{"id":8891,"date":"2020-03-08T23:36:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T23:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/08\/the-b53-bunker-busting-thermonuclear-bomb\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:21:45","slug":"the-b53-bunker-busting-thermonuclear-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/08\/the-b53-bunker-busting-thermonuclear-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"The B53 &#8216;Bunker Busting&#8217; Thermonuclear Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BmK9Ggcfdjs?autoplay=1&#038;controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The B53 thermonuclear bomb was developed to obliterate Soviet command and control bunkers buried deep underground. The B53 had a yield of 9 megatons and entered service in 1962, it served for fifty years until the last bombs were finally decommissioned in 2011. <\/p>\n<p>Back in January, Matt visited the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, where one of the exhibits included a decommissioned B53. 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The B53 had a yield of 9 megatons and entered service in 1962, it served for fifty years until the last bombs were finally decommissioned in 2011. 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