Civitas Americae
13-11-2005, 04:48
Idle hands are the Devil's tools, and bored weapons designers are the proof of it. With the MOAB capable of being dropped from the Tu-160, the engineers at Westanhalt Explosives decided to come up with a superbomb worthy of the name. After realizing that a true superbomb would be undeliverable even by the massive An-225s which make up Civitas Americae’s transport fleet, the engineers decided to go all the way: They would make a bomb that maxed out the Sea Dragon Heavy Launch System (http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/searagon.htm). The resulting monstrosity was labeled The Devil Bomb, die Teufelbombe.
Weighing in at over 600 tons, die Teufelbombe contains 264 tons of Tritonal. The resulting explosion is the equivalent of 311.52 tons of TNT. Upon atmospheric reentry, a series of parachutes is used to slow down the bomb (feature not available on bunker buster variant). Using lattice control surfaces and GPS guidance, die Teufelbombe has a CEP of 30 meters. A radar altimeter is used for detonating the bomb.
Three variants are available. The second turns the bomb into the world’s largest, and most expensive, hand grenade, as the metal casing is specially designed to fragment. The first is the unmodified bomb, generally used for large-scale demolition or superdreadnought busting. The third eliminates the parachutes and adds a three-ton tungsten cap, creating the ultimate bunker buster. While the CEP does grow larger, to 200 meters, this variant is capable of penetrating up to a mile of reinforced concrete.
Price: $3 billion, including launch delivery system. Production rights: $3 trillion
Weighing in at over 600 tons, die Teufelbombe contains 264 tons of Tritonal. The resulting explosion is the equivalent of 311.52 tons of TNT. Upon atmospheric reentry, a series of parachutes is used to slow down the bomb (feature not available on bunker buster variant). Using lattice control surfaces and GPS guidance, die Teufelbombe has a CEP of 30 meters. A radar altimeter is used for detonating the bomb.
Three variants are available. The second turns the bomb into the world’s largest, and most expensive, hand grenade, as the metal casing is specially designed to fragment. The first is the unmodified bomb, generally used for large-scale demolition or superdreadnought busting. The third eliminates the parachutes and adds a three-ton tungsten cap, creating the ultimate bunker buster. While the CEP does grow larger, to 200 meters, this variant is capable of penetrating up to a mile of reinforced concrete.
Price: $3 billion, including launch delivery system. Production rights: $3 trillion