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yuiyoshida

(45,656 posts) Tue Jul 17, 2018, 11:53 AM Jul 2018

If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb In The Marianas Trench (Just Fantasy, not science!)

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If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb In The Marianas Trench (Just Fantasy, not science!) (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jul 2018 OP

Magnitude 12? unthinkable rurallib Jul 2018 #1

Seems to be a lot more science at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/15/ Bearware Jul 2018 #2

It's just silly. I was amused at the putative half life of uranium though. NNadir Jul 2018 #3

I found it quite interesting. byronius Jul 2018 #4

So why didn't it cause as much havoc when they did that test detonation decades cstanleytech Jul 2018 #5

Ok. I'll vote against trying that struggle4progress Jul 2018 #6

rurallib

(64,833 posts)

1. Magnitude 12? unthinkable

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:02 PM

Jul 2018

Well that was a enough to scare the crap out of me.

Bearware

(151 posts)

2. Seems to be a lot more science at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/15/

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 08:11 PM

Jul 2018

This video needs vastly more explosive energy than the tiny Tsar Bomba.

NNadir

(38,540 posts)

3. It's just silly. I was amused at the putative half life of uranium though.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 09:14 PM

Jul 2018

In my opinion, this would be better in the Lounge.

byronius

(8,017 posts)

4. I found it quite interesting.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:25 PM

Jul 2018

cstanleytech

(28,594 posts)

5. So why didn't it cause as much havoc when they did that test detonation decades

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2018, 07:45 AM

Jul 2018

ago?

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

6. Ok. I'll vote against trying that

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jul 21, 2018, 08:12 AM

Jul 2018

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