Briefly, this guy is an idiot and a charlatan and obviously understands nothing about explosives, nuclear or otherwise.
"It was only 1800 feet away" he says over and over. Yes directly or near directly under the blast. It is not like they survived the fireball, which was 1800 feet away!
"The blast from a nuclear bomb is the result of X-ray-heated air (the fireball) sending a shock wave or pressure wave in all directions, initially at a velocity greater than the speed of sound, analogous to thunder generated by lightning. Knowledge about urban blast destruction is based largely on studies of Little Boy at Hiroshima. Nagasaki buildings suffered similar damage at similar distances, but the Nagasaki bomb detonated 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) from the city center over hilly terrain that was partially bare of buildings.
In Hiroshima, almost everything within 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) of the point directly under the explosion was completely destroyed, except for about 50 heavily reinforced, earthquake-resistant concrete buildings, only the shells of which remained standing. Most were completely gutted, with their windows, doors, sashes, and frames ripped out."
fascinating read!
I recently came across this article - http://www.zephaniah.eu/index_htm_files/Why%20Explosive%20Nuclear%20Devices%20May%20Not%20Exist.pdf
and was wondering if you would care to comment on it?
Briefly, this guy is an idiot and a charlatan and obviously understands nothing about explosives, nuclear or otherwise.
"It was only 1800 feet away" he says over and over. Yes directly or near directly under the blast. It is not like they survived the fireball, which was 1800 feet away!
"The blast from a nuclear bomb is the result of X-ray-heated air (the fireball) sending a shock wave or pressure wave in all directions, initially at a velocity greater than the speed of sound, analogous to thunder generated by lightning. Knowledge about urban blast destruction is based largely on studies of Little Boy at Hiroshima. Nagasaki buildings suffered similar damage at similar distances, but the Nagasaki bomb detonated 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) from the city center over hilly terrain that was partially bare of buildings.
In Hiroshima, almost everything within 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) of the point directly under the explosion was completely destroyed, except for about 50 heavily reinforced, earthquake-resistant concrete buildings, only the shells of which remained standing. Most were completely gutted, with their windows, doors, sashes, and frames ripped out."
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