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To: blam

Not to discount it, buy at 2 megatons it’s not much of a doomsday meteor.


11 posted on 01/08/2013 8:34:18 AM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: struggle
Yep, the meteor that caused the crater in Arizona was 50 meters across and triggered an estimated 10 megaton explosion.

2 megatons could wipe out a city but would not cause planetary impacts. But I'm sure that won't stop the usual nitwits from turning it into another end-of-the-world conspiracy theory.

13 posted on 01/08/2013 8:37:33 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: struggle

About 1/4 the energy of Barringer. Still a city-killer, if not “most of a county” killer.

Unlike a nuke most of that 2 MT is kinetic.


22 posted on 01/08/2013 8:44:00 AM PST by DBrow
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To: struggle

If it impacts in Mecca it might be worth it.


33 posted on 01/08/2013 8:58:59 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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