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Effectiveness of bombs in outerspace...

her209

her209

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They wouldn't be very effective due to the fact that outerspace is a vacuum, correct? However, you may still get hit by the shrapnel.
 
From what I remember, most of the damage comes from the pressure wave as a result of an explosion, so I would imagine a bomb in space wouldn't have the same results on earth.
 
Of course they work, so long as its an explosive based on photons. Don't tell me you haven't seen those things fvck up a Klingon Warbird.
 
Romulan Warbird.

Kingon Bird of Prey.

Jeeze, and I'm not even that big of a ST nerd.





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Originally posted by: Kibbo
Romulan Warbird.

Kingon Bird of Prey.

Jeeze, and I'm not even that big of a ST nerd.





Hmm, maybe I am. (Looks around)

-Bachelor pad? - check.
-most expensive thing in here computer? - check
-general squalor?- check
-evidence that the last meal eaten here was pizza? - check
-expanding waistline? - hey, when did that get there?

WORST. . . PERSONAL REVELATION. . .EVER!!!!
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:laugh: LOL

Hey, wait, that's me too!
 
Originally posted by: Kibbo
Romulan Warbird.

Kingon Bird of Prey.

Jeeze, and I'm not even that big of a ST nerd.





Hmm, maybe I am. (Looks around)

-Bachelor pad? - check.
-most expensive thing in here computer? - check
-general squalor?- check
-evidence that the last meal eaten here was pizza? - check
-expanding waistline? - hey, when did that get there?

WORST. . . PERSONAL REVELATION. . .EVER!!!!
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LMAO!!! awesome!
 
There will be some 'shockwave' effect up close due to the expanding explosive. It wouldn't go as far as it would in an atmosphere, but the explosive is going to have at least some effective radius, I'd think.
 
Originally posted by: Biggerhammer
There will be some 'shockwave' effect up close due to the expanding explosive. It wouldn't go as far as it would in an atmosphere, but the explosive is going to have at least some effective radius, I'd think.
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I agree. Also, if it's nuclear, you can always rely on the EMP. I think Russia detonated the "Tsar Bomba" in space once. I don't know what they were testing for, or how they tested for it.
 
Which doesn't mean explosives are useless, just that they would need to be designed to penetrate a ship's hull then explode. Or be like modern / future anti-armor ordnance where the explosion creates a directed spike of plasma ("shaped charge").
 
Originally posted by: Kibbo
Romulan Warbird.

Kingon Bird of Prey.

Jeeze, and I'm not even that big of a ST nerd.





Hmm, maybe I am. (Looks around)

-Bachelor pad? - check.
-most expensive thing in here computer? - check
-general squalor?- check
-evidence that the last meal eaten here was pizza? - check
-expanding waistline? - hey, when did that get there?

WORST. . . PERSONAL REVELATION. . .EVER!!!!
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😀 :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Salvatore
Originally posted by: Biggerhammer
There will be some 'shockwave' effect up close due to the expanding explosive. It wouldn't go as far as it would in an atmosphere, but the explosive is going to have at least some effective radius, I'd think.
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I agree. Also, if it's nuclear, you can always rely on the EMP. I think Russia detonated the "Tsar Bomba" in space once. I don't know what they were testing for, or how they tested for it.
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1) Make outer space bomb
2) Detonate randomly in outer space
3) ...
4) Profit?
 
bombs would still work cause of newton's law.. every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

that is why standard rocket engines still work in space. therefore, the force from the explosion of a bomb could still do damage.
 
Originally posted by: Kibbo
Romulan Warbird.

Kingon Bird of Prey.

Jeeze, and I'm not even that big of a ST nerd.





Hmm, maybe I am. (Looks around)

-Bachelor pad? - check.
-most expensive thing in here computer? - check
-general squalor?- check
-evidence that the last meal eaten here was pizza? - check
-expanding waistline? - hey, when did that get there?

WORST. . . PERSONAL REVELATION. . .EVER!!!!
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++points for a cool post. 😀
 
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