Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130401084750/@comment-1672596-20140403193302

Tarsusydg wrote: I was going off of the conversation that Ocelot has at the end of MGS 3.

Ocelot: Yes. Groznyj Grad and the Granin research facility have both been  wiped out without a trace. I understand, sir. But they were necessary sacrifices. Yes, the CIA has taken care of The Boss themselves. I believe the White House will be satisfied. Khrushchev is finished. Your time has finally arrived. Yes. The American president is relying on us to keep a lid on the whole affair. We've got him by the balls. It should make a valuable trump card in future negotiations. Yes, Chief Director. Of course. I'll keep the KGB informed.

(He hangs up and dials another number)

Ocelot: Yes, it's me. The Boss has accomplished her mission. The Philosopher's  Legacy is now safely with us... in America's hands. With this money ... yes, the Philosophers can finally be revived. The film we handed the Chinese was a  fake. Peking must be in an uproar right about now. I'm afraid so. Only half of the money has made it back to the United States. The KGB must still have part of the Legacy. '''Yes, the weapon has been reduced to ashes. That's right.   <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Groznyj Grad has been obliterated by the Davy Crockett we brought in as well. ''' <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Yes, that was The Boss' work, too. Speaking of which, I've obtained something <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">from Granin that you might find interesting. It's a revolutionary new nuclear <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">attack system. Perhaps it might just come in handy some day. Yes, we have John <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">- I mean Snake - to thank for that. Khrushchev believed it as well. Yes, they <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">bought our story. I don't think they'll be making a fuss. The secondary alert <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">has been lifted as well. And the Soviets still haven't discovered my true <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">identity. They have no idea that I've been triple-crossing them. I will <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">continue my activities as a contact for the new government. Yes, it appears <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">that no one knew that I was ADAM. Of course. I'm always at the CIA's  <span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">disposal...

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">...Mr. Director.

The highlighted parts are the important ones. Yes, I know about that conversation, but considering how big Groznyj Grad was (I actually managed to calculate it via a youtube video to being well over 21.289 km, and that's from calculating both the first and the second part together), and how the Davy Crockett's blast radius was at least 3 km (based on what Zero said in the briefing), probably the only thing destroyed would have been the main complex, not the airbase or, heck, even the mountain it was on. The bomb would need to be at least 22 km in terms of radius to completely obliterate. That would have been enough to cause a mighty bit of turbulence for the choppers carrying the Shagohod, maybe even affect Groznyj Grad with the aftershock.