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Related: About this forumIf 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
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So why didn't it cause as much havoc when they did that test detonation decades
cstanleytech
Jul 2018
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rurallib
(64,607 posts)1. Magnitude 12? unthinkable
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/
This video needs vastly more explosive energy than the tiny Tsar Bomba.
NNadir
(37,528 posts)3. It's just silly. I was amused at the putative half life of uranium though.
In my opinion, this would be better in the Lounge.
byronius
(7,938 posts)4. I found it quite interesting.
cstanleytech
(28,305 posts)5. So why didn't it cause as much havoc when they did that test detonation decades
ago?
struggle4progress
(125,677 posts)6. Ok. I'll vote against trying that
