This is one of many test areas SNL has on Kirtland AFB/Sandia Base. It was great fun being stationed there and seeing some of the tests while there with the USAF.
i think they are testing the impact of the object dropped. In this case a rocket but it could be whatever you wanted. They use the rocket on the sled plus gravity to accelerate it to high speeds .
I think the target was nuclear waste dry storage container (dry casks)or its transportation truck. This kind of tests give information about the reliability of the storage tanks. You don't want your nuclear material spill all over in accidents or some kind of missile attack during the transportation or storage.
They used a rocket sled to pull a cable to accelerate the B61 test article that was suspended above its “target”. Really smart folks out there, but they need to work on their advertising, or at least give some sort of info as to what they’re trying to show.
Interesting. I wonder what kinds of materials are installed at ground zero? Concrete with rebar is a given. Granite? Just dirt? How deep....all classified but I hope real deep. Maybe in a pinch they can take out sub's too.
I really really really really really really REALLY Want a job at this place Making things and blowing stuff up scientifically is my kind of career.. Even if I was just someone cleaning it all up at the end of it I'd be a happy man..
The lab is expanding in mission and head count. If you have the skills, training AND can pass a background check for a "Q" level DOE clearance, it can happen.
me too pal, i was just thinking the same thing. i'm wondering if i fill out a job app and say i have a Ph.D. in something, anything do you think they check?
@@R3dp055um The investigation is limited in scope. Felony convictions can be a problem but they are primarily interested in the past ten years. Bad credit and DUI's can be a problem. There will be interviews of neighbors, prior coworkers, etc. Nobody is perfect but you MUST BE COMPLETELY HONEST when filling out the background documents. I've seen new hires with credit problems get cleared after coming up with a financial plan. It took longer to get cleared, but it got done.
What's happening here anyway? "cable pull down impact ...what???" This is the most confusing video I've ever viewed. Tax Payer's Money going to Sandia National Labs. PLEASE ... someone tell me the point to all of this.
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I don't get it. Why? Seems like a lot of of bother to do what they do on a rocket sled track. Fire whatever down a track release it at the end and have it hit a target. No cables, winches, cutters and especially no smoke and vapors to obscure the impact. Makes no sense other then that's all the room they have to work with.
Your taxes sure did, but from the looks of it, they can learn how to make better steel cables, how to better harden sensitive areas, first thought is nuclear reactors, best materials for bunker buster munitions that must detonate below ground level, and must survive penetrating hardened targets. This system is more efficient than the old 15,000 ft track.
Jan 17, 2019 On this day in 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president, delivered a farewell address in which he warned the nation about the corrupting influence of the "military-industrial complex." Edit: I went to Ricky and Morty after this.....! Season 3 episode 4, Vindicators 3 Return of The Worldender. The graphics are exactly the same as used here, for the screen labels; without the horror show background music.
After you get a 20 million grant...Brainstorming...after a few beers, I know! Pull a rocket down super fast, .. uh with another rocket!! ,...uh...with a CABLE!! Silence....Well anyone got any thing better?
I think they do it for spatial considerations. I used to work on Kirtland Air Force Base at another lab unconnected with Sandia and there are only so many Arroyos and valleys like the one seen here to set up dedicated testing facilities. You don't always have the luxury of a 15,000 ft rocket sled track to do what you want so you simply use pulleys and cable to generate the velocity desired by the rocket pulling on the cable. I'm actually kind of surprised they showed any aerial footage of that area. Maybe security is not as tight now as it was in 1975.
Really nice video. You did a great job showing what the facility is and how it works.
😊😊😅😅
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This is one of many test areas SNL has on Kirtland AFB/Sandia Base. It was great fun being stationed there and seeing some of the tests while there with the USAF.
If Matt from Demolition Ranch had unlimited funds...
Seriously, Sandia is an engineer's dream toy box.
Uncle Sam IS Matt from Demolition Ranch w/ unlimited funding
No idea what I am watching, but it’s cool
Watching a test of a nuclear weapon ground impact.
Impressed the wires would hold.
What were you testing exactly?
i think they are testing the impact of the object dropped. In this case a rocket but it could be whatever you wanted. They use the rocket on the sled plus gravity to accelerate it to high speeds .
Alexander F it was an impact test on a B61 nuclear bomb casing
I think the target was nuclear waste dry storage container (dry casks)or its transportation truck. This kind of tests give information about the reliability of the storage tanks. You don't want your nuclear material spill all over in accidents or some kind of missile attack during the transportation or storage.
They used a rocket sled to pull a cable to accelerate the B61 test article that was suspended above its “target”. Really smart folks out there, but they need to work on their advertising, or at least give some sort of info as to what they’re trying to show.
I think they were testing how many people they could get to "SMASH THAT LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BUTTON!!"
Interesting. I wonder what kinds of materials are installed at ground zero? Concrete with rebar is a given. Granite? Just dirt? How deep....all classified but I hope real deep. Maybe in a pinch they can take out sub's too.
Well im sure of you look over the footage intently you can figure some things out by doing some calculations
Re-enforced concrete testing of the B-61 NB casing.
Hey fake Dr.Benavidez,Benavides, account should be deleted from here you fake p.o.s.,You can't even spell correctly
When you absolutely, positively have to make a hole in the top of something with some other (classified) thing....
what are they testing ? is it a airstrike simulator ?
That qualifies as "destructive-testing?"
Ok what if you launched something upwards with it
sooo, did it bust the bunker ?
It's a test for the B61 Mod 12 nuclear bomb, so I'd guess yes.
Well the bomb wasn't actually loaded, so the bunker received a stern talking-to and was sent on its way.
Why?
Lived here all my life, never known that was literally across the freeway... like # 505 !!!
I'm just....confused.
That's pretty awesome, but you guys really need a better audio/video team.
I really really really really really really REALLY
Want a job at this place
Making things and blowing stuff up scientifically is my kind of career..
Even if I was just someone cleaning it all up at the end of it I'd be a happy man..
The lab is expanding in mission and head count. If you have the skills, training AND can pass a background check for a "Q" level DOE clearance, it can happen.
me too pal, i was just thinking the same thing. i'm wondering if i fill out a job app and say i have a Ph.D. in something, anything do you think they check?
yeah, but the janitors jave an extensive background check
@@briand4000 Umm, is my juvenile record going to be an issue? :)
@@R3dp055um The investigation is limited in scope. Felony convictions can be a problem but they are primarily interested in the past ten years. Bad credit and DUI's can be a problem. There will be interviews of neighbors, prior coworkers, etc. Nobody is perfect but you MUST BE COMPLETELY HONEST when filling out the background documents. I've seen new hires with credit problems get cleared after coming up with a financial plan. It took longer to get cleared, but it got done.
I don’t get it.
Nerd food. I love it.
What's happening here anyway? "cable pull down impact ...what???" This is the most confusing video I've ever viewed. Tax Payer's Money going to Sandia National Labs. PLEASE ... someone tell me the point to all of this.
I don't get it. Why? Seems like a lot of of bother to do what they do on a rocket sled track. Fire whatever down a track release it at the end and have it hit a target. No cables, winches, cutters and especially no smoke and vapors to obscure the impact. Makes no sense other then that's all the room they have to work with.
Too cheap to take it to WSMR
this looks pretty awesome. i don't know what this is for but it looks cool. i just hope my taxes didn't pay for that :D
Your taxes sure did, but from the looks of it, they can learn how to make better steel cables, how to better harden sensitive areas, first thought is nuclear reactors, best materials for bunker buster munitions that must detonate below ground level, and must survive penetrating hardened targets. This system is more efficient than the old 15,000 ft track.
@@surgemeister01 looks good to me. send me the report when it's done :D
So what did I just see?
Impact evaluation in a controlled test environment. There are sensors everywhere to measure parameters for improvement of the weapon design.
I didn’t understand a thing
About anything at all or this specifically?
@@Smedley1947 this test
Thanks for your sharing 👍
In the test nothing despite the weight and diameter next the trajectory + speed is equal to the destructive impact
Feel like some huge toy for me
Boondoggle!
When gravity is far to be enough...
me parking my car in college "
Jan 17, 2019 On this day in 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president, delivered a farewell address in which he warned the nation about the corrupting influence of the "military-industrial complex."
Edit:
I went to Ricky and Morty after this.....! Season 3 episode 4, Vindicators 3 Return of The Worldender.
The graphics are exactly the same as used here, for the screen labels; without the horror show background music.
For what? :[) LoL crazy'
A bunch of big children playing games
After you get a 20 million grant...Brainstorming...after a few beers, I know! Pull a rocket down super fast, .. uh with another rocket!! ,...uh...with a CABLE!!
Silence....Well anyone got any thing better?
I think they do it for spatial considerations. I used to work on Kirtland Air Force Base at another lab unconnected with Sandia and there are only so many Arroyos and valleys like the one seen here to set up dedicated testing facilities. You don't always have the luxury of a 15,000 ft rocket sled track to do what you want so you simply use pulleys and cable to generate the velocity desired by the rocket pulling on the cable. I'm actually kind of surprised they showed any aerial footage of that area. Maybe security is not as tight now as it was in 1975.