Britain's Secret Nuclear Landmines

[Bushmaster]

Back in the Cold War, some brown-overalled, pipe-smoking British boffins planned to bury massive nuclear landmines in Germany to blow any advancing Soviet horde to kingdom-come. Along with half of Germany, of course.

They planned to stop the landmines' clockwork timers from freezing in winter by installing chicken cages over them.

They called it 'Blue Peacock'.

I don't know what was in those pipes that boffins smoked in the 1950's, but it must have been bloody good stuff.

http://www.damninteresting.net/content/blue_peacoc...

Edited by Bushmaster on Sunday 1st February 14:01

[aciddrop616]

all that would have been needed back in the day would be a big comedy hand sign pointing down saying "do not step here, nuclear landmine in place" and as we all know, everyone has to do the opposite of what a sign says. then BOOM!! you suddenly go 50ft up and 100ft everywhere

Edited by aciddrop616 on Sunday 1st February 14:05

[Asterix]

Tactical nukes - nothing new with that.

We knew of them when I was serving in Germany back in the early 90's.

[TheEnd]

Bushmaster said:

They planned to stop the landmines' clockwork timers from freezing in winter by installing chicken cages over them.

They called it 'Blue Peacock'.

they installed chickens IN them, ie sealed a live one inside the bomb!

[SleeperCell]

damninteresting, I love that site

[DrTre]

So, in effect they were nuclear bombs with cluckwork timers?

[TWSTEEL]

DrTre said:

So, in effect they were nuclear bombs with cluckwork timers?

Oh God that was corny

[thinfourth2]

i always wondered where the saying " theres more then one way to cook an egg" came from

Anyway it wasn't just our side that was mad

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=afJ18eJeNgU

[XJSJohn]

Asterix said:

Tactical nukes

Always wondered what one of them was .....

Live and learn ...

Carry on

[TWSTEEL]

XJSJohn said:

Asterix said:

Tactical nukes

Always wondered what one of them was .....

Live and learn ...

Carry on

Now if you want a REAL tactical nuke try this one. About one third the power of the Hiroshima bomb

Currently in production by Al Qaeda ready for 2012 perhaps? (Don's tinfoil hat)

[Bushmaster]

TWSTEEL said:

Don's tinfoil hat

Haven't you got your own?

[DrTre]

TWSTEEL said:

I can spot a fairly major design flaw in that bomb...

Tactical nukes are class. Wasn't there a nuclear artillery shell? Davy Crockett? Or something...

I mean, bloody hell, once you're onto chucking those things about the battlefield then it all changes a bit doesn't it?

[TWSTEEL]

Bushmaster said:

TWSTEEL said:

Don's tinfoil hat

Haven't you got your own?

[Bushmaster]

DrTre said:

TWSTEEL said:

I can spot a fairly major design flaw in that bomb...

Tactical nukes are class. Wasn't there a nuclear artillery shell? Davy Crockett? Or something...

I mean, bloody hell, once you're onto chucking those things about the battlefield then it all changes a bit doesn't it?

Like the lumps of Uranium 235 that should be inside the tube, not outside of it?

[TWSTEEL]

DrTre said:

I mean, bloody hell, once you're onto chucking those things about the battlefield then it all changes a bit doesn't it?

Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "handbags at twenty paces"

[ShadownINja]

TWSTEEL said:

Currently in production by Al Qaeda ready for 2012 perhaps?

Suicide chicken bombers?

[TWSTEEL]

ShadownINja said:

TWSTEEL said:

Currently in production by Al Qaeda ready for 2012 perhaps?

Suicide chicken bombers?

Well it would certainly flatten more than a double decker - and no smutty or chocolate comments please

[marvelharvey]

DrTre said:

TWSTEEL said:

Tactical nukes are class. Wasn't there a nuclear artillery shell? Davy Crockett? Or something...

Yes, the Davy Crockett and its one very fatal design flaw... it's range was so short, that whoever pressed the fire button would have been caught in the resultant fallout.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=khyZI3RK2lE

[Silent1]

It's russia's nuclear briefcases you want to be stting about, not these wannabes.

[TWSTEEL]

Silent1 said:

It's russia's nuclear briefcases you want to be stting about, not these wannabes.

Too late for that - they're already here.

Didn't you see Telefon?