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> a cloud of plutonium or enriched weapons grade uranium Sure, I don't want to standing under a kilo of plutonium when it gets transformed into dust. But the
by denton-scratch 4y ago
> a cloud of plutonium or enriched weapons grade uranium
Sure, I don't want to standing under a kilo of plutonium when it gets transformed into dust.
But the thing was supposed to detonate at (say) 8,000 ft; presumably it's intercepted well above that altitude. The dust is going to be spread over a wide area, and I suspect the excess deaths are likely to be about zero.
- lazide 4y agoAgreed. There is also a chance of a fizzle (tiny fission reaction - in the hundreds of tons at most - with negligible energy output), but it’s not going to have much of a different outcome frankly. Compared to a 100 kiloton to 5 megaton explosion, it’s nothing.