Atomic weapons: Brought to you by Plymouth automobiles!

Kinja'd!!! "Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
04/22/2014 at 19:22 • Filed to: None

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A 1942 Plymouth. A small box sitting on the back seat. Two careful nerds in short sleeves. That is all it took to deliver the core of the first atomic bomb. THE most top-secret project ever of the time. It was a USED car! I'm sure today they would blow several million on a dedicated transportation vehicle and millions more on facilities involving retina scanners and underground vaults and really really nice desks because you can't do this sort of work unless you have a really really nice desk, and giant video screens and a Gulfstreaam-V on hand.


DISCUSSION (6)


Kinja'd!!! Dunnik > Grindintosecond
04/22/2014 at 19:24

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A man with a car has the power to change the world.


Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > Dunnik
04/22/2014 at 19:28

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A man with a Plymouth - that has running boards!


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > Grindintosecond
04/22/2014 at 19:28

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well to be fair, the "low cost" way in which this was handled contributed to at least one death


Kinja'd!!! Birddog > Grindintosecond
04/22/2014 at 20:43

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Chrysler Corp provided more than a non descript used car.

Their Engineers played a big role too.

http://www.allpar.com/history/milita…


Kinja'd!!! Wildstar > Grindintosecond
04/23/2014 at 12:30

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There were no new Plymouths in 1944...


Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > Wildstar
04/25/2014 at 12:16

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there were in 1943...