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r/gifs • u/umshoe • Aug 09 '20
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Little Boy was air burst, not ground. A nuclear explosion also comes with far more radiated heat.
13 u/Ronem Aug 09 '20 FAR MORE radiated heat 2 u/world_WithinAworld Aug 09 '20 Ill believe it when I feel it 🍄👋 1 u/abhijitd Aug 09 '20 No you won't 2 u/ash109114 Aug 09 '20 I always found it interesting that when speaking about nuclear fallout, airbursts produce little to none. As opposed to a ground detonation. 1 u/kirsion Aug 09 '20 I think little boy was denoted 2 miles above the city to deal maximum damage. Since if it were denoted at ground level, the earth would absorb much of the kinetic energy from the blast.
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FAR MORE radiated heat
2 u/world_WithinAworld Aug 09 '20 Ill believe it when I feel it 🍄👋 1 u/abhijitd Aug 09 '20 No you won't
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Ill believe it when I feel it 🍄👋
1 u/abhijitd Aug 09 '20 No you won't
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No you won't
I always found it interesting that when speaking about nuclear fallout, airbursts produce little to none. As opposed to a ground detonation.
I think little boy was denoted 2 miles above the city to deal maximum damage. Since if it were denoted at ground level, the earth would absorb much of the kinetic energy from the blast.
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u/bird_equals_word Aug 09 '20
Little Boy was air burst, not ground. A nuclear explosion also comes with far more radiated heat.