Big Underground Explosion 3 - U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

[xdrewqaz]

It's not atomic explosion!

[inboundDMC]

and the 4 people later died from radiation...

[Psychedelia1969]

i didnt even notice the people at the bottom of the screen

[kawasakikx250ff]

@Psychedelia1969 haha i didnt see them either

[pixiedawg556]

Im using this video for my project lolz

[faroutadventures]

The power and the glory!!

[xmanmarkk]

where the shockwave?

[mardesubjetividade]

twin towers

[nexusvision10]

All you morons like Ozzy0sbourne and gueratomik, shut the hell up. This happened in 1960, under a complete different political climate and circumstances that are far different than the ones we find ourselves in today, meaning your comments are pretty much irrelevant.

[Ozzy0sbourne]

Yay, even more money wasted :3

[bobwatters]

if u berried a nuke under like tons of carbon do you think that when u blew it up it would make a shit load of diamonds

[AdamBoozer]

Got to love all the retarded people who comment on these underground nuclear test pretty funny.

[jerdeb4evr]

from about 0:12 on that looks alot like the twin towers collapse

[kirkmach32]

IMFG did another freakin' 9/11 conspiracy theorist find his way here

[jerdeb4evr]

To which the 9/11 realist would retort...how can an adult free thinking human being watch the destruction of the 3 World Trade Center Buildings and not wonder...How? Asked and answered..not free thinking, but rather, sheep thinking. Watch out you do not follow that tail ahead of you off the cliff.

[kirkmach32]

I think it is better put as "the 9-11 imbecile", not realist, as there is nothing realistic about rumination on that ridiculous angle.

[jerdeb4evr]

Obviously you have no experience with construction, Physics or Logic. The rumination rests with you my dear cow

[edunuke]

..if you are not happy...here is a hint:

a lower bound for the bomb depth is calculated by the amount of material required to shield 99% of the gamma rays (because those are the first ones to escape from the nuclear reaction) plus some extra depth based on more rigorous physics...so nope..no radioactive plum the one you see.

[jerdeb4evr]

"..shield 99% of Gamma Rays...." Interesting, just what type of backfill do they use to shield the gamma rays?

[edunuke]

@jerdeb4evr

I appologize I meant near 90% particle radiation. Gamma rays do escape with higher probability than particle radiation but still they used an iron ore backfill to attenuate most of them.

[jerdeb4evr]

@edunuke I worked on underground nuke weapons testing at the NTS in the modern era. That being post 70's

The idea that a 10% leak of radiation was acceptable is interesting. It also would have shut down testing long before it was. To shield out all the gamma and X radiation from a Nuclear explosion one would have to spherically surround the device with more lead than we have the ability to move. The purpose for the testing, aside from stockpile verification, was research. A whole other subject

[edunuke]

most of the radioactive yield of the bomb stayed buried underneath so radiation dosage from the underground blast from these products is minimal...all that earth blasting up is just located at the near surface and driven by the pressure wave created in the explosion.

[Omnignosis]

NEAT.

[coolhandluke2401]

Oh yeah let's just stand here while that radioactive plume is coming at us.

[spacekip38]

it´s probably not an atomic bomb.

if it would be, there would be a plume of smoke going directly into the air (and keep on rising till about 10.000-15.000 ft). i cant really see that on this vid. the plume of smoke that initially goes into the air, immediately drops back onto earth.

probably just tons of tnt or something, to check the effects of the schockwave of an nuclear bomb.

[leeraconteur]

"it´s probably not an atomic bomb."

It's a nuke, buried for the cratering program of the early 1960's. If you bury a nuke deeply enough you do not get the mach stem, fireball and mushroom cloud.

[Treblaine]

If they stay upwind they should be fine, but I'd want to have a car ready to get out of dodge if the wind changes.

[bobwatters]

radiation travels like radiowaves there not effected by wind

[Treblaine]

No, but radioactive PARTICLES are affected by the wind. You don't want them blowing onto your position where they come into direct contact or inhaled, that is the greatest danger.

In a nuclear detonation as well as tons of radioactive particles forming, prompt radiation like X-rays, Gamma rays and Neutrons are radiated though at this distance it the radiation is reduced to safe levels due to inverse-square law and atmospheric absorption.

Only the eyes would need protection.

[flattire78]

ground didn't "wave". there would have been no one standing there and there is no way that was nuclear

[cambruda]

I take that back...It actually isnt a nuclear bomb but it is a scale test to study how nukes can help with digging operations

[kirkmach32]

I'm willing to bet that all the people visible here are dead of cancer or dying of it now.

[Sumermagor]

it is shit

[powerisinourhands]

Lets make more bombs. I think its a good idea. Lets make more bombs and test more and make sure we have enough. I don't think the United States should worry about what others think. We should just take over the world. Fuck the rest of the world.

[leeraconteur]

"I don't think the United States should worry about what others think."

Other nations don't care what others think.

You think Russia, China, Iran or North Korea give a damn what others think of them?

[cambruda]

Oh they DO care...but matters is how they react to what others think. Its not a "free for all" in the world and EVERY nation knows that. However Korea is pushing it

[Treblaine]

It is a bit more complicated than that with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and how Russia might react.

But as the world's supply of nuclear weapons get older we may be forced with either further testing or abolishing them completely.

But then you have Iran and N. Korea developing nukes, India & Pakistan have them already while dozens of others are pursuing nukes, that means defying the ban is more likely than abolition.

[budakengineer]

the one that should be eliminated off from this world n universe is ISRAEL!!!!!....shit ISRAEL!!!!...

[toekneedk]

look, at the end of the day it's just a great big warning too all nations not to f**k about with nuclear weapons.. we cant put the technology back in the box so we may aswell just hope and pray that no one in power is dumb enough to press the wrong buttons for our kids and grand kids sake, using it as a big stick to shake at people who haven't got it just makes them want a bigger stick... vicious circle or what? however if we infidel godless people are a target then bomb the bastards first..

[sidespin85]

NO WAR

[gueratomik]

How my god, this iranian nuke test is such a crime ... oh, sorry, it is american ...

[leeraconteur]

Yeah, well when the US President starts making speeches that:

"Islam should be wiped off the face of the earth.:

Then you might have a valid point.

[gueratomik]

Iranian president never said Israel should be wiped off the earth. That is a mistranslation(yes, it is). Of course it is easier for western medias to show Iran as a caricature, to show Iran as the Evil on earth, that'll make an attack more justified for the public opinion, but it is not the case. Just give me the name of a single country deliberately attacked by Iran ... By the way, I went to Iran, at least I know what the country looks like, far from the caricature you built in your mind ...

[HeedleGlavin]

Wow, you're ignorant. Plenty of Iranian officials have said that Israel should be wiped off the face of the Earth. Denial is an ugly thing.

[Treblaine]

I suppose you'll say all the brutal suppression of protesters in Iran are also just another "mistranslation".

While we are at it, The Guardian newspaper which is the most left wing popular paper in the UK which has constantly opposed not only the War in Iraq but War in Afghanistan, that was one of the first newspapers to print the story of Ahmadinejad and his "wipe Israel off the face of the earth" quote.

They never retracted it.

You are just in denial.

[budakengineer]

Islam should wiped off the face of earth???...sorry, i don't think so...someday when the "day" come...u all will know...

[Valyn66]

@gueratomik Unlike the fundamentalist crazies in Iran, we've actually, you know, progressed as a society. We have tested a nuclear weapon for decades. Get with the program.

[AETrainingDavid97]

@Valyn66 The paradox of all opposing things is that we see each other the same way in many cases: Peaceful or crazy.

[BileChunk]

I saw a face in the clouds O.O

[1337overclocker]

yeah at 0:14-0:15 XD

[bobfaff]

At 0:16-0:18 I can see a young Anakin Skywalker leaning back with a white lightsaber. Highest part of cloud, right half!!!

[1337overclocker]

have u watched 2 much starwars? xD

[bobfaff]

Most likely :p

[KillerJas1]

You Starwars Fan!! :P

[CLAYTONTHEBRAIN]

i think its cool, i wish they would light off a bunch more. shoot them off like bottle rockets. 100 at a time. now that would be a great 4th of july party. praise mohamad, praise allah. stupid muslims hate us all anyway. wipe the middle east right off the map and start over. the whole world is going to shit and we are stuck in the BUSH whacker party. maybe hilary will straighten this all out. i think not its to f _ _ked up already.

[mannuny]

u sucks, idiots killing mother earth

[TeslaVoltageInfinite]

If you haven't noticed, theres nothing around. I love middle eart.. I mean mother earth, but the fallout from this is extremely low and confined and the blast radious is small.

[mrjustin5]

You know, I've never seen anything more foolish done by humankind than nuclear testing. Look at that giant cloud of deadly, highly radioactive dust. We all know the lead and mercury is very bad for the environment, especially chemicals, but does anyone realize how destructive a nuclear bomb (detonated ANYWHERE in space, below ground, at sea, on land) is?! I mean, MY GOD THIS IS UTTER MADNESS! Total disregard for mother earth who takes care of us all! NOW THIS IS "ALIEN".

[mysticalgroove]

great footage thanks for this I havent seen it before, very interesting indeed.

[JamieSteam]

Great view for the technicians in the foreground. I can just imagine them commenting; "The wind is to the north, right? We are upwind aren't we? yeah... just wanted to make sure."

[bobfaff]

hehe,yeah. That's also what my bro says when I eat vindaloo.

[1337overclocker]

hehe

[Mondbrunnen87]

u got the video when they were bombing pigs with nuclear weapons? saw this on TV

[stihlman37]

Reminds me of the pyroplastic flows on 911. Look at the way the flow except on 911 they went upwards and mushroomed out at ground level then spread just like this weird.

[mysticalgroove]

aint that the truth

[mrjustin5]

Very true! Anyone who studies explosions and the pyroplastic flows will discover that the world trade center buildings were demolished by nothing less than High Explosives and probably the structure was super heated by perhaps MicroNukes? No THEORY here everyone! Just hardcore facts and research. Use Google and Yahoo and do some research of your own. You'll be amazed. And then disgusted at our governments self inflicted "terrorism".