Russia Tests World's Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb

mahesh_gharat writes "Russia has tested the "Father of all bombs," a conventional air-delivered explosive that experts say can only be compared with a nuclear weapon in terms of its destructive power.The device is a fuel-air explosive, commonly known as a vacuum bomb, that spreads a high incendiary vapour cloud over a wide area and then ignites it, creating an ultra-sonic shock wave and searing fireball that destroys everything in its wake."

INVADE!

[phobos13013]

They have WMD! They harbor terrorists!

Seriously? Isn't it ironic that MOTHER Russia built the FATHER of all BOMBS to outdo UNCLE SAM's MOTHER of all Bombs? Its almost mind-blowing...

Re:Who's your daddy?

[BAlkyMAn]

Hehe... They say it's environmentally friendly. That is of course, if your environment is not within a mile or two of the blast zone. http://parthian-shot.blogspot.com/ [blogspot.com]

N bomb!

[etherelithic]

It just might be enough to destroy the Angels that are a'comin' in 2015!

in soviet russia

[Anonymous Coward]

bomb explodes you!

Re:Just in time too

[ThePyro]

Now that Putin's dissolved that pesky and meddlesome parliament...

Indeed! The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away, and no star system will dare oppose Putin after this demonstration of the full power of FOAB. The Rebel alliance will be crushed in one swift stroke!

Re:Buzzword compliant

[Tatarize]

Of course! You can fight anything with bombs. Just have all the terrorists stand under it... including all the people who want this bomb to be really scary... and boom! You want to fight deer overpopulation? Just have the deer stand under it. You want to fight republicanism? Christianity? Kangaroos? -- You could have pretty much anything you want dead stand under this sucker and the problem would be done.

*Places all dishes under bomb*
*detonate*
The dishes are done man!

Father of All Bombs?

[OakDragon]

Don't worry - the US will soon respond with their "Alcoholic Step-Dad of All Bombs."

Oh I get it...

[eli pabst]

The Russians are gearing up for their own version of "Shock and Awesky"

Re:Buzzword compliant

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you really fight terrorists with giant bombs?

Hey, the infidel standing in the middle of that giant bullseye just drew a cartoon of Mohammed eating a BLT. Get him!

Mexico tests La Abuelita de Todas las Bombas

[SlappyBastard]

France is planning to test Le Grand-père de Toutes les Bombes next week.

The week after that North Korea is threatening to test indoor plumbing.

Environmentally Freindly?

[DreadSpoon]

It doesn't pollute the environment... it just incinerates it!

Re:Another artifact of Bush's policies

[Fantastic Lad]

Son, I can't for the life of me understand a word of whatever it is you're going on about. All your M's and W's look the same to me.

-FL

Re:Environmentally Freindly?

[SlappyBastard]

That may have been the scariest part of the whole article. Since when do the Russians care about the environment?

Re:Father of All Bombs?

[Anonymous Coward]

And the only thing it fears, the mother-in-law of all bombs.

Re:Just in time too

[shbazjinkens]

First up: Ukraine! Ukraine is weak.

I COME FROM UKRAINE! YOU NOT SAY UKRAINE WEAK! Ukraine is game to you?! How bout I take your little board and smash it!! [seinfeldscripts.com]

Nothing new

[edwardpickman]

Hollywood has built far larger bombs. One of the largest was named Pluto Nash. Not many people have heard of it inspite of it not being a secret project. Smaller tactical bombs were created by the likes of Pauly Shore. Not as powerful but equally devasting at killing 90 minutes of your life.

Re:Work on your imagination

[moderatorrater]

Shh! He's an intellectual who's blaming the world's ills on superpowers; quit trying to distract him with facts!

Re:Mummy bombs and Daddy bombs...

[thatskinnyguy]

So that's where bombs come from! I thought they just fell out of the sky or something.

Re:Father of All Bombs?

[Farmer Tim]

the US will soon respond with their "Alcoholic Step-Dad of All Bombs."

Paving the way for a whole dysfunctional family of bombs.

Pervy uncle of all bombs: only targets children.

Crack whore daughter of all bombs: readily detonates for anyone at any time, but very cheap.

Emo-kid of all bombs: ill-fitting black casing, sits in the bomb bay sulking, threatens to go off in an overly dramatic manner "to make everyone sorry" without realising that's why the other bombs won't talk to it in the first place. When one actually does go off (which is rare), nobody notices or cares except the over-protective MOAB.

Third cousin twice removed of all bombs: everybody has one but nobody can ever recall it's name, only explodes at weddings and funerals.

Grandfather of all bombs: guarantees lawn-area supremacy.

Re:N bomb!

[everphilski]

I mustn't run away ... I mustn't run away

I mustn't run away ... I mustn't run away

I mustn't run away ... I mustn't run away

I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY!!!

Re:Father of All Bombs?

[grcumb]

Don't worry - the US will soon respond with their "Alcoholic Step-Dad of All Bombs."

... And Canada will contribute to the project by creating the Stern Maiden Aunt of All Detonators.

Re:Mostly useful

[Onetus]

#include humour.h

Communism is evil. A harsh statement, granted. But when you see the 100s of millions of people it has enslaved for the benefit of the few people at the top, there's no other word for it but evil.

What's the difference between Capitalism and Communism?

Communism is one man taking advantage of another man.
And Capitalism is the exact opposite of that.

Re:So how big is this thing?

[The One and Only]

Of course, the Tsar Bomba is just a successor to the Tsar Bell [wikipedia.org] (which broke apart and has never been rung) and the Tsar Cannon [wikipedia.org] (which has never been fired). So you have to commend Russia for actually detonating the Tsar Bomba.

Chuck Norris...

[professorfalcon]

This bomb made Chuck Norris sneeze.

Re:INVADE!

[tftp]

You are looking for this [crossmyt.com] :-)

overlordski

[Eil]

I, for one, welcome our new Russian.... wait, what year is it?

Re:Who's your daddy?

[Hal_Porter]

The hydrogen bomb has always protected your freedom from Godless communism. My one regret is that the building of hydrogen bombs is being done big Big Government in Washington rather than by skilled private contractors like Ryan Industries.

Every American should have a small (<5MT) hydrogen bomb in their homes to drop on the advancing Reds from their flying car should the need arise. There's no need for costly quasi socialist spending on Statist "Air Ministry" rife with bureaucrats. If those Commisars knew that they had to avoid provoking millions of normal Americans rather than a small group of fellow travellers in Washington, I bet they'd be much more cautious.

Better, if the cars were nuclear powered with a reactor and had an auto pilot like the German V2s, they could just be launched in waves by the militia to spread deadly radiation over an advancing Red army. Small towns would club together to buy a few cobalt salted 5MT devices to drop just in case the Reds proved to be hard to stop.

Most Americans will buy at least one car, and our Founding Fathers believed in the right to bear Arms, not just guns. Why not try to combine the two?

Re:Enough with the hyperbole

[Kreigaffe]

Solution: Ship them all to Quebec, with the other large swath of people who refuse to assimilate, hold alien values, and seek to destroy the nation from within!

Re:Who's your daddy?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow. Such anger. Did someone just steal your lunch money? Have you been beaten up? Did someone shit on your face? Have you been running, crying, through the school corridors in your soiled underwear, crying? Did someone film you and put the video on YouTube?

Re:It's probably true; doesn't mean it's important

[glittalogik]

Your sig fits your comment somewhat squickily...

Now George...

[revengebomber]

The bomb, George. The fuel-air bomb. Well now what happened is, one of our base commanders, he had a sort of, well he went a little funny in the head. You know. Just a little... funny. And uh, he went and did a silly thing. Well, I'll tell you what he did, he ordered his planes... to attack your country. Well let me finish, George. Let me finish, George. Well, listen, how do you think I feel about it? Can you imagine how I feel about it, George? Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello? Of course I like to speak to you. Of course I like to say hello. Not now, but any time, George. I'm just calling up to tell you something terrible has happened. It's a friendly call.

Re:Who's your daddy?

[flyingsquid]

After seeing this long discussion, I seriously wish for Gandhi to come back.

How big was Gandhi's fuel air explosive?

Re:Who's your daddy?

[Oktober Sunset]

oh, praise Allah, what a glorious nation to live in.

Re:Chuck Norris...

[dbolger]

"This bomb (was) made (when) Chuck Norris sneeze(d)."

Fixed that for you.

Re:Who's your daddy?

[indifferent children]

This bomb is a Haliburton initiative. I see lots of rebuilding contracts in their future.

Re:Who's your daddy?

[Anonymous Coward]

This world needs a few less humorless assholes. May I suggest you pull that stick out of your ass and impale yourself on it.

Re:Who's your daddy?

[Anonymous Coward]

They say it's environmentally friendly.

Or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the FOAD.

-Smiley

Re:Who's your daddy?

[xENoLocO]

Uh... we all do that, and *we* read the internet... or were you more like, suggesting warm up exercises. :)

Sergei! This was nothing!

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

In my day, Soviet Union created world's largest Micro Chip!

Re:Who's your daddy?

[aminorex]

> How big was Gandhi's

Bigger than Putin's. He took down the British Empire.