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Casillic

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4 years

Very proud and humbled to receive the honor of being one of the @Siemens #InventorsOfTheYear for 2020!

The man who makes legacy pieces connect to the IoT

Chris Casilli developed a software that makes buildings tell us their secrets and function according to our needs.

www.siemens.com

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Nice close up of F35 with B61-12 Thermonuclear Gravity Bomb inside weapons bay! Source: Sandia

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Tomorrow is the anniversary (August 11, 2011) of the infamous near prompt critical hands on demonstration / photo op by Los Alamos with plutonium rods.

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Damascus, Arkansas, U.S.A September 18-19, 1980 During routine maintenance operations, an airman dropped a 6-inch (8-Ibs) socket wrench. The socket punctures the side of the Titan missile. Liquid fuel from missile ignites and explodes, throwing ~9MT warhead out of silo.

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What is a whole lot of B61s on transport…

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Castle Bravo was actually just a gender reveal party that got a little out of hand... 15MT

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Plumbbob-Boltzmann, 1957 Note: love the silhouette and instantness captured in this photograph! Source: Los Alamos

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And so it begins!

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6 years

Chimpanzees build ladder to escape from zoo #Chimpanzee #zoo #animals #Nature

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F-16 with B61 Thermonuclear Weapon

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Half sphere of gallium-stabilized δ-phase plutonium that was produced by vacuum distillation in a levitation furnace. Source: Los Alamos

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee opening world's heaviest hinged door, was 8 feet thick, nearly 12 feet wide, weighed 97,000 lbs. Special bearing in hinge allowed single person to open concrete-filled door, was used to shield Rotating Target Neutron Source-II

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Vintage electronics for trusted radiation measurements and verified dismantlement of nuclear weapons This research makes me happy on so many levels!

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The cookie problem

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Happy Easter!

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6 years

We noticed Soviets suddenly stopped publishing on effects X-Rays on polymeric material. Reason detected flaw in our nuclear warheads HT: @AtomicAnalyst for clearer actual post test photo! #Nukes

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Can you guarantee the President of the United States that it will start on the very first try?

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Zunar will neither confirm nor deny any knowledge of how the moon probe got knocked over!

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Plumbbob-Fizeau, 1957 Note: nice color photo Source: Los Alamos

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That relative humidity sensor reading can’t be right? 1% RH ?? What does this say about quality control at the B21 plant? Am I missing something here?

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NERVA Bridge to Deep Space! #Nuclear #Rocket #Engines

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Powering Deep Space Missions 100 Watt: 250g 238-PuO

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Broken Arrow Thule Air Base, Greenland, January 21, 1968 Note: this will be a long thread but found some amazing photos of this event and clean up operation. Sit back and enjoy 1/n

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Rocket science is hard: A D-5 Trident II missile spins out of control after being launched from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN-734)

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Potassium dihydrogen (KDP) crystal, weighting almost 800 pounds. The crystal was produced for the National Ignition Facility through a newly developed rapid-growth process that only takes months, as opposed to two years using conventional methods!

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Always kind of freaks me out seeing so many bolts weren’t put in place on Gadget. Can just imagine polar end cap coming loose or falling off and the explosive lens and plutonium core falling out while gadget was being hoisted to the top of tower.... try explaining that to Groves.

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Single person loading a Davy Crockett

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Our daily reminder: A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought!

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Hypersonic Arbitrary-Body Aerodynamic Computer Program Mark III Version Volume I - User's Manual Note: Wow pretty cool graphics & code for 1968!

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Because you can never see enough Nuclear Rocket Engine pictures!

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Technological improvements naturally streamlines established products

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Early ICBM warhead radar decoy, an inflatable Mylar balloon replicating MK 4 RV. The decoy was deployed in space, and ultimately burned up on re-entry, presumably after confounding ground-based ABM radars trying to sort real warheads from decoys. Source: C. Hansen

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Plutonium part being created with the dry-machining process developed at Los Alamos. Because plutonium is a pyrophoric material, the oxygen level is usually kept below 0.2% by filling the glovebox with nitro gen or an inert gas like argon Dry process no lubricants so less waste!

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Happy Fourth of July! The US Flag that flew over Trinity base camp! Source:

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TOUCHDOWN — The Mk21 Fuze Reentry Vehicle performed through its planned trajectory, reaching its splash point at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Daughter’s graduation today!

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@Astro_Sabot @Anthropic @AstroAcaba @Astro_Maker @Space_Station @NASA_Astronauts @Astro_Kanai @Anton_Astrey Should watch Aliens! Now that would be spooky!

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Here’s a clearer version of the NERVA Ad with some color too!

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Infinity room entrance Rocky Flats building 776/777

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Nice photo sequence of B-1 dropping B83 thermonuclear gravity bomb back in the day when it was nuclear capable!

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B83 Strategic Thermonuclear Bomb - Total parts = 6,519 Source: NNSA

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Annotated side view of F-15 carrying 5 B61 nuclear gravity bombs!

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B61-11 Nuclear Earth Panetrator

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Still one of my all time favorite Fat Man Bomb Diagrams! Source: C. Hansen

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Wow! Looks like a B-1B with a rotary load of B83 Thermonuclear Gravity Bombs Yield of 1.2 MT each B83!

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Our daily reminder: A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought!

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Operation Dominic: Pamlico July 11, 1962 3.9 MT

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Erie nuclear test was conducted by the Los Alamos Lab in 1956 at Enewetak Atoll. 14.9 kilotons fireball consumed 300-foot tower and guy wires Photo: Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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W87-0 Warhead Contained within a Mk21 Reentry Vehicle Note: the skull and crossbones caution warning label on bus section.

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Operation Hardtack Orange Event: toroidal yellow or orange colored fireball and white-blue- green-purple air radiation induced glow photographed from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier at 1 minute after burst, 12 August 1958. High Altitude Nuclear Test

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Who’s ready for some nuclear rocket content? Hang on lots to come. See how many followers I loose but who cares...

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W88 Alt 370 Vibration Testing Source: Los Alamos

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The Trinity test mushroom cloud, July 16, 1945 Source: Los Alamos

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Typical layout of an underground nuclear weapons effects test.

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One of my favorite shots of ALCM rotary launcher

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Project Pluto Tory II-A Reactor Absolutely love these color photos! Nuclear Ram Jet Source: DOE

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Zunar wishes everyone well! He’s not a fan of nuclear weapons in space!

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A quick reminder of just how tough modern nuclear reactor containment walls are!

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F-4 Phantom rocket sled impacting into concrete barrier simulating and verifying effects of plane crashing into nuclear reactor containment wall. #PhantomFriday #Sandia

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B61-12 under going acceleration testing on Sandia’s 29 foot Superfuge!

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B61-12 Forward Ballistic Impact Source: Sandia

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Amazing and terrifying effects of 19-kiloton Whitney shot, Operation Plumbbob, Sept 23, 1957, Nevada Test Site. X-rays generated by detonation strip electrons off atoms in air. Electrons then rejoin atoms, producing a flash of electrical discharge that creates the feathery light!

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Cutaway drawing of a multiple independently-targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) 1981

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Nice shot of RV test unit firing at prescribed targeting burst height!

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Old Boeing Delta Series Ad

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The Lord of Rings!

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Wow! The Oppenheimer movie was much better than I expected! Acting was absolutely superb! Cillian Murphy especially exceeded my expectations in his portrayal of Oppenheimer. Hell he even sounded like Oppenheimer. There are of course a few minor deviations from historical facts 1/

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Nice photograph of purified Plutonium metal!

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Not gonna lie this looks over engineered to hell

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Not gonna lie this looks over engineered to hell

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The original browser with several tabs open at once!

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Artist concept of Soviet sub base. Reminds me of hardly mentioned W86 research of not only earth penetrating nuclear war heads but also ice penetrating warheads for targeting submarines patrolling under Arctic ice sheets!

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Always amazed at the actual relatively small size of the plutonium core to the Fatman nuclear weapon! Note that capsule looking unit strapped to the box has the plutonium core inside it. Added a rough diagram I drew a few years back as a reference.

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Very neat angle of B-2 with bomb bay doors open!

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A timely reminder Ballistic Missile Defense is hard... and not a guaranteed safety net!

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B83 Nuclear Weapons Component layout Found a higher quality image today! #Nukes #B83

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Phoebus 2A Nuclear Rocket Engine Source: Los Alamos

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B61-12 under going modal shaker testing Source: Los Alamos

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B2 Bomber potential weapon load outs! (And of course not all at once, for those wondering)

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Wow! Interesting safety enhancement recommendations for early nuclear weapons was a radioactive key & lock mechanism! “To force special handling, the key might well be loaded with Cobalt 60 or some similar radioactive material…” ☢️ 🔑 🚀

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The operating gallery of the Transuranium Processing Facility.

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X-43A

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Must have been absolutely insane to participate in these training events!

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Six B83 Thermonuclear Gravity Bombs on B-1B rotary launcher rack back when B-1B carried nuclear weapons.

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Nuclear Weapons Technology 101 For Policy Wonks By: Bruce T. Goodwin

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Pictured is Tom Morgenfeld, junior test pilot, in the first F-117 making a critical landing after the aircraft’s nose wheel fell off after upon take off. He was advised to eject from the aircraft but was able to safely land and spare the aircraft. Source: LM

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Note the neutron detector unit positioned in B61 drop zone to verify proper firing of neutron generators!

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The Cray computer used for nuclear weapons calculations and laser development at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory 1981

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🚨 Gather around for an interesting thread on the Trinity Test Site!

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Secure nuclear weapon storage vault inside aircraft hanger F-16 aircraft in hanger with B61 and B57 hanging on storage rack!

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Stunning aerial photograph of the then Nevada Test Site December 21, 1972 @NNSANevada @NNSANews

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Upshot-Knothole-Grable, 1953 Source: Los Alamos

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Different types of Iranian centrifuges (cutaway views) are displayed during a technology exhibition in Tehran Source: ORNL

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Yeah, what could have possibly gone wrong with this crazy idea for disposing of highly radioactive waste in outer space via space shuttle??

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Recovery of Soviet space plane May 23, 1984

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Operation Dominic Swordfish ASROC missile launch from USS Algerholm

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Wow! So much going on here! President Ronald Reagan Touring The Rapid Targeting and Precision Pointing Laboratory at Martin Marrietta Astronautics in Waterton Colorado

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The effect of weather e.g. rain on hypersonic reentry vehicles has always fascinated me!

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Sandia tests a prototype of the Mark 21 fuze to ensure it meets requirements and specifications. The first production unit of the fuze, which will be installed in a weapons system, was approved in March. Source: Sandia

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Radar Image of D-Day Invasion, English Channel

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Many of the more than 6,000 parts contained in a B-61 nuclear bomb are displayed here, along with an intactweapon and its four major subassemblies Source: US DOE

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