April 9, 2009: Peacekeeper

xoxoxoBruce · 04-09-2009, 01:53 AM

Peacekeeper missile testing at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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This is a long exposure photo showing the paths of the multiple re-entry vehicles deployed by the missle. One Peacekeeper can hold up to 10 nuclear warheads, each independently targeted. Were the warheads armed with a nuclear payload, each would carry with it the explosive power of twenty-five Hiroshima-sized weapons.

Kumbaya hippie.

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This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

ZenGum · 04-09-2009, 02:13 AM

I approve of multiple warheads on missiles. It is like carpooling, and so reduces the greenhouse gas emissions associated with nuclear anihilation.

Scriveyn · 04-09-2009, 04:59 AM

What with nuclear winter following an all out "nucular" war, some greenhouse gases wouldn't come amiss.

SPUCK · 04-09-2009, 05:09 AM

That one worked really well. Just like in the brochure!

That could ruin North Korea's whole day.

capnhowdy · 04-09-2009, 08:24 AM

Looks peaceful enough to me. Great image.

spudcon · 04-09-2009, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

I approve of multiple warheads on missiles. It is like carpooling, and so reduces the greenhouse gas emissions associated with nuclear anihilation.

So very profound and sensitive. (sniff) I'm touched.

Gravdigr · 04-09-2009, 02:35 PM

MRVs kick ass.

Sarasvati48 · 04-09-2009, 04:16 PM

That is very, very frightening...jeez...

xoxoxoBruce · 04-09-2009, 10:53 PM

But Sarasvati48, why are you frightened of peace?

BigV · 04-10-2009, 01:17 AM

That is one XXL can o whup ass. Day-yum.

TheMercenary · 04-11-2009, 01:55 PM

NK got nuttin on us.

blkfrd · 04-15-2009, 03:33 PM

I have visited this site for years and love the cellar pics. I had to join today to clear something up.

That photo is NOT time lapsed...the warheads come in at a huge speed of mach 20 or there abouts. There is so much kinetic energy in a warhead alone that even without a bomb load, they can be used as weapons! When they hit the water, they create a 600 ft tall plume.

I used to work at a company that make the equipment that tracked the rocket and warheads during tests. Someone at work had a pic that looked like that. I asked if that was a time lapsed photo of the reentry vehicles...he then explained how it was a snap shot...

lumberjim · 04-15-2009, 03:38 PM

maybe just a slow exposure in low light. you can see that the clouds have tooo much definition for it to be true time lapse.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-15-2009, 11:59 PM

Thanks for the info blkfrd, that's always welcome... so are you.

IDS-W huh, IDS-P here.

04-09-2009, 02:13 AM	#2
ZenGum Putting the fist in pacifist. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 5,323	I approve of multiple warheads on missiles. It is like carpooling, and so reduces the greenhouse gas emissions associated with nuclear anihilation. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-09-2009, 08:24 AM	#5
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,413	Looks peaceful enough to me. Great image. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

04-09-2009, 02:35 PM	#7
Gravdigr Lecturer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 927	MRVs kick ass. __________________ Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'. Windows 7, you get busy dyin'. -Ellis Boyd Redding

04-09-2009, 10:53 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 32,457	But Sarasvati48, why are you frightened of peace? __________________ Excuse me Miss, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?

04-10-2009, 01:17 AM	#10
BigV Polymath Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 10,253	That is one XXL can o whup ass. Day-yum. __________________ She blinded me with Science!

04-09-2009, 04:59 AM	#3
Scriveyn Here Be Dragons Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 328	What with nuclear winter following an all out "nucular" war, some greenhouse gases wouldn't come amiss.

04-09-2009, 05:09 AM	#4
SPUCK Lecturer Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 761	That one worked really well. Just like in the brochure! That could ruin North Korea's whole day.

04-09-2009, 04:16 PM	#8
Sarasvati48 Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 46	That is very, very frightening...jeez...

04-11-2009, 01:55 PM	#11
TheMercenary We must have you for dinner. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 14,143	NK got nuttin on us. __________________ "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil Aphorism 146 "So you heard what you expected to hear, and assumed my intent." -LJ

04-15-2009, 03:33 PM	#12
blkfrd Kinda New Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	I have visited this site for years and love the cellar pics. I had to join today to clear something up. That photo is NOT time lapsed...the warheads come in at a huge speed of mach 20 or there abouts. There is so much kinetic energy in a warhead alone that even without a bomb load, they can be used as weapons! When they hit the water, they create a 600 ft tall plume. I used to work at a company that make the equipment that tracked the rocket and warheads during tests. Someone at work had a pic that looked like that. I asked if that was a time lapsed photo of the reentry vehicles...he then explained how it was a snap shot...

04-15-2009, 03:38 PM	#13
lumberjim classicman likes boys Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Right Where I Want Me Posts: 16,103	maybe just a slow exposure in low light. you can see that the clouds have tooo much definition for it to be true time lapse. __________________ football pool

04-15-2009, 11:59 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 32,457	Thanks for the info blkfrd, that's always welcome... so are you. IDS-W huh, IDS-P here. __________________ Excuse me Miss, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform?

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