DRTF Scale (IMAGE)

Texas A&M University

DRTF Scale

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The DRTF’s scale alone is staggering: a nearly 500-foot detonation tube measuring over 6 feet in diameter and encased in three-quarter-inch thick steel walls, with a 90-meter earth-covered muffler.

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Texas A&M University College of Engineering/Ms. Lois Rockwell

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