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To: janetjanet998

Are our seismic detectors sensitive enough to distinguish between a small underground nuclear explosion and large underground conventional explosion? It seems like 10-20,000 tons of TNT would make quite a rumble.


20 posted on 04/12/2017 3:44:41 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: RC one

The waveform for a nuke is shaped differently than for a conventional blast of comparable yield.


81 posted on 04/12/2017 9:20:14 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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