To: Campion
The biggest bomb the US ever set off was the Castle Bravo shot in 1954, 15 megatons -- 60 times bigger than Lil Kim's bomb. We set off a bunch in the 2 to 10 megaton range. Sure... but how many of these were set off in the water? Castle Bravo was on Namu Island, no?
To: hecticskeptic
We also did several in water. No appreciable change in effect.
The biggest concern is radiation in the upper atmosphere.
51 posted on
09/22/2017 7:04:25 AM PDT by
hoagy62
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To: hecticskeptic
but how many of these were set off in the water Lots of them were set off from barges. Setting them off on islands tended to cause the islands to go missing.
69 posted on
09/22/2017 9:04:53 AM PDT by
Campion
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