Humans blow up outer space

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:35 pm

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Anonymous let us know that there are some <a href="http://www.vce.com/balloonetc.html#anchor_outerspace" target="_self">interesting pictures of
bombs exploding</a>, the most interesting being this picture of a bomb...
exploding in space. I'm assuming it's nuclear, and if it's not, well,
there's not much I can do about that.<img width="300" height="299" border="0" src="http://www.vce.com/cgi-bin/Images/AtomicArt/orange.jpg" /> Pretty. No, it's not a slow news day, I just wanted to post this.

Brother None · Post by **Brother None** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:14 am

Yip, those're Hardtack tests, Hardtack was a nuclear test series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hardtack

Orange12 August, 1958
Johnston Island
3.8 megatons
Redstone missile test, 141,000 foot burst height

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:50 am

Didn't it cause some sort of EMP effect, like blacking out radios?

PsychoSniper · Post by **PsychoSniper** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:44 am

Within the area of affect underneeth the bomb blast, yes it would.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:57 am

It could have theoritcally been a Neutron class nuclear bomb, in which case there wouldn't have been any problems with electronics.

Edit: Scratch that, I apperently have my types of bombs confused. Neutron bombs rely more on immediate radiation to kill then others so are considered "Safe" in the sense that it'll leave buildings standing instead of destroying them.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:35 pm

You know, Operation Hardtack wasn't "atomic testing" so much as it was a pre-emptive strike... on aliens.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:22 pm

we all know that.

EMP bombs anyone?