• A_A@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      Big hydrogen bombs :

      … a study from 1963 suggested that, if detonated 28 miles (45 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth, a 10,000-megaton weapon could set fires over an area 500 miles (800 kilometers) in diameter.

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    18 hours ago

    The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About

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    an insane weapon that i have heard about

    anyway teller just wanted to make biggest boom possible and had a bad habit (for a scientist) of clinging to his original idea even when it was proven unworkable. “just make it bigger, then it’ll work” it never worked and never could. he also stole credit from ulam and was personal enemy of oppenheimer