South Korea were inspired by those giant worms from Dune
coffeespeaking on
> …its most powerful Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which observers say is capable of carrying an 8-ton conventional warhead that can penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground bunkers in North Korea.
A metric ton of TNT releases 4.184 gigajoules of energy (10^9).
For comparison, a 1 kiloton warhead releases 4.184 terajoules (10^12).
(e: 8-ton conventional warhead is roughly the explosive yield of 16 Tomahawk missiles, at 500 kg each.)
sinaheidari on
can everyone calm the fuck down
008Zulu on
And to think that NK has been researching anti-ocean weapons all this time!
lungshenli on
I know the title probably references the destructive capability of the warhead.
But I still find it funny to imagine a missile that can stop mid-air with a Tom and Jerry screech to open a hatch and then navigate through those tunnels.
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South Korea were inspired by those giant worms from Dune
> …its most powerful Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which observers say is capable of carrying an 8-ton conventional warhead that can penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground bunkers in North Korea.
A metric ton of TNT releases 4.184 gigajoules of energy (10^9).
For comparison, a 1 kiloton warhead releases 4.184 terajoules (10^12).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_equivalent
(e: 8-ton conventional warhead is roughly the explosive yield of 16 Tomahawk missiles, at 500 kg each.)
can everyone calm the fuck down
And to think that NK has been researching anti-ocean weapons all this time!
I know the title probably references the destructive capability of the warhead.
But I still find it funny to imagine a missile that can stop mid-air with a Tom and Jerry screech to open a hatch and then navigate through those tunnels.