• Question: do you like explosions

    Asked by jaysterhols to Adam on 15 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Adam Tuff answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      I do (maybe because I’m a nuclear physicist?), in fact the biggest man-made explosion was a nuclear bomb called Tsar Bomba (“King of Bombs” in Russian). Only one was ever made for a test, and the fireball it created was over 5 miles wide. If it had been dropped on the ground, it would have destroyed everything within 22 miles of the point where it would have hit the ground. Luckily it was never needed for a war – but I think it is incredible we can build a tiny thing that can create so much energy.

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