The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
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The nuclear option: Scientists reveal how atomic blasts could save Earth from asteroids
If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...
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Did a nuclear explosion really launch a manhole cover into space?
In 1957, scientists detonated a nuclear bomb under the Nevada desert — and launched a steel manhole cover at unimaginable speed. Some say it reached space, beating Sputnik by months. This video ...
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This Is How Nuclear Weapon Detection Could Work in Space
NASA visualization showing a cross-section of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific ...
Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.
On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...
When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s ...
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