Nuclear Explosions. Trinity and Beyond. Full HD.

Video by www.AtomCentral.com

A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an intentionally high-speed nuclear reaction. The driving reaction may be nuclear fission, nuclear fusion or a multistage cascading combination of the two, though to date all fusion based weapons have used a fission device to initiate fusion, and a pure fusion weapon remains a hypothetical device.

Atmospheric nuclear explosions are associated with mushroom clouds, although mushroom clouds can occur with large chemical explosions, and it is possible to have an air-burst nuclear explosion without these clouds. Nuclear explosions produce radiation and radioactive debris.

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[tbrew222]

Wonder what it would look like in space...

[Alberto Forlai]

These are only dangerous shock for the nature in which we are living

[niklasmayrhofer]

wer filmt das

[LinusLeoMusic]

nope, both are waves traveling through the air,so exact same speed

[kinq lucky]

This is messed up, but I love the smoke to rings

[blackhawk122ss]

Humans are evil xD

[FarZeroDark]

Sound is a much way faster than a blast wave

[Airsofter6120]

Nice video!

[l8tbraker]

The blast wave (or shock wave as I prefer to call it) and the sound are moving at the same speed, i.e., the speed of sound. Be aware that most of these films are slowed down with respect to actual speed, and that most have the sound dubbed in to coincide with the initial explosion. I can send you a link to a "real" film (taken by TV camera) if you like. Or you can google "nuclear weapon blast effects".