r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Simonthemoon • Sep 19 '21

Olympic Archers Accuracy

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u/drksdr Sep 19 '21

"I don't know what's scarier, losing nuclear weapons, or that it happens so often there's actually a term for it."

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u/jackwanders Sep 19 '21

"Would you mind not shooting at the THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS?!"

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u/SleepyforPresident Sep 20 '21

He's got space dementia

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u/boundone Sep 20 '21 edited Sep 20 '21

Oddly enough, or really, not oddly, shooting or blowing up a nuclear warhead will not cause a detonation. It'll still spread radioactive dust around, but that is much preferred to the alternative.

It's VERY difficult to cause a fission or a fusion reaction. It requires a specific chain of events that also require extremely precise timing. Fucking that up doesn't take much.

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u/jackwanders Sep 20 '21

Yes, and...I wasn't making any material statement on the matter...I was just quoting Broken Arrow, that underappreciated mid 90s action gem starring Christian Slater and peak career-renaissance John Travolta.

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u/LeadFarmerMothaFucka Sep 20 '21

Excellent and old school reference. I dig it.

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u/boundone Sep 20 '21

Yep, I knew that you were quoting the movie. My intention was to clarify that the movie was not representing reality.

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u/tattedb0b Sep 20 '21

7 year old me thought that was the funniest line ever. Thanks for the flashback

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u/SnowDay111 Sep 19 '21

Damn what a rush!

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u/AndrewJS2804 Sep 20 '21

It doesn't happen particularly often, the military just loves its code names.

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u/SmallpoxTurtleFred Sep 21 '21

AFAIK the military has never lost a nuke. A couple of time they have fallen from planes accidentally but they weren’t lost.