Talk:Special Atomic Demolition Munition

SADM Current Locations

Where are the SADMs currently located? Have they been stocked or decomissioned? It seems to me that they could easily be seen as a matter of National Security if they are just stored in a weapons depot. Crisco 1492 18:02, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Globalsecurity.org states that these weapons are no longer in the stockpile. If I had to guess I would imagine that the things have been disassembled. --Robert Merkel 12:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Variable Yield?

What does the term variable yeild mean? It sounds like there's a dial on top that you set for how many tons you want. I'm assuming it means you can make it with different amounts of nuclear material.

Nope, it means dial-a-yield. I've updated the page to reflect this. Yes, I find this kind of disturbing.--Robert Merkel 08:05, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Tactical nuclear rifle thingy

Is "Davey Crocket" the name of the project, the rifle or the projectile? --Gbleem 05:17, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Weight sounds fishy

>Mk-54 weighed 68 kilograms

Sixty-eight kilograms is the weight of an average non-obese adult male person. That means 68 kilograms is definitely not man-portable, not even by two soldiers carrying it. Maybe you meant 68 pounds (some 32 kilogramns)?

[1] says 163 pounds.--Patrick 13:58, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

The mechanism to change the yeilds has to do with a swith that changes the amount of tritium injected into the weapon and the weight was around 60 pounds. I'm possitive on this..:) jim graves >>Say there Jim: If you've been in the room where that photo was taken ("FB")... I just don't understand why you'd be comfortable with this article, or the playful banter about the technical details,... even if it's been totally declassed (and don't just assume that it has.. completely) , why would ya wanna talk about it? Go ahead and feel special, cause ya' are, but that's why you gotta leave this alone and just smile... ;) "Another Echo"

The weight and size are not the same than in the article regarding the W54. 195.72.71.68 12:45, 3 July 2007 (UTC)François Zofel[reply]

    i noticed it as well... need a fix or another sources. 109.160.158.25 (talk) 15:48, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strategic Area Denial Munition?

I've read that SADM may also refer to a "Strategic Area Denial Munition", or neutron bomb, but only in the context of Repo Man (film). Can anyone confirm or deny? --beefyt (talk) 06:33, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Google suggests that's the only place where the term has been used. I suspect it's something they just made up for the movie and has no existence outside of it. Xihr 06:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pop Culture Uses

There is a claim that the device in the opening of Everything or Nothing is a SADM, but the device looks nothing like the one pictured and the in-game dialogue clearly indicates it is a Soviet Suitcase nuke. (Please see the 1:40 and 2:20 marks at [2]) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.240.97 (talk) 19:21, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

Does anybody have a rationale for keeping this indiscriminate collection of random popular culture mentions? It's been removed three times now. --John (talk) 19:03, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was getting ready to take it back out also when you edit conflicted with me. None of it is sourced and none of it is beneficial to the understanding of SADMs. I do not see any reason at this point for the information to be included in the article. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 19:09, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not trivia, it's appearances of the SADM in Popular Culture. See WP: POPCULTURE for more info on how to deal with this. Popular Culture sections, if properly contained (and NOT branched out into general trivia), serve to demostrate the integration of an otherwise low-key item into the awareness of the general public.