Posted on 07/18/2026 7:56:02 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...
It's like the usual EQ reports for the Mt. Saint Helens location... nothing to see there just move along.
That's their default if they don't actually know.
Did you actually fire a nuclear weapon? What units was that 500,000 ___ of TNT? Pounds? Kilotons?
“Did you actually fire a nuclear weapon? What units was that 500,000 ___ of TNT? Pounds? Kilotons?”
It was a storage igloo design testing with donor igloo size was 10ft high x 20ft wide x 40ft long. The donor was filled with Comp B explosives.
The blast was equivalent to 500,000 pounds of TNT. All blasts, including nuclear blasts are measured to equivalent to TNT pounds. So a 1 Megaton nuclear bomb blast has the equivalent of 1 million tons of TNT.
At this point, even if they had a crude device...they wouldn’t waste the material on a test. They would use it, even if they have to smuggle it over the border. IRGC is kinda pissed off right now, and it’s only going to get worse for them.
I think you’re right.
and I bet they already have a crude device.
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