Originally posted by Bedlam
Originally posted by gariac
So did they have a geiger counter?
WE had them, afaik, the civilians on the fence did not, or they would have been less mystified as to what happened to them. The nature of the test was
that gamma radiation was going to be the major product, we just weren't quite expecting the amount we got.
To say they got nuked is the kind of statement that needs instrumentation to back up. You don't suddenly get gamma rays from a government base.
In this case, you sure did. It was one of those Castle Bravo level whoopsies.
Often nuclear stories are spread as disinformation, i.e. to keep the looky-loos away.
In this case, it's not widely known. The guys that got remmed posted a nice web page about the "mystery" of their crapped out computers, fogged film,
health issues and whatnot. It's going to be interesting in a sort of minor way to see how it works out for them over time.
Enough gammas to cause acute radiation sickness some---what? 25 miles out---is one Insane Clown Posse level of whoopsie!
Seems better/worse than Sam Cohen's bomb.
Hypothetically, can The Phaser Bank say sterilize a particularly unfriendly uranium enrichment plant and be plausibly denied in media accounts as a
"criticality accident"? Obviously no transuranic actinides, but to prove it, they'd have to open up exactly what they don't want to.
Attack would have to be during working hours---daytime deployment a problem?
I guess we don't have to worry about anybody's BW program any more either.
Does it have any useful effect on ballistic missile RV's? Sufficiently aimable? range?
Does it have any useful effect on incoming carriers dropping off an army of Klingon Stormtroopers?
The CTBT says only in Article I:
1. Each State Party undertakes not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, and to prohibit and prevent any such
nuclear explosion at any place under its jurisdiction or control.
2. Each State Party undertakes, furthermore, to refrain from causing, encouraging, or in any way participating in the carrying out of any nuclear
weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion.
I didn't see any clarifying definitions.
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