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Okay, so my local news channel was showing a thing about how the original B-2 prototype is going to be flying at an airshow (it's a flying wing that uses propellers!) and it made me wiki the actual b-2 cause I know its cool but I've alwasy wondered how it actually works, and like so it has a tiny as gently caress profile, at least it looks like that from the pictures, but apparently they can hold a FUCKLOAD of bombs, like the wiki says can hold 80 500lbs bombs to 16 2000lbs bombs/nukes. how the gently caress can it hold all those? Where does it put them, the plane looks compact as gently caress? I figured this would be the best place to post this question
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Like, are the "bigger" (heavier) bombs just dense as gently caress but the same size? It just makes my brain confused to think that so many bombs can fit in a plane that looks hella small 
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Nov 5, 2016 16:35
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The B-2 is actually a lot bigger than it looks. Its wingspan is 52 meters, or a little shorter than the B-52. And yeah, bombs are generally pretty compact.
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Nov 5, 2016 18:46
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Nooner posted:Like, are the "bigger" (heavier) bombs just dense as gently caress but the same size? It just makes my brain confused to think that so many bombs can fit in a plane that looks hella small Bombs can vary greatly in weight and dimensions, the Mk 8x family is the workhorse of the US dumb bomb world:  The USAF and USN have gone toward smaller, greater accuracy bombs to reduce collateral damage while increasing effectiveness; the small diameter bomb (GBU-39 / 40) has dimensions of: Weight 285 lb (129 kg) Length 70.8 in (1.80 m) Width 7.5 in (190 mm)
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Nov 5, 2016 19:54
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Fister Roboto posted:The B-2 is actually a lot bigger than it looks. Its wingspan is 52 meters, or a little shorter than the B-52. This is probably what's loving with your brain. Without a clear sense of scale, it looks MUCH smaller than it really is. I mean...drat: 
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Nov 5, 2016 19:58
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When I was working in North Davis in Layton Utah, I watched several B-2's taking off from Hill AFB. That is an awesome sight. They are very spooky to watch taking off, like bats almost. They are pretty good size.
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Nov 5, 2016 20:37
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Hill gets all kinds of weird transient traffic. B-2s and others get depot work done there, then you've got exercises taking place in the UTTR, then you've just got jets with short-rear end legs like Hornets that just have to stop for fuel to get anywhere. That's one thing (it's a short list) I miss about living there.
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Nov 5, 2016 20:43
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B-2 is suspiciously large for how small it looks in photos. However, B-52s will be around till the Earth is consumed in the fire of the sun.
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Nov 5, 2016 21:53
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Edgar posted:When I was working in North Davis in Layton Utah, I watched several B-2's taking off from Hill AFB. That is an awesome sight. They are very spooky to watch taking off, like bats almost. They are pretty good size. I'm not sure you've ever seen a bat take off....
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Nov 5, 2016 22:09
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cult_hero posted:I'm not sure you've ever seen a bat take off.... You're right, I never seen a bat take off.
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Nov 5, 2016 22:49
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They're also thicker than they seem from a lot of angles:
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Nov 6, 2016 03:01
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:The USAF and USN have gone toward smaller, greater accuracy bombs to reduce collateral damage while increasing effectiveness; the small diameter bomb (GBU-39 / 40) has dimensions of: Jay-sus Cerrrist that's compact.
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Nov 6, 2016 03:16
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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Wingnut Ninja posted:They're also thicker than they seem from a lot of angles: Holy crap it looks like a Komet from that angle
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Nov 6, 2016 03:53
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Nov 6, 2016 05:03
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This shot I took this morning does a pretty good job showing how big the B-2 is:
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Nov 6, 2016 20:46
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B-2s actually contain a portal to the bomb dimension, but we made them stealth so that nobody would be able to figure that out
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Nov 7, 2016 00:40
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The bomb dimension best dimension.
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Nov 7, 2016 01:05
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The bomb dimension is a Lovecraftian horror which has partially driven man insane from what he has divined from it so far. There are far more powerful bombs that we have not discovered in the depths of that hellish place yet, and they hunger for our destruction.
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Nov 7, 2016 03:30
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voted Goku
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Nov 7, 2016 03:37
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Please tell me that the portal to the bomb dimension is opened by a big red button.
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Nov 7, 2016 16:54
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Nooner posted:Okay, so my local news channel was showing a thing about how the original B-2 prototype is going to be flying at an airshow (it's a flying wing that uses propellers!) and it made me wiki the actual b-2 cause I know its cool but I've alwasy wondered how it actually works, and like so it has a tiny as gently caress profile, Can we go back to this for a second? I thought all the X/YB-35 prototypes had been scrapped or crashed. Do you mean to tell me someone got one airworthy? Because if so I will drive to wherever the gently caress your town's airshow is.
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Nov 15, 2016 08:27
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It's probably an N9M.
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Nov 15, 2016 11:35
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Helldump Immunity posted:The bomb dimension best dimension. It's the bomb Original joke do not steal
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Nov 15, 2016 18:11
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Dead Reckoning posted:Can we go back to this for a second? I thought all the X/YB-35 prototypes had been scrapped or crashed. Do you mean to tell me someone got one airworthy? Because if so I will drive to wherever the gently caress your town's airshow is. It was here in LA but I dont know where it would be now, assuming still on the westcoast?
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Nov 15, 2016 18:39
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pls pray for this poor bird born without a neck thx and god bless
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Nov 16, 2016 14:27
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The cockpit actually has a sleeping cot, a microwave oven, and a toilet. Although I've been told that tour bus rules apply for the latter.
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Nov 21, 2016 06:29
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Speaking of bombs, they are building a new apartment complex near FSU campus and found some WWII UXO buried in the ground. A live loving WWII bomb was found by a god damned backhoe or whatever. They got EOD from Tyndall to come down and blow it up last week. I could hear the bang from my house and was confused why explosions were going off and calming down the dogs that were going apeshit. http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/11/16/possible-wwii-bomb-found-madison-construction-site/93979602/ Apparently this area was a training ground during WWII or something and there's likely a bunch more UXO scattered around.
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Nov 21, 2016 14:39
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This is a fairly regular occurrence in London although the bombs are usually pissy little 250lbs Luftwaffe bombs. In Germany occasionally they dig up a 4000lbs 'cookie' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16018659
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Nov 21, 2016 19:41
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In elementary school in France, they have a standard course unit where they teach you that if you find a weird piece of metal in a tree or sticking out of the ground or something don't touch it and tell an adult. I think I had that in 2nd grade? Apparently it's not unheard of to find stashes of explosive cannonballs from the Napoleonic wars, grenade stashes the Maquis put there, or what have you. They had coloring books and fill-in-the-blank comic strips, short stories you copied off the board, you name it. Probably designed by some government committee.
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Nov 21, 2016 19:56
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Bernard McFacknutah posted:This is a fairly regular occurrence in London although the bombs are usually pissy little 250lbs Luftwaffe bombs. In Germany occasionally they dig up a 4000lbs 'cookie' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16018659 Makes
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Nov 21, 2016 19:57
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Uncle Enzo posted:In elementary school in France, they have a standard course unit where they teach you that if you find a weird piece of metal in a tree or sticking out of the ground or something don't touch it and tell an adult. I think I had that in 2nd grade? Apparently it's not unheard of to find stashes of explosive cannonballs from the Napoleonic wars, grenade stashes the Maquis put there, or what have you. I think the coolest, yet creepiest part is the parts of the country from World War 1 that are no longer inhabitable both due to UXOs and chemicals leaching from unexploded and exploded bombs on World War 1 battlefields. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_rouge  Verdun battlefield today:  Yes, those are shell holes. quote:The area is saturated with unexploded shells (including many gas shells), grenades, and rusty ammunition. Soils were heavily polluted by lead, mercury, chlorine, arsenic, various dangerous gases, acids, and human and animal remains.[1] The area was also littered with ammunition depots and chemical plants. God drat it, police your brass people. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Nov 21, 2016 |
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Nov 21, 2016 20:05
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Verdun's one of those places that I really need to visit at some point in my life. I know it's impossible to understand unless you're there in person; like doing BDA, for a while your eyes just skim over everything until suddenly it starts to click and you can't not see that poo poo ever again.
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Nov 21, 2016 20:47
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:Verdun's one of those places that I really need to visit at some point in my life. I know it's impossible to understand unless you're there in person; like doing BDA, for a while your eyes just skim over everything until suddenly it starts to click and you can't not see that poo poo ever again. There is at least 100,000 bodies of MIA/KIA in that dirt.
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Nov 21, 2016 20:50
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CommieGIR posted:I think the coolest, yet creepiest part is the parts of the country from World War 1 that are no longer inhabitable both due to UXOs and chemicals leaching from unexploded and exploded bombs on World War 1 battlefields. I was about to say, there's large swaths of land between France/Belgium/Germany that are uninhabitable because of the sheer amount of UXO lying around. WW1 was hell.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:35
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Whip Slagcheek posted:I was about to say, there's large swaths of land between France/Belgium/Germany that are uninhabitable because of the sheer amount of UXO lying around. WW1 was hell. It's a chrono-rift between Earth and the bomb dimension, that's all, stop freaking out everyone
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Nov 21, 2016 23:37
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Whip Slagcheek posted:I was about to say, there's large swaths of land between France/Belgium/Germany that are uninhabitable because of the sheer amount of UXO lying around. WW1 was hell. I'm wondering what it's like in present day Leningrad and Stalingrad with regards to UXO. WWII dwarfed the amount of shells/bombs used, but then again it was spread over a much, much larger area. We've all head about people still finding bombs and artillery shells in German cities, and Bombs in London, etc. but what about Russia? Or is it just, "Ivan, ignore that bomb, just build over it and pretend it isn't there!".
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Nov 22, 2016 14:19
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Blistex posted:I'm wondering what it's like in present day Leningrad and Stalingrad with regards to UXO. WWII dwarfed the amount of shells/bombs used, but then again it was spread over a much, much larger area. We've all head about people still finding bombs and artillery shells in German cities, and Bombs in London, etc. but what about Russia? Or is it just, "Ivan, ignore that bomb, just build over it and pretend it isn't there!". Did you not see the previous video of the guy with a pick axe? Russia probably dug them all up and hit them with the butts of their AK's to test them, then disassembled them to use as scrap metal
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Nov 22, 2016 14:46
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Blistex posted:I'm wondering what it's like in present day Leningrad and Stalingrad with regards to UXO. WWII dwarfed the amount of shells/bombs used, but then again it was spread over a much, much larger area. We've all head about people still finding bombs and artillery shells in German cities, and Bombs in London, etc. but what about Russia? Or is it just, "Ivan, ignore that bomb, just build over it and pretend it isn't there!". Just cover it in cosmoline and save it for WWIII.
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Nov 22, 2016 17:23
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P-Mack posted:Just cover it in cosmoline and save it for WWIII. When the B-52 is retired the Air Force should fill a pit with cosmoline and dunk BUFFs into it in case the US needs them later
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You mean "if".
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