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Why wouldn't they bring a couple manpads along when they're moving the nukes around? It's not like airborne attack is a particularly odd scenario.
by meepmorp 5y ago
Why wouldn't they bring a couple manpads along when they're moving the nukes around? It's not like airborne attack is a particularly odd scenario.
- newsclues 5y agoI’d guess there is a fighter jet nearby on standby. Air superiority is still assumed.
- meepmorp 5y agoBut the manpads is more awesome.
- ffffwe3rq352y3 5y agoEven though they are super cool I'd assume that if they didn't have air superiority they wouldn't transport the nuke!
- FireBeyond 5y agoBritish Nuclear Fuels has posted some YouTube videos of how they move nuclear fuel by train. Manpads don't quite cut it: "The flasks are very robust - they weigh around 50 tons and have walls 35cm thick. 16 bolts, each able to take a load of 150 tons without breaking, secure the lid. The flasks are forged out of two block of steel." I'm not sure the kinetic and explosive energy of a manpad, but they have done tests with three locomotive engines smashing into a flask at 100mph, and the flask remaining intact. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jzugX2NMnk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jzugX2NMnk Edit: having wrote all this, I realize you may have meant that the defense crew have manpads... That being said, I think the above is good knowledge.
- wolverine876 5y agoPerhaps British Nuclear Fuels isn't providing the public with accurate information on such a sensitive topic.