Forward Ballistic Rocket Sled Test at Sandia National Labs' Sled Track, Dec 2015

[@TheRemipaquette]

I love to use your videos to reenforce my daughters love of math and science. we are working our way through your catalog. I have a nine year old that is facinated with all you do. Thank you so much.

[@DrDeuteron]

study math & physics and avoid the no-no's on a TS/SCI form, and your daughter can for sure be working at Sandia in the future.

[@AyaAya-ey4dw]

your a Lucky man

[@TheRemipaquette]

@Ms Moon Boo LOL Just rocket sleds and maybe a Z pinch machine for science fair

[@jackmclane1826]

The most elegant piece of design work is hardly noted: The water brake system! The rest is pretty straight forward just how anybody would do it. But the water brake system is pure genius!

[@777SI-gsw]

They use that set up on several of these tests. Noticed it on the drop test rig a few videos before this one.

[@andyharman3022]

I really like the release and pull down system for the carrier sled so the missile is in free flight when it hits the target.

[@ValExperimenter]

Thats a new take on a discarding sabot, good to see some very practical well thought out instrumentation

[@trustthewater]

Amazing. Simply amazing. Put together a couple more videos like this and then release it for IMAX.

[@dofphish]

The amount of data gleaned was phenomenal. I very much enjoyed this video.

[@DrDeuteron]

The tail can pulled 466 +/- ? g on deceleration. Dave Purley, race car driver, survived a 214g crash (107 mph to 0 in 26 inches).

[@Armuotas]

Watch out, SlowMo guys! The old-schooler is back!

[@wajmasultani56]

Love these experimentations.

[@spankeyfish]

0:49 'high consequence tests' "Here at Sandia's VQS Experimental Complex we make bad things happen."

[@patrickwalsh2884]

Walking down to work one day and a sled test went off. Got to see the rocket smoke and hear the roar. We were about three miles away at KUMSC. Got to see a lot of Sandia cool stuff on Kirtland AFB.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

There is a crash site F-105 Thunderchief out in the hills by China lake. It is pretty much still there a few years ago less the Artificial Horizon. The impact point had the same impact feature as here with 1,000's of little shards. Most of it was easy to recognize. Story goes pilot got out safely.

[@orangelion03]

Worked on high speed ejection seat tests at Holloman AFB track in the 90s. Data acquisition has come a long ways. Test article looks like a B61 bomb shape.

[@dziban303]

orangelion03 B61-11 earth penetrator. At the end when the rest of the bomb body breaks up, you can see a silver can contained within. That would be the physics package on the real article.

[@kylesenior]

It's not a mod 11, wrong tail fin shape and wrong nose shape.

[@NathansHVAC]

@@kylesenior new fuse and electronics in the physics package though. I would imagine a bench examination of the physics package is the purpose of this entire test.

[@kylesenior]

@@NathansHVAC You're going to have to explain what that has to do with what I said.

[@yodoleheehoo]

Im amazed at how pin point accurate it was on the target.

[@MooseMeus]

it gets better everday. they can shoot down missiles with bullets. they can probably send a tungsten rod down from orbit through someone's skull if they so desired...

[@dustchip8060]

@@MooseMeus We know they can slice through 15" steel with aircraft aluminum at a much slower speed as well.

[@777SI-gsw]

These people don’t seem like the type to make mistakes. Similar to how nasa is able to calculate the “sling shot” velocities when using another planets gravitational pull for a boost. Mind blowing accuracy.

[@vonshango6311]

1:45 LS. 2:12 CU 3D imaging metrics. 3:10 CU crush impact dynamics.

[@kaltenbach.alexander]

Wow, your data is amazingly clean. Well done

[@_dh]

You guys have some sweet cameras.

[@dtiydr]

And these are the ones they are allowed to show publicly..

[@paulwollersheim7049]

who did the music to these videos i love it

[@GrimJaws]

What was the purpose of this test? To test the wall strength?

[@TheArea51Rider]

Wow, that's some high-speed camera action right there!

[@SupereKrakersik]

260mph is pretty slow tbh in terms of high speed footage

[@peadookie]

Music says: "I know what I have, no lowballs". Nice video, thank you.

[@meh11235]

great video. running a 1bit dynamic pressure measuring system to see with sound within ghz sampling rates and running motion amplification through an analogue landscape analysis would give more accuracy... when building 3d models...

[@markrouse2416]

Some alloys have been discovered under test involving impacts like this (as a by product).

[@NeoRipshaft]

lol in the last scene you can clearly see the wire that got cut hit just above the target =D That's pretty dang awesome, just the velocities involved there to have so little displacement over that much distance hehe

[@digitalbroadcaster]

Great soundtrack. Shame it isn’t listed on the credits.

[@billmadison2032]

These guys are just flexing how cool their job is

[@eurojoseph]

Chuck Norris was leaning against the door with one hand from the inside of the bunker ✋😂

[@Bob-vc6ug]

From what I see, you win so far lol.

[@metube9541]

What fantastic jobs you guys have.

[@briand4000]

It's a lot of fun with endless opportunities to explore new ways to measure energetic phenomena.

[@royalordinance]

Can watch this all day. Thanks

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

I'm interested in a position driving a sled.

[@DurstDevel]

Will it blend? Thats the question!

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Fantastic test video...!! Thank you SNL..!!

[@robocheme880]

What was the purpose of the test?

[@blockstacker5614]

science

[@Bob-vc6ug]

@@blockstacker5614 Nice one.

[@Verified_777]

Love how high def the videos are

[@Smedley1947]

Sandia National Lab is a very well-funded long-standing National Laboratory. This is from the Wiki page [ Sandia began in 1945 as Z Division, the ordnance design, testing, and assembly arm of Los Alamos National Laboratory. It became Sandia Laboratory in 1948 and, in 1949, Sandia Corporation was established as a Western Electric company to manage the laboratory. ]

[@wrongeyedjake]

How badass would it be if your day job was to crash supersonic weapons into immovable barriers, while capturing the ensuing mayhem on super high-resolution, high speed cameras. That would freakin' rock!

[@chriskiwi9833]

I wonder if the wall will always win?

[@offmeds2nite]

This is awesome :)

[@eastky1901]

What is the rocket crashing into? Stacked rebar?

[@sidementhings632]

Most amazing thing about this is the music

[@josephastier7421]

Translated the target block by several cm.

[@christopher9979]

"No nuclear weapons were harmed during the filming of this video".

[@ItchesIt]

What is the purpose of this test?

[@ThePollaxtroy]

Amazing. But now iam wondering. Why did the 911 planes not do that.

[@TrippSimon]

They didnt have the resources

[@skrape99]

Because literally every aspect of the situation was different?

[@Mrbg123]

Because that’s not what the outside of the building and planes look like and are made of?

[@Broaclese]

What does the test unit sled look like after a test like this?

[@sheikchilli8670]

it essentially flies down a tunnel and hits sand or rock, so I would assume it's tiny metal fragments

[@petersrightbut8297]

Practical application?

[@apxpandy4965]

Amazing to watch - thanks!

[@Jason.Hananel]

Why is this in my recommendation 4 years later. And whats the point?

[@petergorrie1013]

F4 Phantom was a good one. watch that.

[@arnenelson4495]

Speed?

[@-danR]

How are those calibration spots painted? IF/UV absorbing paint? software?

[@kylesenior]

By hand from what I understand. It makes them random enough that each is unique enough to be easily identifiable.

[@panagea2007]

What happened? It bounced off the door? Was it supposed to go through the door?

[@NathansHVAC]

Testing how the physics package holds up to a hard target. The nuclear detonation would be a surface burst.

[@petergraphix6740]

Sandia, the people who answer the question "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object"

[@geraldmoore4001]

awesome stuff!

[@dsm02c]

We are watching something spawned before WWII and we still barely know how to control it. Crazy.

[@MightyRob1]

NHTSA reports rocket driver and passenger sustained fatal impact injuries while third row occupants sustained head, neck, and knee trauma. Two-star rating, Consumer Reports analysis pending.

[@АндрейГорбунов-р4ь]

Хорошая стенка.

[@osrikking8785]

Weird. I couldn't see Wile E. Coyote in a single frame, but I can swear he was riding that thing the last time I saw this footage...

[@MrTaylorTexas]

Why do you have such weird music in the background?

[@jimsvideos7201]

Remarkable.

[@JerryDLTN]

Instead of rocket assisted sleds, it should be using Maglev

[@CapitanTavish]

2:00 the world is going mad, now the missiles are the one bombing the catcher boxes with the test unit sleds

[@OrionCrusader]

😂

[@user-tl5fi9lz9z]

Was that B-61?

[@blockstacker5614]

inert test mass

[@CogentConsult]

Sandra Labs is also involved in the Re-engineering of captured extra-terrestrial technologies.

[@Stikkzz]

that sounds about right

[@jamesbugbee6812]

Projectile discontinuities R interesting.

[@claudemaximus9409]

Ya great photography work , and great music to ,

[@patrick247two]

I'd like to work there.

[@graphenemusic5922]

Song?!

[@vonshango6311]

what materials in missile (1.5mm alloy etc) vs what materials in the target wall?

[@jamescampbell4334]

Hahahahaha. At 3:54 the hold down straps join the party.

[@paulbrackett60]

Cool. But why’s the text so small?

[@speedysteve9121]

I thought it would have done more damage.

[@Alientraveler003]

Thank you this is amazing

[@REDACT3D]

that Division music

[@MonitoSmith]

Le dio en el puntito que habian elegido...!!!

[@AudiophileTubes]

But do we have an anti nuke missile defense system capable of stopping any nuclear attack? That would enable many to sleep at night!

[@plainguy4996]

Music is a bit much

[@88997799]

So that’s how they teach them how to knock on the doors.

[@riderr2035]

Music on back is call the music of dead

[@brothergrimaldus3836]

Looks like B61 casing....

[@jacquesmartin6851]

Last wall againts barbarie Pure beauté of intelligence

[@seetheforest]

Not fast enough

[@Andrew-yb1uv]

Stunning.

[@maytronix7201]

What a cool job

[@patrickdunning9820]

Bonkers, Patch. London, UK

[@amiltoncosta6130]

Muito legal o trabalho envolvido, ganhou meu like.

[@rodolfodiaz389]

Que increible !!!!

[@josephkane825]

Get rid of the overly loud music!

[@Freeknickers24]

I only clicked because watermelon national labs is a funny name.

[@ME262MKI]

Sandia (Watermelon) labs, what a funny name for something serious

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Most interesting

[@Tadesan]

Lol distance to Target center 0.12 inches.

[@dtiydr]

260 mph, well if it was going mach 2 something totally different would have happen. 260 mph is nothing.

[@batangfirst5993]

nice

[@juliosabio739]

I want a job !

[@victorspanbauer7710]

That could be dangerous

[@neillstephenson5482]

Want a house made out of that wall.😮

[@greengrowlocks566]

OMG now youtubers will recreate your rockets with knives on the end and shoot them at things in their backyard!

[@Erik-rp1hi]

There are bombs that go through many feet of reinforced concrete. These guys are not that type.

[@Stewart-f1z]

Sable bunker busters 🤔 thermite secondary colapse the underground complex

[@pratwurschtgulasch6662]

the harry potter music really started getting on my nerves

[@zxzs328]

How far does someone need to search to discover music that annoying?

[@gusbailey68]

Impressive.

[@Shypa]

i dont feel any smarter now