Posted on 01/29/2011 10:27:03 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Israel conducted a massive controlled explosion to calibrate instruments at seismic monitoring stations worldwide, officials said. Using 100 tons of explosives, The Geophysical Institute of Israel conducted the explosion at a site in the Negev on Wednesday.
It registered 2.7 on the Richter scale, and created a mushroom cloud that reached the height of up to 1.78 miles, or three kilometers, Haaretz reported Thursday.
Local scientists and scientists from the U.S. and France as well as journalists observed the blast.
Dr. Rami Hofstetter, head of seismology at the Geophysical Institute told the newspaper the experiment was important to study how seismic waves travel.
Testing stations located in countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, all members of the International Monitoring System, were able to measure the explosion, the newspaper said.
Stations in Africa, North America, South America, Asia and Europe provide data about nuclear tests that have not been reported to the United Nations or the international community, Haaretz said
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That may be useful against the new Egyptian regime.
That’s...odd.
I’m afraid this won’t be the last measurable explosion from the Middle East.
Another ‘bump’ to the jetstream, trying to see if they can readjust it?
Before the test at the Trinity in July 1945, there was a pretest of 110 tons of TNT. This was used to calibrtate for the actual test.
Useless without video.
“Mushroom-shaped cloud”, possibly visible in Egypt, Gaza, Palestinian territories, Jordan?
Sure beats Western Union as a way to deliver a message.
I wonder if Israel is just making sure that if a missile is launched they’ll know it. Or if a muslim farts.
Hmmmm....
By accident on Iran?
So, they’re testing their equipment for when they blow all the arab nations to hell?
Seriously, this is serious. Israel will use the nuke if that’s what it takes. And who can blame them when they know the mussies would certainly use one if they had it.
The Israeli test did use 100 tons of TNT. It is similar to what happened in July 1945.
100 tons of TNT were set off at Trinity to calibrate the instruments for “The Gadget”...
Something was definitely being calibrated, maybe not just seismic monitoring stations however.
Actually it was 108 tons of TNT
I believe you.
I believe you.
Before you go hunting or off to war, it is wise to stop by a range and make sure that your weaponry is in proper order, otherwise you might find yourself being the one who brought a dud to a nuke fight.
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