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It 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
by arethuza 5y ago
It 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.