to purchase and install
one additional plaque. If you would like to help, see www.sacmonument.org
for details.



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Actually, the Mk 17 bomb is not the largest TN bomb ever built. That
dubious honor belongs to the Russians' "Tsar Bomba" of 1961.

See: http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html

It had a yield of some 50 MT and was dropped, via parachutes, from a
modified Bear bomber.

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Don Pyeatt" wrote:

The largest thermonuclear bomb ever built has been placed at the SAC
monument site under construction at NAS Fort Worth JRB.

This move brings the monument site near to completion with only
bricklaying
and one plaque remaining.

The monument team needs to sell only 50 more bricks to purchase and
install
one additional plaque. If you would like to help, see
www.sacmonument.org
for details.



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Actually, the Mk 17 bomb is not the largest TN bomb ever built. That
dubious honor belongs to the Russians' "Tsar Bomba" of 1961.

See: http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html

It had a yield of some 50 MT and was dropped, via parachutes, from a
modified Bear bomber.

It appears the Tsar Bomba was not operational nor deployed, more of a
"doomsday" device.

gdp

In article , "Don Pyeatt"
wrote:

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
news
In article ,
"Don Pyeatt" wrote:

The largest thermonuclear bomb ever built has been placed at the SAC
monument site under construction at NAS Fort Worth JRB.

This move brings the monument site near to completion with only
bricklaying
and one plaque remaining.

The monument team needs to sell only 50 more bricks to purchase and
install
one additional plaque. If you would like to help, see
www.sacmonument.org
for details.



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Actually, the Mk 17 bomb is not the largest TN bomb ever built. That
dubious honor belongs to the Russians' "Tsar Bomba" of 1961.

See: http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html

It had a yield of some 50 MT and was dropped, via parachutes, from a
modified Bear bomber.

It appears the Tsar Bomba was not operational nor deployed, more of a
"doomsday" device.

gdp

It was actually an instrument of Soviet propaganda and implied terror.
It did, however, create the largest manmade detonation and sound in
history when it was tested.

According to the website, it stuck out of the Bear's belly and seriously
reduced its range.

Now THAT'S a bomb! Wow!

JTK

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"Don Pyeatt" wrote in
:

The largest thermonuclear bomb ever built has been placed at the SAC
monument site under construction at NAS Fort Worth JRB.

This move brings the monument site near to completion with only
bricklaying and one plaque remaining.

The monument team needs to sell only 50 more bricks to purchase and
install one additional plaque. If you would like to help, see
www.sacmonument.org for details.



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On 7/16/08 2:38 PM, in article ,
"James T. Kirk" wrote:

Now THAT'S a bomb! Wow!

JTK

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"Don Pyeatt" wrote in
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The largest thermonuclear bomb ever built has been placed at the SAC
monument site under construction at NAS Fort Worth JRB.

This move brings the monument site near to completion with only
bricklaying and one plaque remaining.

The monument team needs to sell only 50 more bricks to purchase and
install one additional plaque. If you would like to help, see
www.sacmonument.org for details.



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How did we end up with the Soviet Tsar Bomba? Surely it was destroyed in the
one and only test?

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html
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Brian Ehni