The world has gone over sixty years without another detonation of a nuclear weapon in warfare.
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While Obama dithers, let us consider the effects of a nuclear detonation in downtown Washington.
Over time it eats away at the stabilising compounds—especially in hot weather—until spontaneous detonation occurs.
While immediate and direct deaths from an EMP detonation would be minimal, associated long term mortality would be very high.
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One Navy engineer gave a presentation detailing the nine months he spent hacking insurgent bombs, jamming their radio frequencies to prevent detonation.
It said in a message to police that a detonation had been planned but called off, because too many people were nearby.
What is more, Iran has test-launched ballistic missiles off of ships and flown another, the Shahab-3, that simulated a detonation at apogee.
One of the cargoes was described as dual-use explosives and detonation cord.
The first was the detonation of five nuclear bombs in May 1998.
The seismic waves precipitated by the latest detonation seem likely to rattle more than the windows and members of the UN Security Council.
It was not clear what the detonation device was, but the charges against Dzhokhar say he was using a cellphone moments before the blasts.
Whether your aim is nuclear extortion or actual detonation, diplomacy or doomsday, the bomb is on the verge of becoming a staple item in the authoritarian arsenal.
Likewise, accelerated decay could lead to the detonation of our nuclear weapons, and cause injuries and death to people undergoing radioactive treatments in hospitals.
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In February, the country conducted its third underground detonation of a nuclear device, possibly using enriched uranium rather than the plutonium employed in previous tests.
On April 28, US soldiers in Iraq discovered detonation wires across the street from the newly built Huda Girls' school in Tarmiya, north of Baghdad.
The detonation of a parked car loaded with explosives in the sprawling Shiite district of Sadr City heralded the start of the attacks late Sunday morning.
This is where the skills of the bomb makers come in, for such symmetrical implosions are the key to the successful detonation of an atomic bomb.
What is more, Iran has already test-launched ballistic missiles off of ships and launched another, the Shahab-3, in a manner that seemed to simulate a detonation at apogee.
He left the defense industry, and went on to invent the Mylar balloon, an improved version of Liquid Paper, and Kinepak, a kind of explosive that reduces the risk of accidental detonation.
Military planners understand the vulnerability of the grid to upset, but have been more concerned with man-made threats such as the electromagnetic pulse that would be generated by a high-altitude nuclear detonation.
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They have long since outlived their design life and for at least 18 years none of them has been tested in an operationally realistic way (that is, with an underground nuclear detonation).
One could be forgiven for thinking that the detonation of two "improvised explosive devices" equipped with toxic chemical agents would be seen as confirmation that there are still Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq.
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