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Re:Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Viet... by saagarjha on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @07:36PM (#22951350)
The planes were probably too small and far away to set off the detectors.
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Re:Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Viet... by morder on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:28PM (#22952555)
I think then statement was "wouldn't the planes have detected the solar storm" vs "wouldn't the planes have set them off"
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Re:Did a Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Viet... by senectus1 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:22PM (#22951915)
also the output is an order of magnitude lower than a decent solar storm from that raging ball of hate that we circle...
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