Rocket Sled Impact Test In Slow-Motion

To ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the United States Nuclear Weapon Stockpile, Sandia National Laboratories conducts extensive modeling and full scale testing. This video shows one of the many tests Sandia conducts, using an inert unit, to ensure our Nation’s nuclear weapons are safe, secure, and reliable. Watch the test events as they unfold through high speed photography in slow motion and discover how sensors, gauges, and quantitative high speed imaging systems provide data for the super computer models.
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[@Quang_Tran_asdf]

I did not see any "Do not try this at home" warning. Finally something fun I can do at home

[@Sunlight91]

And some people still claim the USA doesn't have a high speed rail system.

[@makismakiavelis5718]

I've seen a ton of high speed footage over the years but it still amazes me how, under high deceleration, solid matter tends to behave like a fluid.

[@jjthomas2297]

"Assuring we can end the world in a safe and reliable manner, we are Sandia..'

[@kenmayfield3739]

For what purpose?!

[@Mogazilla]

I'm going to edit this comment so that we confuse the audience

[@nemod3338]

This is exactly how I park my car at work every morning :D

[@mscm1995]

Her voice... "Welcome to the Black Mesa Research facility..."

[@VRCommy]

“Ensuring the safety of nuclear weapons” is the most ironic thing I’ve ever heard 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@BiteMyShinyMetal4ss]

I love how you can see the air being pushed ahead of the rocket sled just before impact. That's crazy!

[@CoffeeMug2828]

The sled was accelerated to such a high speed that it managed to generate it's own Shockwave which was visible on the ground right before impact.

[@Ikuorai]

I feel like this video told us absolutely nothing about what was actually being tested.

[@konstantinosv.9858]

I am so impressed about the safety of the nuclear missiles that I decided to buy a dozen of them.

[@nuyabuisness7526]

I always love seeing these kinds of tests because you just watch the object getting hit by the rocket sled evaporate on the high speed. Hardened steel parts and you get to watch it turn to powder before the force of the impact can even propagate down the rocket body.

[@lieutanantrabb2]

And out of the Smoke walked Indiana Jones and gets his Fedora from the ground😂😂

[@AINGELPROJECT667]

"All possibilities are prepared for"

[@DininDalael]

Tests after the invention of high speed camera: The object was oblirated on impact.

[@OdysseyABMS]

"remember kids, the only difference between science and messing around is writing it down."

[@jtveg]

I can't get enough of watching super high speed, ultra slow motion impacts. The objects virtually fold in on themselves and vaporise before they even get a chance to move backwards.

[@HanHuman]

Close to the magnitude of a mom slap