Nuclear Weapon Exploding in Space! Amazing!

A nuclear warhead is detonated above the atmosphere. A circular shockwave can be seen coming off the explosion pretty rapidly. It creates an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) which can cause damage to power and electronic devices. Im not sure what test it is, probably Operation Dominic I: Starfish Prime, the one which blocked the power supply in Hawii.

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• nuke
• bomb
• space
• test
• EMP

[UK82]

Goku doing a spirit bomb?

[brainstormnl]

how many generations have had cancer from this kinda experiments

[CaptiveMonkey]

@w0mblemania good point, but also you don't see many penguins with aerosols or fridges either ;)

[w0mblemania]

@CaptiveMonkey Hawaii is a very, very long way from Antarctica...

[CaptiveMonkey]

I wonder if this had any effect on the hole in the ozone layer?

[puncheex]

@BrodyLuv2: There is no connection between testing of nuclear weapons in space and global warming. More formally, if you think there is some such connection, could tyou put forward your evidence? I'd be interested to learn I am mistaken.

[BrodyLuv2]

@puncheex

Between what?

[puncheex]

@Croopy001: Good question !!.

[puncheex]

@nils4545: No. No reports of such damage from the tests in the Pacific except for ionospheric disruptions, no equipment destruction as far as I know. The Soviets managed to burn a power plant in Khazakhstan from EMP; that's the worst that has happened, as far as I've been able to find out.

[puncheex]

@larspallesen: It's pretty likely most of it wound up back on Earth, very thinly scattered all over. Since it didn't pick up dirt and stuff from the ground, it was probably pretty clean for a nuke.

[puncheex]

@BrodyLuv2: No connection.