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Interesting that the largest nuclear test on Bikini Atoll (just 4000km away from Tonga) was 15 megatons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_yield htt
by helsinkiandrew 5y ago
Interesting that the largest nuclear test on Bikini Atoll (just 4000km away from Tonga) was 15 megatons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_yield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_yield
- arethuza 5y agoIt wasn't supposed to be 15 megatons, the expected yield was 6 megatons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo The larger than expected yield caused a lot of problems.
- jdougan 5y agoI'd argue that the very very wrong models for fallout generation and dispersal were an even bigger issue. If they hadn't gotten that wrong, no one would have cared other than the scientists in the near bunkers who had to change their trousers.