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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by djtriptych on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @11:28PM (#20291516)
If totally do it if it were even close to safe. Is a small yield blast dangerous from 75 miles?
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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by arethuza on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:45AM (#20292731)
You can use Nukemap to work that out:

https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

I think it would be perfectly safe - though you probably don't want to live directly downwind:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwinders

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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 27, 2019 @05:09AM (#20292832)
Same here. While I sincerely hope nuclear weapons will never again be used against humans, I dream to be able to see a real nuclear detonation with my own eyes, from as close as safely possible.
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