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    I`d payed alot to be one of those pilots. Anyone know where the dropsite is?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking
    I`d payed alot to be one of those pilots. Anyone know where the dropsite is?
    It was tested on October 30, 1961 over the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea, apparently. I'm not sure about being a pilot, it sounded like they only just escaped from being blown out of the sky.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marcellus
    It was tested on October 30, 1961 over the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea, apparently. I'm not sure about being a pilot, it sounded like they only just escaped from being blown out of the sky.
    Thanks. Well, you know, being that close during the detonation of the biggest a-bomb ever detonated is worth the risk, for me at least.


    Found an image of the bomb, btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking
    Thanks. Well, you know, being that close during the detonation of the biggest a-bomb ever detonated is worth the risk, for me at least.


    Found an image of the bomb, btw.

    They probably died of radiation-related illnesses later. Russia once dropped a load of soldiers in near the site of a nuclear explosion to see how the radiation affected them. Don't think any even managed to report in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BDC
    They probably died of radiation-related illnesses later. Russia once dropped a load of soldiers in near the site of a nuclear explosion to see how the radiation affected them. Don't think any even managed to report in.
    Actually, the nuclear fallout was very low considering the power of the bomb, since 97% of the energy came from fusion.
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    Those black goggles they have are awesome. Got to get me some of them.

    Cold war chic!
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