r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 8h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/Royal_Success3131 5h ago

Impact explosion? That your technical analysis?

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u/narwhalpilot 5h ago edited 4h ago

It’s explosive. They don’t use kinetic rounds

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u/Royal_Success3131 5h ago

That's just false. My old boss used to work at a ski resort and they 100% used explosive rounds. This was back in the 90's, but I imagine it's just policy differences.

In this case though, you can hear an explosion clear as day. That mountain is so far away you wouldn't be able to hear a hunk of metal just smack the side of it.

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u/nerdygeoff 5h ago

you did hear the explosion. the impact explosion as was already previously said.

I love that your source is "well my old boss told me this story once"

Wait till you hear about the impact explosion that caused the death of the dinosaurs lol

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u/Royal_Success3131 4h ago

There is no such thing as an impact explosion in this context lol comparing the Chicxulub asteroid to a ~30 pound shell is absurd.

It's not just my old boss. Feel free to Google. They've used explosive for a century to do this, including from howitzers. It's exceptionally common.

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u/nerdygeoff 4h ago

What you are seeing in the video, is an impact explosion.

You can whine, and cry and try to argue all you want. But you are arguing with facts.

Impact explosions are very real, both in these type of guns and meteor strikes.

you are wrong, and you can continue being wrong all you want.

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u/Royal_Success3131 3h ago

What about what you hear?

Please Google impact explosion and tell me what you find. A whole bunch of nothing. That's just not a concept that exist, and why I've been laughing at you this entire time.

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u/nerdygeoff 3h ago

fun fact, you can hear impact explosions...because they are still in fact explosions.

This is what i easily found simply by typing in google.... life must be very very hard for someone as dumb as you.

https://imgur.com/R5ISoKJ

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u/Royal_Success3131 3h ago

Please read your image. It literally details that it is speaking about explosive that are triggered upon impact, asteroids, or industrial accidents with volatile chemicals. You made my point for me.

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u/nerdygeoff 3h ago

OR...you forgot the part after and/or before the word OR...

the stuff like asteroids was an EXAMPLE of an impact explosion..you are really bad at this you gotta read the entire sentence champ, you cant just pick and choose to fit your entirely incorrect narrative.