The Titan 2 was man-rated for Gemini. I read somewhere that one of the associated demons was the BFRC, which was the acronym for The Big Red Cloud. I inhaled some homemade N2O4 as an enterprising youngster. It cemented my basic credo that a chemical’s utility x safety is effectively a constant.
Bing.
The bottom tank was crushed like a beer can when the fuel drained out, that was all that held up the rest of the missile. They were fueled bottom to top. Then the other tanks ruptured.
To the microsecond. Something called a krytron was involved. It contained radioactive krypton gas that preionized the dielectric.Timing is everything with those nukes.
I went down into the site in Kansas that had the BFRC (Big Fucking Red Cloud) The local news reporter used that term and we all laughed our asses off. That was a mistake when they were adding oxidizer. The one way valve failed and the PTS troop didn't check it's function before disconnecting the hose.
All I can say is “oh shit” which is a highly scalable response.
What about misting it heavy and putting into the microwave?
A tremendous amount of effort was expended to minimize the chances of accidental and unauthorized high-order detonation.
I still have some of the tape that wrapped the fuel and oxidizer lines, every one of them going into the engines were marked with it. Unsymmetrical dimethalhydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide.
I think the ink in bills is metallic. Microwaves will probably have a zero-or-less interval between “job done” and “the living fuck”.
The foil security strip should react well also.
Which reminds me that in the early 70s Spencer Gifts sold a poster depicting a massive 19th-century trainwreck, with two well-dressed overseers simply stating,
There was also an altitude fail safe on them, not sure if going ballistic was the trigger or not. I hunted with a guy that worked on the nukes. Still a friend to this day. OK, enough war stories...lol
Envy, tempered by a distaste for possible treason
OK, I lied, I have one of the two launch switches with the key and site number on it. They were going to throw it away after deactivation of the site.
Put a little maple syrup across the top, and you'd have an expensive, delicious snack. It would probably work, but I wouldn't want to potentially put the virus in anything food prep related...
Bucklavah?
`Bet that would be the only time you wished for a short stack.
Don't worry Tyler. Send them all to me. I will properly sanitize them and help you in these trying times.