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[[File:Davy Crockett (The Weapon Song) - Armageddon Hootenanny.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Armageddon Hootenanny'''''.]] | [[File:Davy Crockett (The Weapon Song) - Armageddon Hootenanny.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Armageddon Hootenanny'''''.]] | ||
[[File:Little Feller I - infographic.jpg|thumb|17 July 1962 - Little Feller I - nuclear weapon test - Nevada Test Site, U.S.]] | |||
'''''Armageddon Hootenanny''''' is an American television variety show featuring warfare-themed music and humor with the "Military-Industrial State" as the backdrop. | '''''Armageddon Hootenanny''''' is an American television variety show featuring warfare-themed music and humor with the "Military-Industrial State" as the backdrop. | ||
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File:The Day the Bomb Cried.jpg|link=The Day the Bomb Cried|'''''[[The Day the Bomb Cried]]''''' is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French war film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. | |||
File:The Green Acres Mile.jpg|link=The Green Acres Mile|'''''[[The Green Acres Mile]]''''' is comedy-horror television series loosely based on Stephen King's novel ''The Green Mile''. | |||
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== History (nonfiction) == | |||
The M-28 or M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon System was a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead, that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War. It was the first project assigned to the United States Army Weapon Command in Rock Island, Illinois.[3] It remains one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built, with a yield of 20 tonnes of TNT (84 GJ). It is named after American folk hero, soldier, and congressman Davy Crockett. | |||
=== Tests === | |||
17 July 1962: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Feller_(nuclear_tests) Little Feller I] @ Wikipedia - Little Feller II and Little Feller I were code names for a set of nuclear tests undertaken by the United States at the Nevada Test Site on July 7 and 17, 1962 as part of Operation Sunbeam. They were both tests of stockpiled W54 warheads, the smallest nuclear warheads known to have been produced by the United States, used in both the Davy Crockett warhead and the Special Atomic Demolition Munition. | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* ''[[The Day the Bomb Cried]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Green Acres Mile]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device) Davy Crockett (nuclear device)] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [] @ | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Feller_(nuclear_tests)# Little Feller (nuclear tests] @ Wikipedia | ||
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=== Social media === | === Social media === | ||
* [ Post] @ Twitter ( | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1680971333688016899 Post] @ Twitter (17 July 2023) #GnomonOTD Little Feller I | ||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1603508901663612940 Post] @ Twitter () | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1603508901663612940 Post] @ Twitter () | ||
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[[Category:Weapons (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Weapons (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Hee | [[Category:Hee Haw (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Songs (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Songs (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Music (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Music (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:13, 17 July 2023
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Armageddon Hootenanny is an American television variety show featuring warfare-themed music and humor with the "Military-Industrial State" as the backdrop.
In the News
The Day the Bomb Cried is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French war film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.
The Green Acres Mile is comedy-horror television series loosely based on Stephen King's novel The Green Mile.
History (nonfiction)
The M-28 or M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon System was a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead, that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War. It was the first project assigned to the United States Army Weapon Command in Rock Island, Illinois.[3] It remains one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built, with a yield of 20 tonnes of TNT (84 GJ). It is named after American folk hero, soldier, and congressman Davy Crockett.
Tests
17 July 1962: Little Feller I @ Wikipedia - Little Feller II and Little Feller I were code names for a set of nuclear tests undertaken by the United States at the Nevada Test Site on July 7 and 17, 1962 as part of Operation Sunbeam. They were both tests of stockpiled W54 warheads, the smallest nuclear warheads known to have been produced by the United States, used in both the Davy Crockett warhead and the Special Atomic Demolition Munition.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Davy Crockett (nuclear device) @ Wikipedia
- Little Feller (nuclear tests @ Wikipedia
- Hee Haw @ Wikipedia
- Hee Haw: The Next Generation @ YouTube
- War @ Wikipedia
- War with Gwynne Dyer, Part 1: The Road to Total War (1983) @ YouTube
- The Visual History of Decreating War and Violence @ ourworldindata.org
Social media