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Why the U.S. once set off a nuclear bomb in space
National Geographic ^ | 15 July | BRIAN GUTIERREZ

Posted on 07/16/2021 9:10:59 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Spectators were also holding “watch-the-bomb parties” in Hawaii, as the countdown was broadcast over shortwave radio. Photographers aimed their lenses toward the horizon and debated the best camera settings for capturing a thermonuclear explosion in outer space. It turned out that the blast—a 1.4 megaton bomb, 500 times as powerful as the one that fell on Hiroshima—was not subtle.

“When that nuclear weapon went off, the whole sky lit up in every direction. It looked like noon,”

“It looked as though the heavens had belched forth a new sun that flared briefly, but long enough to set the sky on fire,” according to one account in the Hilo Tribune-Herald. An accompanying electromagnetic pulse washed out radio stations, set off an emergency siren, and caused streetlights to black out in Hawaii.

I told my dad years later, ‘You know, if I knew I was going to become a nuclear weapon physicist, I would have paid more attention,’” he says.

There is no mushroom cloud or double flash. People on the ground don’t feel a shock wave or hear any sound. There’s just a bright ball of plasma

This unexpected “Starfish belt,” which lingered for at least 10 years, destroyed Telstar 1, the first satellite to broadcast a live television signal, and Ariel-1, Britain’s first satellite.

The largest geomagnetic storm ever recorded, called the Carrington Event, hit Earth in 1859. It caused auroras over Australia and gave electrical shocks to telegraph operators in America.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...


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KEYWORDS: nuke; nukez; nukezinspace; starfish
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To: rlmorel

—”I would have liked to have seen that!”

Fun question!
This was the first one that popped up, four reports...ONE HOUR AND TEN MINUTES...

0800062 - Starfish Prime Test Interim Report by Commander JTF-8; Fishbowl Auroral Sequences - Silent; Dominic on Fishbowl Phenomenon -Silent; Fishbowl XR Summary - Silent - 1962 - 1:01:25 - Black&White and Color - Four Films on One Video

https://youtu.be/KZoic9vg1fw

SEARCH ON: starfish prime test... many...


21 posted on 07/16/2021 9:45:56 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: SecondAmendment

—”when not encumbered by “

That was long ago and far away...


22 posted on 07/16/2021 9:46:54 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Bump


23 posted on 07/16/2021 9:47:00 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: KingLudd

Wet cell batteries


24 posted on 07/16/2021 9:52:02 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Honest Nigerian

—”Enter your email address to continue reading”

Try reading the first reply?
Might help, but difficult to say in your case.

Guessing that you are a FAKE Nigerian American!
Nigerian Americans are the most educated group in the United States. And I was privileged to have worked with some.

Clearly, you are not of that group.


25 posted on 07/16/2021 9:55:00 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Honest Nigerian

good for four articles a month


26 posted on 07/16/2021 9:55:03 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wouldn’t that cause an EMP?


27 posted on 07/16/2021 9:55:43 AM PDT by halfright (I want to see you antagonize Biden EXACTLY as they did Trump. LIGHT the darkness!)
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To: Pollard

eataweenie@biden.com works.


28 posted on 07/16/2021 9:57:18 AM PDT by misanthrope (Deranged, sinister, deplorable troll)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
--"Some were worried it might set the Van Allen Radiation belt on fire "

Closer to home...

“It looked as though the heavens had belched forth a new sun that flared briefly, but long enough to set the sky on fire,” according to one account in the Hilo Tribune-Herald. An accompanying electromagnetic pulse washed out radio stations, set off an emergency siren, and caused streetlights to black out in Hawaii.

29 posted on 07/16/2021 9:59:55 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: halfright

—”Wouldn’t that cause an EMP?”

It kind of looks like it?

“It looked as though the heavens had belched forth a new sun that flared briefly, but long enough to set the sky on fire,” according to one account in the Hilo Tribune-Herald. An accompanying electromagnetic pulse washed out radio stations, set off an emergency siren, and caused streetlights to black out in Hawaii.”


30 posted on 07/16/2021 10:02:42 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
In 1962 we were far less susceptible to EMP effects compared to now.
31 posted on 07/16/2021 10:04:59 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Pollard

https://archive.vn/tth6Q

Depaywall and anonimize using archive.vn

There you go. Full article, no tracking. Works on almost all paywalls as well.


32 posted on 07/16/2021 10:12:55 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: misanthrope

I did me@yousuck.com


33 posted on 07/16/2021 10:12:59 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

Just copy the URL and paste into outline.com and read the whole article. That’s what I did.


34 posted on 07/16/2021 10:29:49 AM PDT by ph_balanced
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To: Honest Nigerian
and it let me read the rest of the article.

I played softball with a cheapass leftwing lunatic who died a couple years ago. I've saved his email address for occasions just like this........LOL!

I don't miss the fool one bit but at least he was finally good for something........

He once tried to argue that communism was the perfect form of government so after that conversation, I enrolled him in every Marxist website I happened to come across.......

35 posted on 07/16/2021 10:33:24 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Once” is incorrect...
Typical crap journalism...


36 posted on 07/16/2021 11:24:58 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Pollard
Enter your email address to continue reading

trumpwon@whitehouse.gov worked for me.

37 posted on 07/16/2021 11:36:16 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Pollard
Enter your email address to continue reading

I put in something bogus and it did not follow up.

38 posted on 07/16/2021 11:48:53 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Honest Nigerian

Wow, I tried f***you@aol.com and it didn’t work. Too strong? Maybe I did it wrong.


39 posted on 07/16/2021 12:13:18 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Today

Heh let’s set off a nuclear (or nucular if you are related to George W Bush) bomb in space, just to see what happens?

Ugh, no, we might destroy the atmosphere, earth, the universe... maybe not the best idea.


40 posted on 07/16/2021 12:18:50 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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