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MSG Reid Zohfeld
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Remember those sounds are from ground test
That being said today’s nuclear weapons don’t explode on the ground They detonated about 11000 ft above ground and have a different sound and the cloud is white
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SPC Erich Guenther
SPC Erich Guenther
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I am curious on your answer, have they shifted the design of Nuclear weapons to be primarily air burst now? When I was in the Army, they taught that the general strategy would be first an EMP blast at altitude to get rid of the electronics, followed by ground detonations of first critical military targets probably followed by civilian cities. I would suspect the Chinese probably have gone down the road of research on Neutron or enhanced radiation warheads since we banned them in the United States and it would seem more advantageous to China to invade and hold land after an attack vs just attack and stay put. I never heard that they shifted to primarily air burst warheads though.
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MSG Reid Zohfeld
MSG Reid Zohfeld
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The biggest reason for air burst is less airborne radiation contamination
The second is farther destruction
A ground burst is mainly in the general area with a dirty cloud which carries more radiation and less damage
I was in the military for over 3 decades One thing I know is never think we don’t have
The MOHAB does the same destruction as a 10k nuclear weapon with out the radiation It as creates EMP
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