Reading it, to roughly summarize the power of that nuke that
Nobel Peace Prize winner Sakharov designed.
If it Xploded in Jacksonville, FL, windows would be shattered
in NYC and Chicago, and Atlanta would be flat land. LA would
be OK <G>. Geez. No wonder Sakharov spent all his life
fighting for peace after designing that weapon.
"A shock wave in air was observed at Dickson settlement at 700
km; windowpanes were partially broken to distances of 900 km.
All buildings in Severny (both wooden and brick), at a distance
of 55 km, were completely destroyed. In districts hundreds of
kilometers from ground zero, wooden houses were destroyed, and
stone ones lost their roofs, windows and doors; and radio
communications were interrupted for almost one hour. The
atmospheric disturbance generated by the explosion orbited the
earth three times. A gigantic mushroom cloud rose as high as 64
kilometers (210,000 ft)"
Some controversy in that 1975 decision <g>
Now that the Cold War, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the power of these weapons are long forgotten, Shrub's escalation of
global tensions was especially dangerous. He was dumb.
Luckily, not dumb enough to use 'em nukes. We have a few
birds like that. |
