3 ms·
Nuclear explosions close enough to the ground to draw dirt and debris into their mushroom cloud can generate large amounts of nuclear fallout due to irradiation
by amingilani 8y ago
Nuclear explosions close enough to the ground to draw dirt and debris into their mushroom cloud can generate large amounts of nuclear fallout due to irradiation of the debris
— Wikipedia[0]
I'm certainly no expert, and I know Wikipedia isn't the most reliable source, but I wondered if nukes exploding in the atmosphere would be different from the ground, and found that.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing
- ohiovr 8y agoSome of the tests blew up large craters. If you haven't seen the movie Trinity and Beyond, its a good one. They started running out of atoll islands to blow up so they ferried the bombs in barges. The bravo test was done from a tower, it was the largest test we did.