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A comment on Radioactive Hulk of Carrier USS Independence Found Off San Francisco (2015). Parent comment

Re:Radioactive Hulk of Carrier USS Independence Found Off Sa... by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @05:26PM (#19894685)
> So, we exploded a nuclear bomb, just to see what would happen to a bunch of ships (I guess since, it was quite the mystery)

Why the skepticism? Nuclear physics is enormously complicated, and without testing bombs we would have ridiculously imprecise and flat out wrong guesses about the effects.

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Re:Radioactive Hulk of Carrier USS Independence Found Off Sa... by falsedan on Sunday May 12, 2019 @06:43PM (#19895076)
They tested a bunch of bombs before this; there was significant information about the blast effects and radiation available.

The truly dumb thing is attempting experimental decontamination in the middle of a major waterway in a metropolitan area.

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