Posted on 09/13/2004 7:15:02 PM PDT by gutshot
Board or not, that's one wave you'll be catching regardless.
My first thought was "Bin Laden..."
2.83 Because the effects of a deep underwater nuclear explosion are largely of military interest, the phenomena will be described in general terms and in less detail than for a shallow underwater burst. The following discussion is based largely on observations made at the WAHOO shot in 1958, when a nuclear weapon was detonated at a depth of 500 feet in deep water. The generation of large-scale water waves in deep underwater bursts will be considered in Chapter VI.
2.84 The spray dome formed by the WAHOO explosion rose to a height of 900 feet above the surface of the water (Fig. 2.84a). Shortly after the maximum height was attained, the hot gas and steam bubble burst through the dome, throwing out a plume with jets in all directions; the highest jets reached an elevation of 1,700 feet (Fig. 2.84b). There was no airborne radioactive cloud, such as was observed in the shallow underwater BAKER shot. The collapse of the plume created a visible base surge extending out to a distance of over 2½ miles downwind and reaching a maximum height of about 1,000 feet (Fig. 2.84c). This base surge traveled outward at an initial speed of nearly 75 miles per hour, but decreased within 10 seconds to less than 20 miles per hour.
. Spray dome observed 5.3 second after the explosion in deep water.
Plume observed 11.7 seconds after explosion in deep water.
Formation of base surge at 45 seconds after explosion in deep water
And there's also the shallow water Baker Shot at Bikini Atol, 90' depth.
thanks for references,,
Kudos to yer Pop for going the extra mile when such was needed....
Stay safe !
unbelievable pics.
He actually had a helmet of some kind and stickers for our windows and a list of things to do when the bomb hit,,we were convinced that we were a target because of the oil refinery, this was in the forties and exxon was then Standard Oil or ESSO and there were huge refineries in Baton Rouge. Later I found out everyone everywhere thought they were on the list to be bombed.
This is teriffic! My niece and her 2 children just moved to Georgia.
Somebody tell me why they would want to leave the thing there while it's emitting radiation ..??
I'm assuming it's not armed .. but even if it's not .. what is the danger in leaving it where it is ..??
Warm sea water and aluminum don't tolerate each other very well. The aluminum would be chalk in a decade.
wow
Government contracts?
I think they are more concerned of disturbing it because the TNT itself is old. when it decays, (assuming the outer shell hasn't leaked) the Nitro glycerin starts leaching out, "sweating". that stuff is very unstable in that form, and can go off with the slightest vibration.
It's not the risk of it going nuclear they are worried about, it's the risk of it exploding and scattering uranium all over the place, making a big environmental hazard zone. they would prefer to let it sit there until the casing corrodes and leaks, the water will then dilute the tnt and render it safe. Then they can remove the core safely.
Why so long and so dam much money.
Government contracts?
Dam Haliburton
If it were up to me I would take a little radiation in the water as opposed to a big ole boom in the atmosphere altho maybe it would be a little bomb with diry stuff emitting out. Some things ought to be left alone. Just my opinionand I spent the nite in a Holiday Inn two nites ago.
That picture never shows the writing on the bomb. In big white letters written by hand, it says "Have a Nice Day".
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