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Are they? These aren't the multi-megaton nuclear behemoths that people associate with nukes post-cold war. Those bombs are three orders of magnitude more powerful than the one shown in the picture. This bomb is probably comparable to a warehouse full of conventional weapons, which the shirtless youngster was probably manhandling in his everyday work.

And unlike a conventional weapon, it's pretty hard for a nuke of this design to accidentally explode.




They're still deadly, and as he said, it's simply endearing.




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