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You'd need a nuclear-level explosion to blow this ship up into small, practically movable pieces that aren't connected anymore. Everything on that ship is steel

You'd need a nuclear-level explosion to blow this ship up into small, practically movable pieces that aren't connected anymore. Everything on that ship is steel. Conventional explosions would just blow a few holes in it, and deform everything enough that moving things becomes impossible.

nomy99 6y ago
Bunch of these ?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs
- nwallin 6y ago
  Won't work. Thermobaric weapons are very good at killing people, and breaking equipment, but aren't particularly good at evacuating material.
  - nomy99 6y ago
    I was going by the amount of tnt/bomb payload. It’s about 44 tonnes of tnt.
    - nwallin 6y ago
      Yup, I get it. The energy released by a thermobaric weapon is spread out over a very, very large distance. Inside the blast, people will be killed and equipment will be rendered interoperable by the extreme temperature and the over pressure. Outside the blast you have a very strong (but subsonic) blast wave. But inside the blast, the pressure will envelope stuff, and push on it from both sides. With regards to blasting away a very large ship, thermobaric weapons are not particularly effective.
      - nomy99 6y ago
        I understand that it’s not the ideal bomb, but it’s the strongest non nuclear option. Enough of these bombs could disappear the ship and the debris
xg15 6y ago
> You'd need a nuclear-level explosion Yup. ...I mean, come on. After the last five years, it wouldn't even be the craziest thing to happen. I admit, fallout could be a problem though, especially with all the other ships in close proximity.
- dragontamer 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads A nuclear explosion probably would damage the canal itself. But its said that USS LSM-60's pieces were never found again... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LSM-60 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LSM-60 Just 170 yards away was USS Arkansas, a battleship. The hull mostly survived (though was deformed and melted).
- YarickR2 6y ago
  Build a huge cover all around the ship, plant the nuke under the keel, boom we have a splash and the ship evaporates , canal is deeper and wider there

nomy99 6y ago

Bunch of these ?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs

nwallin 6y ago
Won't work. Thermobaric weapons are very good at killing people, and breaking equipment, but aren't particularly good at evacuating material.
- nomy99 6y ago
  I was going by the amount of tnt/bomb payload. It’s about 44 tonnes of tnt.
  - nwallin 6y ago
    Yup, I get it. The energy released by a thermobaric weapon is spread out over a very, very large distance. Inside the blast, people will be killed and equipment will be rendered interoperable by the extreme temperature and the over pressure. Outside the blast you have a very strong (but subsonic) blast wave. But inside the blast, the pressure will envelope stuff, and push on it from both sides. With regards to blasting away a very large ship, thermobaric weapons are not particularly effective.
    - nomy99 6y ago
      I understand that it’s not the ideal bomb, but it’s the strongest non nuclear option. Enough of these bombs could disappear the ship and the debris

xg15 6y ago

> You'd need a nuclear-level explosion Yup. ...I mean, come on. After the last five years, it wouldn't even be the craziest thing to happen. I admit, fallout could be a problem though, especially with all the other ships in close proximity.

dragontamer 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads A nuclear explosion probably would damage the canal itself. But its said that USS LSM-60's pieces were never found again... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LSM-60 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LSM-60 Just 170 yards away was USS Arkansas, a battleship. The hull mostly survived (though was deformed and melted).
YarickR2 6y ago
Build a huge cover all around the ship, plant the nuke under the keel, boom we have a splash and the ship evaporates , canal is deeper and wider there