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US Navy Blimp after being downed during a nuclear test, 1957 (lemmy.world)
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[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's Tom Cruise. It just comes out of the Mission Impossible budget. And he insists on driving the train himself.

In all seriousness, though: this was the small scale test - the nuclear bombs designed for wars have much higher payloads. It's not the sort of thing that can be tested in labs.