Nuclear Explosions. Trinity and Beyond. Full HD.

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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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[skate96production]

smart question.

[bijibadness]

we as a species really are stupid if nuclear arms were inevitable. i'm glad my side got it first, but to actually use them twice on civilian centers?? well, to the victor go the spoiled notion of validity of actions....with tens of thousands of people instantly powder and thousands more wiped out in the fallout and radiation. when generations disappear off the planet forever in an instant, its unconscionable anyone would use these on anybody. there's WAR, and then HOLOCAUST. god forgive us all.

[bijibadness]

this shit sure makes you feel small. shit makes GOD feel small. there really is no limit to what we can do... but that we spend our ingenuity on wiping entire bodies of people right out of existence is an unspeakable human tragedy. nobody will ever convince me there's EVER a good reason to use this sort of weapon on humans. go blast an asteroid threatening our planet or something. it only takes one fucked up raggedy-ass terrorist... then those things could all start popping off in "retaliation".

[l8tbraker]

In 1996 dollars the whole shebang cost $20 billion. For contrast, All tanks — $64 billion. The total cost to the United States for World War II was approximately $3.3 trillion. A few billion here, a few billion there, it adds up. Source: Brookings Institute.

[sweether241]

why are we testing this one our planet?

[MCSPT117]

They actually spent $2B per year on the project.

[shad doty]

they spend 2 billion dollars just on trinity that stuff is the least of their concern