![]() ![]() These types of devices would vaporize the entire mesa and a portion of the surrounding area. The yield for both these weapons is over 1 Megaton (1000 kilotons). In this case the warhead could be a W-56 or W-59. There is the possibility that the missile we see in Opposing Force is actually just the upper portion of a Minuteman ICBM. But the Mark IV RV is for a Poseidon class missile and they look nothing like the missile we see in Opposing Force. But Mark IV can all so refer to the Reentry Vehicle (RV) for the warhead as well. As a note, the “Mark IV” designation seen on the bomb belongs to a nuclear (free fall) bomb that had ceased to be used after 1954. So let’s call this “Mark IV” a 25 kiloton warhead. So based on it’s size and shape, it does not have a real strong resemblance to anything real other than the outer shell for a RV (reentry vehicle) like those used on the Minuteman ICBM’s. I could see a few people moving a 350 pound warhead, but not a 800+ pound one. ![]() ![]() The W-85 has a weight of about 880 pounds. The problem with warhead we see in game is that it’s way to small to be a W-85. The Pershing 2 used a warhead (designation W-85) that had a variable yield between 5 and 50 kilotons. So what was Black Mesa doing with an operational theater range missile something like ten years later? Sounds like a treaty violation to me. This is odd, because the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, all Pershings (all theater Class nuclear missiles actually) where destroyed by 1991. The missile the warhead it removed from is clearly a theater class ballistic missile that bears some resemblance to a Pershing 2. This is a look at the circumstances and events surrounding the declared destruction of the Black Mesa Research Facility by a nuclear weapon in the Opposing Force expansion for Half Life 1 by Gearbox.įirst, let’s look at the nuke the G-Man activated in Opposing Force. ![]()
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