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Post by ag87 on Aug 4, 2020 23:27:03 GMT -8
I'm reading reports that say 2750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate. A metric ton is slightly larger than a US ton. I grew up in Roseburg and that town had a blast of a combination of 6.5 tons of dynamite and ammonium nitrate in 1959. My family moved there in 1971 but you heard a lot about it. There were early reports that the Soviets had started a thermonuclear war and for some odd reason decided to hit Roseburg first. And thinking that today's blast had 400 times more explosive than that is stunning. oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/roseburg_blast/#.Xypb81NlCdM Almost 61 years ago to the day. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Aug 5, 2020 6:48:20 GMT -8
2750 metric tons would be enough to blast 6 million cubic yards of rock into crushable sized pieces. As a comparison, the horrible Oklahoma City blast used 2.4 tons of Anfo, the same blasting material.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 5, 2020 16:31:18 GMT -8
I'm reading reports that say 2750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate. A metric ton is slightly larger than a US ton. I grew up in Roseburg and that town had a blast of a combination of 6.5 tons of dynamite and ammonium nitrate in 1959. My family moved there in 1971 but you heard a lot about it. There were early reports that the Soviets had started a thermonuclear war and for some odd reason decided to hit Roseburg first. And thinking that today's blast had 400 times more explosive than that is stunning. oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/roseburg_blast/#.Xypb81NlCdM Almost 61 years ago to the day.  Black represents a Soviet first strike scenario and purple represents an American first strike and Soviet counter-strike scenario. I am not sure about when this was put together. For the black, guess where the American ICBM silos are? Also, guess where the military bases and power plants are? A purple strike represents a scenario, where America attempts to neutralize all Soviet nucs, leaving the Soviet Union with a limited number to counter-strike. Purple are priority targets in that scenario. The play is to knock out population centers and key infrastructure, especially nuclear power plants, which can help reduce population with additional fallout. That is why you see Corvallis as a purple strike target. |
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Post by messi on Aug 6, 2020 6:45:08 GMT -8
I'm reading reports that say 2750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate. A metric ton is slightly larger than a US ton. I grew up in Roseburg and that town had a blast of a combination of 6.5 tons of dynamite and ammonium nitrate in 1959. My family moved there in 1971 but you heard a lot about it. There were early reports that the Soviets had started a thermonuclear war and for some odd reason decided to hit Roseburg first. And thinking that today's blast had 400 times more explosive than that is stunning. oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/roseburg_blast/#.Xypb81NlCdM Almost 61 years ago to the day. Black represents a Soviet first strike scenario and purple represents an American first strike and Soviet counter-strike scenario. I am not sure about when this was put together. For the black, guess where the American ICBM silos are? Also, guess where the military bases and power plants are? A purple strike represents a scenario, where America attempts to neutralize all Soviet nucs, leaving the Soviet Union with a limited number to counter-strike. Purple are priority targets in that scenario. The play is to knock out population centers and key infrastructure, especially nuclear power plants, which can help reduce population with additional fallout. That is why you see Corvallis as a purple strike target. Wouldn't have thought that the small nuclear reactor on the west end of campus was worthy of a Soviet nuke. Unless there is something else in Corvallis that I'm unaware of. Or was their target perhaps Adair Village? |
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Post by jefframp on Aug 6, 2020 15:19:28 GMT -8
I'm glad the 'Soviets' don't exist anymore.. I feel safer already Yeah, I hear that there Putin feller is right nice guy. I heard someone in the gubberment say that I think. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Aug 7, 2020 11:11:46 GMT -8
I'm reading reports that say 2750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate. A metric ton is slightly larger than a US ton. I grew up in Roseburg and that town had a blast of a combination of 6.5 tons of dynamite and ammonium nitrate in 1959. My family moved there in 1971 but you heard a lot about it. There were early reports that the Soviets had started a thermonuclear war and for some odd reason decided to hit Roseburg first. And thinking that today's blast had 400 times more explosive than that is stunning. oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/roseburg_blast/#.Xypb81NlCdM Almost 61 years ago to the day. When I saw the title I thought maybe you were talking about the strawberry festival |
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