And to think I intended this to be a 10 minute video... But yeah, this video really became something else. What was originally just supposed to be a short look at some big fission bombs turned into an analysis of the muddled and murky world of nuclear weapons terminology, for better or for worse. With that in mind, there are a couple things I feel could use some clarification, and instead of trying to shove it all into an already fairly long (and overdue at this point) video, let this comment serve as a little addendum to it. 1. I know there are going to be those of you who take issue with how often and seemingly loosely I throw around the term "thermonuclear". I use it on three separate weapon designs, when typically only one of them is associated with it. Sloika can really only loosely be considered thermonuclear, and under the traditional definition of the word, the Ulam fission-fission concept is nonsense (since thermonuclear implies fusion reactions taking place). My reasoning for using the term with the latter is that, while not initiating reactions that require thermonuclear conditions to take place (since fission can be sustained under any conditions as long as a critical mass is achieved), the fission-fission design nonetheless generates thermonuclear conditions that sustain far more fission reactions than conventional explosives otherwise would have been able to. Perhaps this is stretching it too far? I don't know, I'll let you judge me on that... 2. TX-15, it's a doozy. I suppose I should first put it out there that the majority of sources and people I've talked to (people that know a whole lot more about nuclear weapons than I do) do consider the TX-15 to be an H-bomb. I think notably Chuck Hansen (who if you don't know is basically the Thomas Grazulis or David Fletcher of American nuclear weapons, if you happen to be a tornado and/or armored vehicle enthusiast respectively) directly references the TX-15 as offering "the prospect of a family of lightweight hydrogen weapons" in The Secret History. My inclusion of the TX-15 in the video really boils down to presenting the potential that its fusion fuel was merely for boosting (which is a possibility), having a spring board to talk about the Ulam fission-fission design, and mostly just wanting to talk about the TX-15 and Castle Nectar, considering how much the other Castle tests dominate the conversation. Even if it is a hydrogen bomb, it's still a damn interesting and unique concept that at the very least differed from the traditional Teller-Ulam design and was intended primarily to be a fission bomb. Alright, that's enough extra rambling. As always, if you find any goofs, gaffes, or screw ups leave a reply so others and myself know about it.
Great video but I’m almost certain the first bomb was an implosion type, the gadget tested at Nevada, the first nuclear bomb was a plutonium implosion type. Only the first deployed in combat was a gun type (little boy)
This is correct, the first nuclear physics package to actually be assembled and tested was a plutonium implosion bomb. However, the uranium gun-type bomb predates it as a concept, hence "first conceived". The only reason a gun-type bomb wasn't tested was because it was basically guaranteed to work, as well as guaranteed not to work if plutonium was used as the fuel.
I just have to say this real quick, your full-length videos are some of if not the best I've seen on this platform in the 17 years I've been watching. I've seen tens of thousands of videos and what you're doing should win awards (and subscribers). If you can keep this up I think like the Orange Herald, this channel is going to be big.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I very rarely rewatch videos or reread books simply because I enjoy them, but these are some of the select few that make that list.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Seriously, I’ve been consuming long-form content for over a decade at this point. The pacing, scripting, music choice, all have been fantastically put together. I wasn’t before writing this, but I’m subscribing, and I sincerely hope more people are able to find this channel.
@@joshfrommilan6130 Check out his earlier one on mushroom clouds. I think I can almost definitively say that's the best video on this platform. Or at least I cannot remember a better one. This guy is so good.
As a nuclear weapons expert with over five decades of experience, I found this video to be exceptionally informative and engaging. The presenter's deep knowledge of the subject matter was evident, and their ability to convey complex concepts in a clear and compelling manner was truly impressive. It is rare to encounter individuals who possess such a profound understanding of this specialized field, combined with the exceptional communication skills necessary to effectively convey the awe-inspiring nature of the topic. I extend my sincere compliments to the presenter for their outstanding work.
British Cold War military engineering was always a cocktail of ‘interesting’ names and even more ‘interesting’ designs. It’s how we ended up fielding an interceptor that could break the sound barrier climbing vertically, but couldn’t intercept a bomber more than 150 Nm away. Brilliant video as always, Mr Fern. I really liked the detail about the different nuclear mechanisms.
This channel and the editing and effort you put into your content inspires me, thank you! I feel like the videos you make would be a kin to something I’d create if I were a CZcamsr much love ❤️
Ever since I first watched the tornado and mushroom cloud videos, I've hoped for a similar one about volcanoes. The way he describes these sorts of things in terms of scale is just perfect.
Wow, you actually got the chemistry right, so few science communicators do. Breaking chemical bonds requires energy and forming new, more stable, lower potential energy bonds releases energy. As a chem professor, it's always bugged the hell out of me, when folks say breaking bonds releases energy. Thank you!
multiple times in this video where your sound mixing was so good i took an airpod out to see if it was a plane flying low over my house or my roommate was suddenly playing loud drums or something, instant subscribe
Ok, after this one I can clearly say that you're one of my favourite video-essayist on the platform. Your editing, pacing and visuals are some of the best someone can find here. I wish you all the best so that you can keep up with the making of other cool content!
I love that you took those lazy comparison videos that would clutter up everyones recommended feed for years and put the same amount of work into it making a video Essay like a Jon Bois or a EMP Lemon. Have to confess avoided your videos for a bit thinking they were just like those comparison videos. So glad I clicked it.
Hello, a low cut at 80Hz and compression for your voice will be great! The music and your voice sometimes are poorly mixed. if u do the aforementioned steps u can reliably gauge the loudness with loudness meter in your editing software. P.S if you use audacity there are live effects now so u dont have to do post processing on your voice clips which are always a headache. Nice video btw, i rly liked the mushroom cloud one, and was surprised when i see another vid of yours in my feed.
I'm a nuclear energy nerd and I watched this because it interests me. What I didn't expect was the absolutely fantastic editing and style of this video.
This is quickly becoming my favorite channel, as a cold war enthusiast and a gmod player your channel is really great. Also the use of Boards of Canada was a nice touch. Cheers.
I'm so glad I decided to turn on notifications when I found one of your other long videos. It's not often I get to see something of such high quality so soon after it's uploaded, especially not from a smaller creator.
I'm about halfway through this and this is some awesome work you've done. Love the pacing, editing, and organization. I appreciate the great content! 💪
I absolutely love the way this is presented. I expected to be listening to this like I do most video essays, but I was simply captivated, and couldn't look away
Lovely video. You really have a talent for weaving together a narrative; you add an almost cinematic touch to them *cough (the sequence at 30:00) cough*. Keep at it!
I've watched this four times and the mushroom cloud one three times and I have to say your style is unique. Your choice of musical accompaniment is perfect... "Friends and Neighbours" before Castle Bravo... how do you do it? I mean, that was absolutely perfect. I've always been interested, actually more like obsessed, with nuclear weapons, and your videos are almost an expression of that obsession, in a way that I am incapable of. They are almost a cathartic experience for me and I am eternally grateful for them.
Fantastic production. I've consumed about all nuclear weaponry content I thought there was here in the YT universe. This one takes the (layer) cake. Many thanks for even creating it.
I was just going to say how have I never seen this video before since I've watched just about everything youtube has to offer on the subject of atomic/hydrogen bombs then I saw it was just uploaded 1 day ago. Than you!! I now have something to watch!! Really enjoyed your mushroom cloud video.
Beautiful stuff, peak YT kino. The music really feels right, the composition is beautiful, and your jokes aren't too much, and you back them up with data. Absolutely going to watch everything you have, just for the beauty this is.
Ever since your video on mushroom clouds, i have been waiting to see another project like it. this one did not let me down, keep up the awesome work and effort brother!
Trinity and Beyond music was fantastic, like a character. The music in this video is similarly fantastic. So different and entertaining. Great script too. Really well done.
After seeing your video on the scale of mushroom clouds. The explanations and pacing are much more refined here than the other video. What an excellent video.
Your channel is seriously underrated and underexposed. The delivery is hilarious with great delivery as well as very in-depth and well researched. I hope you reach a wider audience with your niche topics! :)
Just watched the tornado video, the mushroom cloud video, and then this absolute masterpiece all in a row. You're a fantastic video essayist, and I'm now subscribed and psyched for the future of the channel! (Also, do you consider Jon Bois an inspiration? Your style reminds me of his, and I mean that as the highest of compliments.)
I don't know if you'll end up reading this, but I saw your Tornado video and it intrigued me enough to subscribe and check out all your other videos. Seeing your production quality, editing skills, narration, and writing improve over the last 3 videos has been absolutely amazing and I genuinely hope you become one of the "big ones" in "guy talks about something obscure but its super interesting" genre. Honestly, I think you will if you keep up with it. I for one, will watch all your videos and be enthralled, I assure you. Either way, you should be proud of how well you make videos. It is very good. I also showed your videos to my mother; she loves them and hopes you do more.
43:32 BOC JUMPSCARE JESUS I've left like 15 of these comments on various videos at this point but I will NEVER stop pointing out Boards of Canada when I hear it. The world must know. Also, banger video. Really cool explanations and editing style and all that jazz.
I realy have to say Rojo, your videos are a blast. They are very well made, the animations are simple but so easy to understand and when you are listening you realize that you defenetly made your homework. I love you atom Videos and i hope you keep making them, or maybe make somem in that style on other physics related themes. keep your good work up, i will be here watching.
This video was so good, I love your long form content! You deserve so many more subscribers and views, your work is fantastic! I hope your channel explodes (har har) with viewership! Also thanks for the inclusion of the Saturn V, we space nerds love that stuff!
Most certainly one of the best to ever do it, every single piece of long form content to come from this channel is an absolute masterclass Edit: a word
You just won yourself a subscriber! I'm always looking for channels covering nuclear topics/history intelligently. Plus you even covered my favorite nuclear weapon design. Also it's a "fizzle" not a "fissile"
My man, your videos are some of the jammiest and most well done pieces of education I have seen, and this stuff is all I watch because I’m a massive dork, thanks for making these:)
One of.... if not, the best production videos on atomic and hydrogen bombs that I've ever seen.!!!!! The music absolutely makes it. You Sir, have created a masterpiece, and earned a new subscriber 👍🏼💪🏻
I just gotta say, as someone who has been following your channel for a couple months after I got recommended your video on tornadoes. Your production quality and choice of music is fucking top tier, the topics you choose for the videos are also great because they are all things that I find very interesting. Thank you for making such awesome and high quality content, keep it up!
You earned a subscriber here. I love how when most CZcamsrs talk about nuclear weapons the videos are always eerie, scary, or awe inspiring, while this video has SpongeBob memes and quirky music. I love it. You breathe allot of personality into these monstrous weapons of mass destruction. I'm literally rooting for the Atomic bomb to succeed over Hydrogen because you made it sound like a cute underdog. 😂 Very informative too. Great content.
These are solid S-tier videos like a beautiful mix of Ahoy style visuals and nuclear science. Headphones recommended, that beginning use of stereo was *chefs kiss*
Great vid, I subbed. About nuclear fission - yes some mass is converted to electromagnetic energy, but most of the kinetic energy comes from the fission products (in the illustration these are Barium and Krypton), both having net positive charges so they violently repel each other. Nothing you said contradicted this, but it wasn't mentioned so I added this point for clarification.
So I was watching a video by a nuclear engineer who explains the "teller-ulam" device. He explains it as "Fission, fusion, fission, fusion, fission" , but in a two stage device isnt it fission of the plutonium bomb, which generates xrays that travel down a polystyrene mass to focus the xrays (crazy that some Styrofoam can direct a nuclear blast, when it normally saves your new laptop in shipping), that crushes a fusion "spark plug" that gives off neutrons not for contributing to yield, but to load the plutonium up with neutrons that makes a huge fission explosion, one not achievable by just adding a bigger core of plutonium. But that fission fusion fission. Where do you get the five chain reactions? Most people think that the new thermo nuclear bombs get their energy from fusion, when in reality fusion just kick starts a bigger fission bomb with neutrons not attainable from pure fission.
It really depends on whether or not the hbomb is "dirty" or "clean". A clean hbomb is merely fission-fusion, atomic primary generating reactions in a fusion secondary. Clean hbombs have incredibly high fusion yield percentages, 80% or greater. A dirty hbomb would be fission-fusion-fission, a clean bomb with the addition of a fissionable tamper around the secondary. Most high yield thermonuclear bombs developed were dirty, with higher fission yield percentages than fusion. Fission-fusion-fission-fusion-fission to me sounds like a dirty three stage device like the B41. Remove the last fission from that chain and you have a clean three stage bomb like the test prototype of the Tsar Bomba. It's definitely important to remember when differentiating between clean and dirty thermonuclear weapons that, although clean bombs are primarily fusion driven, no bomb is truly "clean". Every nuclear weapon ever built has at least some amount of uranium and/or plutonium inside it. The Tsar Bomba is often called "the cleanest nuclear bomb ever built" because of its 98% fusion percentage, but that's still 2% (1 megaton) worth of fission.
@RojoFern czar was a teller ulam device the first two stages were :Fision fusion fision fusion fusion then it irradiated a lead tamper instead of a U238 tamper doubling the yield. all the fusion steps aren't for blast or heat , they are just fast neutrons up into the last stage. nutros activate the ground bomb casing and smoke which is where the "dirty" comes from. also the yeald from fusion alone is low not 98% because the fusions Job is just to produce tons of e rays. there are a few videos by some professors on CZcams that explain all the differences almost to classified levels. can't remember the professors name but one is an MIT open course ware and the other is a two part class room lecture by a nuclear physicist. those two channels have more science then the rest of the channels combined 98% worth. castle bravo was a hydrogen bomb in its last stage and was incredible dirty irradiation the lucky dragon ship and sailer hundreds of miles away.
I had to listen twice at 43:33, but that is "Olson" from Boards of Canada for sure - you should have included more tracks from them, ideally from their latest album, named "Tomorrow's Harvest", that entire album is quite different from their usual tunes - it definitely has that "post-apocalypse, WW3 nuclear-annihilation" vibe. I applaud you on your great music taste regardless, but one thing you missed out on was the Shrimp "accident" - positioning yourself for a theoretical 2-5 MT blast and ending up at over 15 MT for sure was not what they wanted, and they ended up contaminating 23 crew on the "Daigo Fukuryū Maru" shipping vessel alongside others, by nuclear fallout raining down on the vessels. Many of the crews did not make it in the long term, due to radiation-induced cancer and whatnot. Otherwise, a flawless video and a great refresher on my knowledge of the first nuclear bombs / devices. - William 👍♥
Loved and subbed, excellent content but I really hate you because now I have to binge watch all your other videos 😁 great work and a very good style of narration, I award you a big POB (Pat On the Back).
In all the videos in all the channels I watch in all the world, you had to come into my feed. Please keep producing these beautiful and mildly informative video essays. You are one of the most talented fellows on the platform. Keep up the good work.
Great video however it is important to note at 9:06 that U-238 IS fissionable, it is NOT fissile like U-235. They are two different terms and mean two different things.
Well done! Background music is a bit loud and drowns out your voice, but otherwise this is one of the best videos I’ve seen on CZcams on ANY subject. Great work!
Fun fact: Sakharov's layered fission design was one of the main reasons Sputnik was the first ever satellite. Since the alarm clock/layer cake bombs were heavier than the Teller-Ulam ones, the R-7 Semiorka (the first operational ICBM) was much more powerfull than needed, enough to put a satellite into orbit.
If you do another vid on nukes It'd be cool to see more of the experimental / hypothetical future designs like neutron bombs, nuclear shaped charges, casaba howitzers etc.
Your videos are wonderful. I'm British, so I feel that I am good at judging dead-pan humour, and sarcasm. The use of these is pretty much our national sport. I judge your film to be exceptionally funny, whilst been serious about a serious subject.
Referencing Castle Bravo as having "unexpected results" is putting it lightly. While military brass was delighted to get a bigger bang out of the bomb, the scientists were probably glad they wore dark colored pants that day, with more than one trying to run through their head who screwed up the calculations.
3 minutes in and can I just say that it makes me so happy that you separated fusion and fission instead of just calling they “nuclear” People still don’t understand there is a difference. All they know is bomb small… fireball big…
And to think I intended this to be a 10 minute video...
But yeah, this video really became something else. What was originally just supposed to be a short look at some big fission bombs turned into an analysis of the muddled and murky world of nuclear weapons terminology, for better or for worse. With that in mind, there are a couple things I feel could use some clarification, and instead of trying to shove it all into an already fairly long (and overdue at this point) video, let this comment serve as a little addendum to it.
1. I know there are going to be those of you who take issue with how often and seemingly loosely I throw around the term "thermonuclear". I use it on three separate weapon designs, when typically only one of them is associated with it. Sloika can really only loosely be considered thermonuclear, and under the traditional definition of the word, the Ulam fission-fission concept is nonsense (since thermonuclear implies fusion reactions taking place). My reasoning for using the term with the latter is that, while not initiating reactions that require thermonuclear conditions to take place (since fission can be sustained under any conditions as long as a critical mass is achieved), the fission-fission design nonetheless generates thermonuclear conditions that sustain far more fission reactions than conventional explosives otherwise would have been able to. Perhaps this is stretching it too far? I don't know, I'll let you judge me on that...
2. TX-15, it's a doozy. I suppose I should first put it out there that the majority of sources and people I've talked to (people that know a whole lot more about nuclear weapons than I do) do consider the TX-15 to be an H-bomb. I think notably Chuck Hansen (who if you don't know is basically the Thomas Grazulis or David Fletcher of American nuclear weapons, if you happen to be a tornado and/or armored vehicle enthusiast respectively) directly references the TX-15 as offering "the prospect of a family of lightweight hydrogen weapons" in The Secret History. My inclusion of the TX-15 in the video really boils down to presenting the potential that its fusion fuel was merely for boosting (which is a possibility), having a spring board to talk about the Ulam fission-fission design, and mostly just wanting to talk about the TX-15 and Castle Nectar, considering how much the other Castle tests dominate the conversation. Even if it is a hydrogen bomb, it's still a damn interesting and unique concept that at the very least differed from the traditional Teller-Ulam design and was intended primarily to be a fission bomb.
Alright, that's enough extra rambling. As always, if you find any goofs, gaffes, or screw ups leave a reply so others and myself know about it.
Thank you! So excited to watch! Always such a happy moment every time you upload something new. 🤗 Take care!
Great video but I’m almost certain the first bomb was an implosion type, the gadget tested at Nevada, the first nuclear bomb was a plutonium implosion type.
Only the first deployed in combat was a gun type (little boy)
This is correct, the first nuclear physics package to actually be assembled and tested was a plutonium implosion bomb.
However, the uranium gun-type bomb predates it as a concept, hence "first conceived". The only reason a gun-type bomb wasn't tested was because it was basically guaranteed to work, as well as guaranteed not to work if plutonium was used as the fuel.
@@RojoFern thanks for that, fantastic video by the way! 👌
Not sure if you were making a joke, but the word for a failure is "fizzle" not "fissile"
I just have to say this real quick, your full-length videos are some of if not the best I've seen on this platform in the 17 years I've been watching. I've seen tens of thousands of videos and what you're doing should win awards (and subscribers). If you can keep this up I think like the Orange Herald, this channel is going to be big.
I agree
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I very rarely rewatch videos or reread books simply because I enjoy them, but these are some of the select few that make that list.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Seriously, I’ve been consuming long-form content for over a decade at this point. The pacing, scripting, music choice, all have been fantastically put together. I wasn’t before writing this, but I’m subscribing, and I sincerely hope more people are able to find this channel.
@@joshfrommilan6130 Check out his earlier one on mushroom clouds. I think I can almost definitively say that's the best video on this platform. Or at least I cannot remember a better one. This guy is so good.
ditto kiddo
"Now I am become family guy, the funniest of moments." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
Funniest thing I have ever seen today 😂😂😂😂
Castle Nectar being revealed as the WTFBOOM video at the end was an incredible gut punch to cap this video off. Pure kino
Pretty sure that's actually Redwing Navajo, look it up
As a nuclear weapons expert with over five decades of experience, I found this video to be exceptionally informative and engaging. The presenter's deep knowledge of the subject matter was evident, and their ability to convey complex concepts in a clear and compelling manner was truly impressive. It is rare to encounter individuals who possess such a profound understanding of this specialized field, combined with the exceptional communication skills necessary to effectively convey the awe-inspiring nature of the topic. I extend my sincere compliments to the presenter for their outstanding work.
British Cold War military engineering was always a cocktail of ‘interesting’ names and even more ‘interesting’ designs. It’s how we ended up fielding an interceptor that could break the sound barrier climbing vertically, but couldn’t intercept a bomber more than 150 Nm away.
Brilliant video as always, Mr Fern. I really liked the detail about the different nuclear mechanisms.
I quite like Yellow Sun, I mean you know exactly what you're getting there; no doubting lol
This channel and the editing and effort you put into your content inspires me, thank you! I feel like the videos you make would be a kin to something I’d create if I were a CZcamsr much love ❤️
do you think oppenheimer would have liked lethal company
oppenheimer invented the infinite item glitch
now i am become lethal, destroyer of companies
PLEASE make a video about volcano sizes. i love volcanos and would love to see a video about the biggest eruptions in history told in your style :)
I fux with this
Agreed
Ever since I first watched the tornado and mushroom cloud videos, I've hoped for a similar one about volcanoes. The way he describes these sorts of things in terms of scale is just perfect.
Wow, you actually got the chemistry right, so few science communicators do. Breaking chemical bonds requires energy and forming new, more stable, lower potential energy bonds releases energy. As a chem professor, it's always bugged the hell out of me, when folks say breaking bonds releases energy. Thank you!
Fern, you're like the SummoningSalt of nukes and I'm here for it.
I feel like EmpLemon is a more apt comparison given his origins in ytp
Big words. And I think I agree.
The Summoning Salt bit I mean.
Jon Bois more like
multiple times in this video where your sound mixing was so good i took an airpod out to see if it was a plane flying low over my house or my roommate was suddenly playing loud drums or something, instant subscribe
This being the backstory to one of the OG youtube memes was unexpected but lovely to witness
I was just rewatching your Mushroom Clouds video like 2 days ago! It always gives me such existential dread. Excellent timing
Great music taste. It really helps the flow of the documentary.
Ok, after this one I can clearly say that you're one of my favourite video-essayist on the platform. Your editing, pacing and visuals are some of the best someone can find here. I wish you all the best so that you can keep up with the making of other cool content!
You're funny, but not annoying in the same way that other creators come off in videos like this
I love that you took those lazy comparison videos that would clutter up everyones recommended feed for years and put the same amount of work into it making a video Essay like a Jon Bois or a EMP Lemon.
Have to confess avoided your videos for a bit thinking they were just like those comparison videos. So glad I clicked it.
Hello, a low cut at 80Hz and compression for your voice will be great! The music and your voice sometimes are poorly mixed. if u do the aforementioned steps u can reliably gauge the loudness with loudness meter in your editing software. P.S if you use audacity there are live effects now so u dont have to do post processing on your voice clips which are always a headache. Nice video btw, i rly liked the mushroom cloud one, and was surprised when i see another vid of yours in my feed.
😂
I'm a nuclear energy nerd and I watched this because it interests me. What I didn't expect was the absolutely fantastic editing and style of this video.
probably one of the best most concise, historical explanations of the development of sophisticated "MOABs", lol
Dude I’ve come back to this video probably 10 times now. Your essays are some of the best content I’ve ever seen on this platform.
Love the tistic analysis… I’m similarly afflicted.
You guys got the 'tism eh? Word bird, me too! 😁
This is quickly becoming my favorite channel, as a cold war enthusiast and a gmod player your channel is really great. Also the use of Boards of Canada was a nice touch. Cheers.
I'm so glad I decided to turn on notifications when I found one of your other long videos. It's not often I get to see something of such high quality so soon after it's uploaded, especially not from a smaller creator.
I'm about halfway through this and this is some awesome work you've done. Love the pacing, editing, and organization. I appreciate the great content! 💪
I absolutely love the way this is presented. I expected to be listening to this like I do most video essays, but I was simply captivated, and couldn't look away
Your videos got a special quality about them and I'm all here for it. I love your work, man.
Lovely video. You really have a talent for weaving together a narrative; you add an almost cinematic touch to them *cough (the sequence at 30:00) cough*. Keep at it!
i made a clip but i would like to know the song name
This is one of the greatest videos I have ever seen. The editing and use of music and media is perfect
I've watched this four times and the mushroom cloud one three times and I have to say your style is unique. Your choice of musical accompaniment is perfect... "Friends and Neighbours" before Castle Bravo... how do you do it? I mean, that was absolutely perfect.
I've always been interested, actually more like obsessed, with nuclear weapons, and your videos are almost an expression of that obsession, in a way that I am incapable of. They are almost a cathartic experience for me and I am eternally grateful for them.
Fantastic production. I've consumed about all nuclear weaponry content I thought there was here in the YT universe. This one takes the (layer) cake.
Many thanks for even creating it.
your presentation of the complicated workings of big fusion bombs is awesome. loved the video, right up there with trinity and beyond
I was just going to say how have I never seen this video before since I've watched just about everything youtube has to offer on the subject of atomic/hydrogen bombs then I saw it was just uploaded 1 day ago.
Than you!! I now have something to watch!! Really enjoyed your mushroom cloud video.
I love every piece of music used in this.
Honestly, you're such an insanely underrated channel
Beautiful stuff, peak YT kino. The music really feels right, the composition is beautiful, and your jokes aren't too much, and you back them up with data. Absolutely going to watch everything you have, just for the beauty this is.
Ever since your video on mushroom clouds, i have been waiting to see another project like it. this one did not let me down, keep up the awesome work and effort brother!
Trinity and Beyond music was fantastic, like a character. The music in this video is similarly fantastic. So different and entertaining. Great script too. Really well done.
OH MY GOD, you ACTUALLY got the gun type right.. Damn that's rare.. VERY WELL DONE, have my sub good sir!!
After seeing your video on the scale of mushroom clouds. The explanations and pacing are much more refined here than the other video. What an excellent video.
Your channel is seriously underrated and underexposed. The delivery is hilarious with great delivery as well as very in-depth and well researched. I hope you reach a wider audience with your niche topics! :)
Attemping to manifest the amount of subs this guy deserves.
Just watched the tornado video, the mushroom cloud video, and then this absolute masterpiece all in a row. You're a fantastic video essayist, and I'm now subscribed and psyched for the future of the channel! (Also, do you consider Jon Bois an inspiration? Your style reminds me of his, and I mean that as the highest of compliments.)
Jon has 100% been an inspiration of mine, and he is probably the single biggest reason as to why I fell in love with 70/80s library music
I don't know if you'll end up reading this, but I saw your Tornado video and it intrigued me enough to subscribe and check out all your other videos. Seeing your production quality, editing skills, narration, and writing improve over the last 3 videos has been absolutely amazing and I genuinely hope you become one of the "big ones" in "guy talks about something obscure but its super interesting" genre. Honestly, I think you will if you keep up with it. I for one, will watch all your videos and be enthralled, I assure you. Either way, you should be proud of how well you make videos. It is very good. I also showed your videos to my mother; she loves them and hopes you do more.
The research, editing, storytelling, graphics, and footage are fantastic. Bravo, keep doing great work.
43:32 BOC JUMPSCARE JESUS
I've left like 15 of these comments on various videos at this point but I will NEVER stop pointing out Boards of Canada when I hear it. The world must know.
Also, banger video. Really cool explanations and editing style and all that jazz.
I realy have to say Rojo, your videos are a blast. They are very well made, the animations are simple but so easy to understand and when you are listening you realize that you defenetly made your homework. I love you atom Videos and i hope you keep making them, or maybe make somem in that style on other physics related themes.
keep your good work up, i will be here watching.
This video was so good, I love your long form content! You deserve so many more subscribers and views, your work is fantastic! I hope your channel explodes (har har) with viewership!
Also thanks for the inclusion of the Saturn V, we space nerds love that stuff!
Most certainly one of the best to ever do it, every single piece of long form content to come from this channel is an absolute masterclass
Edit: a word
You just won yourself a subscriber! I'm always looking for channels covering nuclear topics/history intelligently.
Plus you even covered my favorite nuclear weapon design.
Also it's a "fizzle" not a "fissile"
Great video! Superb choice of music🎶. It was fun to watch 😄
I am impressed. You got the shapes of the materials right in the gun weapon, most people get it backwards. And you didn’t forget Urchin in gadget.
RojoFern with another banger
My man, your videos are some of the jammiest and most well done pieces of education I have seen, and this stuff is all I watch because I’m a massive dork, thanks for making these:)
You are quickly becoming my favorite youtuber you bring a very refreshing style to your long length videos keep up the amazing work it will pay off
This is the best video I've seen this month. Nebula-like quality. Keep it up!
One of.... if not, the best production videos on atomic and hydrogen bombs that I've ever seen.!!!!! The music absolutely makes it. You Sir, have created a masterpiece, and earned a new subscriber 👍🏼💪🏻
6:08 I love you, Atomic Gun!
I just gotta say, as someone who has been following your channel for a couple months after I got recommended your video on tornadoes. Your production quality and choice of music is fucking top tier, the topics you choose for the videos are also great because they are all things that I find very interesting. Thank you for making such awesome and high quality content, keep it up!
You earned a subscriber here. I love how when most CZcamsrs talk about nuclear weapons the videos are always eerie, scary, or awe inspiring, while this video has SpongeBob memes and quirky music. I love it. You breathe allot of personality into these monstrous weapons of mass destruction. I'm literally rooting for the Atomic bomb to succeed over Hydrogen because you made it sound like a cute underdog. 😂 Very informative too. Great content.
Most underrated creator on CZcams.
These are solid S-tier videos like a beautiful mix of Ahoy style visuals and nuclear science. Headphones recommended, that beginning use of stereo was *chefs kiss*
Another amazing video! I really like your story-telling style, taking things slower and giving us time to really immerse ourselves. Keep going dude!
These videos are incredible. Looking forward to finish it!
Pls make a video showing the evolution of nuclear bombs. Ur documentaries are awesome
Some of the best editing anywhere on YT can be found right here, just look in-between the atoms...
Great vid, I subbed. About nuclear fission - yes some mass is converted to electromagnetic energy, but most of the kinetic energy comes from the fission products (in the illustration these are Barium and Krypton), both having net positive charges so they violently repel each other. Nothing you said contradicted this, but it wasn't mentioned so I added this point for clarification.
nice use of olson at the end. one of my favourite pieces of music
You channel doesn't just deserve more views, it NEEDS more views. Awesome video
The Return of the King
So I was watching a video by a nuclear engineer who explains the "teller-ulam" device. He explains it as "Fission, fusion, fission, fusion, fission" , but in a two stage device isnt it fission of the plutonium bomb, which generates xrays that travel down a polystyrene mass to focus the xrays (crazy that some Styrofoam can direct a nuclear blast, when it normally saves your new laptop in shipping), that crushes a fusion "spark plug" that gives off neutrons not for contributing to yield, but to load the plutonium up with neutrons that makes a huge fission explosion, one not achievable by just adding a bigger core of plutonium. But that fission fusion fission. Where do you get the five chain reactions? Most people think that the new thermo nuclear bombs get their energy from fusion, when in reality fusion just kick starts a bigger fission bomb with neutrons not attainable from pure fission.
It really depends on whether or not the hbomb is "dirty" or "clean". A clean hbomb is merely fission-fusion, atomic primary generating reactions in a fusion secondary. Clean hbombs have incredibly high fusion yield percentages, 80% or greater. A dirty hbomb would be fission-fusion-fission, a clean bomb with the addition of a fissionable tamper around the secondary. Most high yield thermonuclear bombs developed were dirty, with higher fission yield percentages than fusion. Fission-fusion-fission-fusion-fission to me sounds like a dirty three stage device like the B41. Remove the last fission from that chain and you have a clean three stage bomb like the test prototype of the Tsar Bomba.
It's definitely important to remember when differentiating between clean and dirty thermonuclear weapons that, although clean bombs are primarily fusion driven, no bomb is truly "clean". Every nuclear weapon ever built has at least some amount of uranium and/or plutonium inside it. The Tsar Bomba is often called "the cleanest nuclear bomb ever built" because of its 98% fusion percentage, but that's still 2% (1 megaton) worth of fission.
@RojoFern czar was a teller ulam device the first two stages were :Fision fusion fision fusion fusion then it irradiated a lead tamper instead of a U238 tamper doubling the yield. all the fusion steps aren't for blast or heat , they are just fast neutrons up into the last stage. nutros activate the ground bomb casing and smoke which is where the "dirty" comes from. also the yeald from fusion alone is low not 98% because the fusions Job is just to produce tons of e rays. there are a few videos by some professors on CZcams that explain all the differences almost to classified levels. can't remember the professors name but one is an MIT open course ware and the other is a two part class room lecture by a nuclear physicist. those two channels have more science then the rest of the channels combined
98% worth. castle bravo was a hydrogen bomb in its last stage and was incredible dirty irradiation the lucky dragon ship and sailer hundreds of miles away.
I've said this before, but fantastic video!! I subscribed after you posted the tornado one. Love your content
Wake up babe, RojoFern posted new mildly informative video essay!
This is a lot of research! Well done, sir.
I had to listen twice at 43:33, but that is "Olson" from Boards of Canada for sure - you should have included more tracks from them, ideally from their latest album, named "Tomorrow's Harvest", that entire album is quite different from their usual tunes - it definitely has that "post-apocalypse, WW3 nuclear-annihilation" vibe.
I applaud you on your great music taste regardless, but one thing you missed out on was the Shrimp "accident" - positioning yourself for a theoretical 2-5 MT blast and ending up at over 15 MT for sure was not what they wanted, and they ended up contaminating 23 crew on the "Daigo Fukuryū Maru" shipping vessel alongside others, by nuclear fallout raining down on the vessels. Many of the crews did not make it in the long term, due to radiation-induced cancer and whatnot.
Otherwise, a flawless video and a great refresher on my knowledge of the first nuclear bombs / devices.
- William 👍♥
Loved and subbed, excellent content but I really hate you because now I have to binge watch all your other videos 😁 great work and a very good style of narration, I award you a big POB (Pat On the Back).
In all the videos in all the channels I watch in all the world, you had to come into my feed. Please keep producing these beautiful and mildly informative video essays. You are one of the most talented fellows on the platform. Keep up the good work.
Great video however it is important to note at 9:06 that U-238 IS fissionable, it is NOT fissile like U-235. They are two different terms and mean two different things.
Well done! Background music is a bit loud and drowns out your voice, but otherwise this is one of the best videos I’ve seen on CZcams on ANY subject. Great work!
Fun fact: Sakharov's layered fission design was one of the main reasons Sputnik was the first ever satellite. Since the alarm clock/layer cake bombs were heavier than the Teller-Ulam ones, the R-7 Semiorka (the first operational ICBM) was much more powerfull than needed, enough to put a satellite into orbit.
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Probably one of the best videos about A-bombs I've ever seen here. Thanks algorythm
My man is not mildly infromative this shit is heat 🔥🔥🔥
I thought there was only ytp channel but this is rearranging my brain
Would you consider doing a video about craters? From Atomic weapons, meteors, ect?
Great fucking video, one that should be sitting comfortably at millions of views.
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I liked the content, very informative. but i got shocked from the sound levels at time. more even would be nice, its just a heads up. good work.
Stellar presentation! Looking forward to more content if you've got plans.
29:50 is a really neat moment. Excellent use of music and video
Fun video, but beyond that, it introduced me to Trevor Bastow's music and I'm in love.
If you do another vid on nukes It'd be cool to see more of the experimental / hypothetical future designs like neutron bombs, nuclear shaped charges, casaba howitzers etc.
Your videos are wonderful.
I'm British, so I feel that I am good at judging dead-pan humour, and sarcasm. The use of these is pretty much our national sport.
I judge your film to be exceptionally funny, whilst been serious about a serious subject.
Wow, just wow. This is the best atomic upload I've seen. I am a new subscriber and I hope the channel has lots of uploads of this caliber.
Referencing Castle Bravo as having "unexpected results" is putting it lightly. While military brass was delighted to get a bigger bang out of the bomb, the scientists were probably glad they wore dark colored pants that day, with more than one trying to run through their head who screwed up the calculations.
21:03 that UK jumpscare was wild bro
3 minutes in and can I just say that it makes me so happy that you separated fusion and fission instead of just calling they “nuclear”
People still don’t understand there is a difference. All they know is bomb small… fireball big…
Subscribed. Can't believe I haven't checked out this channel yet.
This guy deserves more subscribers. Great video.
This video has no reason to be this good, and yet it is. Subscribed.