The B-52: Delivering Nuclear tests on Operation Dominic
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2024
- The B-52 delivered nuclear weapons tested on Operation Dominic conducted off Christmas Island in 1962. The nuclear B-52's are painted white on the under carriage. The actual tests were left overs from "Trinity and Beyond" and shown here for the first time.
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The B-52 is a rare B-52B model. There were about 30 or so made. Many were employed in weapon drops, X-15 tests, and tactics development.
Super surprisingly enough they all were...
Actually 50 of them were built (IIRC 27 of them were B-52As converted on the production line) and 27 of them were modified into the RB-52B.
Incredible and the music too. Very moving.
Beautifully haunting
Beautiful view of the Questa event drop.
Look carefully at a payload falling out of the bomber, from ground view. 00:27
I assume that was a practice payload drop.
Bomb event timings were transferred from the bomber to the bomb casing itself, as it disconnected to fall, during Dominic I.
How did you deduce the actual shot identity?
@@Muonium1 I have correctly identified photographs of the same event, from a different angle, where you could see the same group of men sitting on the ground in the background, whom you see during the heat and flash pulse.
Those airmen covering their backs were protecting themselves from the strong thermal pulse.
… More data as well.
Could be Arkansas too.
Bottom of 2nd plane and nacelles painted white to reflect thermal energy 🔥
more precisely, to reflect the electromagnetic energy *before* and so it doesn't have a chance to turn INTO thermal energy.
Note the small underwing tanks (approximately 650 gallons useable) and the J57 engine pods. The tall tail BUFFs carried single or dual Mk 15 fusion weapons (nose to tail) on alert missions; later during the Vietnam War, the BUFFs could carry 27 to 51 conventional bombs (M117) internally with another 24 externally under the wing roots. With the BIG BELLY modifications on the D models, the internal load was increased to 84 Mk 82 free-fall bombs.
Stunning footage.
Who did the soundtrack?
William Stromberg, the composer who worked on Trinity and Beyond
The tall tail (A-F models) were so much better looking.
Can you make a video describing how you made analog title screens for those that want to try it themselves at home? Even a method to make old rolling credits
A beautiful bird...
Old BUFFs with the tall tails! Those eventually got replaced because they caused crashes due to the buffeting.
"Where's Major Kong?"
Last seen riding that “bronco.”
is that the actual speed of the mushroom cloud? or has the film been sped up?
So the bomb detonated in mid-air? If so, how the plane that dropped it managed to get far enough away to not get blasted?
By flying high and (relatively) fast, and sometimes by retarding the bombs with parachutes.
The purpose of the airburst was that a bomb exploding on the ground dissipates quicker by going "through" objects on the ground, and an airburst covers a larger area unmolested.
Nuclear weapons are grim stuff, but that was their job and those employing them had to maximise the effectiveness.
Take a look at the other videos on this channel. One of them gives detailed explanations on how it is done.
The weapons planned for use were primarily fusion weapons with multi-megaton yields. The Mk 15 was a typical nuclear weapon of this early model of B-52 (B/C/D/E/F), but especially the B/C/D variants. The typical delivery modes were free-fall, loft, and retarded. Free-fall is self-explanatory. Toss or loft meant that the delivery aircraft would pull up before release, effectively tossing the weapon at the target. This release would allow the bomber to breakaway usually 135 to 155 degrees away from the target bearing. If the bomb casing and fuzing was sufficient to the task, the weapon could be set to detonate after impact. The retarded delivery would permit a low-altitude release which would give the bomber time to egress the target area.
EV14MeV called it.
Questa, 670KT, 5/4/62
😮😮😮😮wow
yield?
Nay, I yield not.
Have at thee!
Sure. Just turn your back to deflect Gamma radiation.
Like hiding under your desk to protect yourself from a nuclear blast.
they are FAR too distant to have received any significant gamma dose at all.
Wow new content at last
ALgorithm.
wholesome
百年爆撃機
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Chances are, that B-52 still flies today.
No. The only type of B-52 still flying is the 'H' model.
Soon to be modified into the J model.
Many B models were employed in various tests and developmental programs. As a case in point, the X-15 and many other R&D air vehicles were dropped from B-52Bs modified for the purpose. Other B-52Bs dropped various “shapes” which were aerodynamic tests of various mark nuclear weapons and quite a few guided conventional weapons as well.
0:52 they must be proud telling this story to their childrens and grand cildrens
a trillion a year and we still rely on 60 year-old tech to deliver. had enough?
Personally I like the 60 year old technology. I don't ever want to have a current thermonuclear weapon go off. Maybe I enjoy being alive too much.
Analog forever!
You mean delivering freedom
Freedom Fries
SAC and the U.S. Navy saved the West from a fate worse than death.
Delivering democracy
Agree, may we see these beautiful mushrooms / flowers all over the globe soon 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@@Chilly_Billywell, Hillt Billy, are you some type of keyboard comedian by any chance ???
Nuclear weapons are not bad if they are never used and if their only purpose is to prevent their use itself.
Boeing 108 years of death and still going
Have we permanently changed the God Speed outro now...?🥲