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They keep saying explosion, I was under the impression that the sound was the sonic boom?

• drakeandrews 14y ago
  Russian state TV claims that the meteor was intercepted by an anti-ballistic missile system, which (if true) means the meteor was struck by a 10kt nuclear warhead.
  • nollidge 14y ago
    Source?
    • prawks 14y ago
      http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/15/russia-meteorite/1921991/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/15/russia-m... USA Today has a decently balanced assessment of the incident. Apparently Russia Today was "informed" of that. However the deputy prime minister has countered that by stating that "Russia does not have the capability to shoot down meteors." http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/ http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/ Russia Today claims that it was printed in the local paper.
      • uvdiv 14y ago
        Russia Today also describes the Tungaska meteor as "one of the most mysterious events in history" and suggests it was caused by space aliens [1]. [1] http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/ http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/ (today's http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5224616 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5224616)
    • drakeandrews 14y ago
      http://guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/15/hundreds-injured-meteorite-russian-city-chelyabinsk http://guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/15/hundreds-injured-met...