Peacekeeper-missile-testing.jpg


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English: LGM-118A Peacekeeper missile system being tested at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands . This is a long exposure photo showing the paths of the multiple re-entry vehicles deployed by the missile. One Peacekeeper can hold up to 10 nuclear warheads, each independently assigned a target. Were the warheads armed with a nuclear payload , each would carry with it the explosive power of twenty-five Hiroshima -sized weapons which is equivalent to around 400 kilotons of TNT.
עברית: ניסוי בטיל 'הפיסקיפר' האמריקאי בקווג'לין שבאיי מרשל
צילום בחשיפה ארוכה המראה את מסלוליהם של גופי חדירה שהתפצלו מ טיל מרובה ראשי נפץ . טיל אחד שכזה יכול לשאת עד 10 ראשי נפץ גרעיניים שכל אחד מנוהג עצמאית למטרתו. כל אחד מראשי הנפץ הגרעיניים עוצמתו עשויה להגיע עד פי-25 מעוצמת הפצצה שהוטלה על הירושימה, עוצמה השווה לכ- 400 קילוטון TNT
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David James Paquin (attributed)

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