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Depends.... for (large) explosions, there's initial blast pressure waves which travel faster than the speed of sound.
by pixelesque 3y ago
Depends.... for (large) explosions, there's initial blast pressure waves which travel faster than the speed of sound.
- NikkiA 3y agoThey don't per se, the precursor wave travels through the ground at the speed of sound in whatever medium (usually rock in nevada tests), which is about 5x the speed of sound in air.