And who knows if a primary-only detonation is an unintended fizzle or a "signal".
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The real unknown here is the serviceman question. I'd like to think that if you looked at detonations side by side, you can tell, even without a scale reference, that .5 kt is pretty small for a nuke.
Here is .2 kt for reference — you can see how short the flash is, how quickly it moves compares to much of the nuke footage people are used to seeing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewmHE7nmu48 …
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But 5 and 50 kt are probably firmly enough in "definitely a rather large nuke" category that I don't know how easily people would distinguish intuitively under non-experimental conditions (e.g. without knowing the range first, or keeping track of the time, etc.).
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My understanding is that about 70-100kt+ is when the double flash starts being visible to naked eye.
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Guys. A bunch of soldiers (or any other random bunch of people), with or without traning, are going to OMG IT'S A NUKE! I'M GONNA DIE! Those differences in flash time are hard to see on film as I sit in my comfortable office.
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I keep swearing to myself that I’m going to mute this thread BUT I CAN’T ESCAPE. “Men in ties arguing troops measuring the size of mushroom clouds”
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Fully admit we’re deep into nuke wonk trainspotting territory here, not variables that are really going to matter.
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I suggest that if your nuclear signaling idea requires you to consider whethet it’s cloudy or if the troops you’re bombing have been issued mushroom cloud protractors, it’s a bad idea
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Tired: “mushroom cloud protractor” is my new band name!
Wired: HOLY FUCK SOMEONE MADE A NUC-TRACTOR ALREADY!pic.twitter.com/kOP7Zr7e8G
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Wasn't Yuma a fizzle though?
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Unless it was just the primary, and the whole fusion bit didn't happen.
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It was a boosted device that didn't boost. What you're seeing is just fission.
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Ah, that makes sense!
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The flash is short. That whole light speed thing and all, but the radiation still there. Some Red Wing Shots were low yield but still HOT, because of the amount of debris, like coral they excavated. Tactical
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Roger Zelazny’s far-future characters in LORD OF LIGHT refer to nukes as “the tall man with the wide hat.” Seeing this film, name is apt.
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