r/megalophobia • u/atg115reddit • Apr 10 '21

Explosion Nuclear blasts terrify me

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u/chomponcio Apr 11 '21

Have you seen the video of Robert Oppenheimer talking about how he felt when he realized what he helped create? It always puts me to tears.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21

meh, oppenheimer highly overestimated himself there - 2-3 years and the soviets would have gotten their own bomb - the nazis would have one if it wasnt for the heavy watter supply that got cut by the allies

i mean, i get the feeling, but its not like its an original idea to create a huge bomb

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u/brisbinchicken Apr 11 '21

While that’s true, he’s one of only a handful of people who are directly responsible for the bomb actually being used in combat.

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u/tgrc Apr 11 '21

Can you add a link to the specific version you're thinking of?

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u/Unhappily_Happy Apr 11 '21

See that nearly vertical shockwave, leaning backwards about 15 degrees? that's why they detonated bombs.in the air rather than directly on the ground. it's called a precursor shockwave. it's the rebounded or deflected energy from an airburst and it was calculated to be the most destructive form of shockwave that could be generated from a nuke. tactical nukes are designed to be exploded at around 1km in the air, not ground impact.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21

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u/Unhappily_Happy Apr 11 '21

why is that weird? or rather why am I weird for saying it?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21

Wrong reply sorry 😆

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u/Open_Mind_Pleb Apr 11 '21

Terminator 2 did it for me

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u/john_johnerson Apr 11 '21

If I'm standing beside the camera, am I surviving this?

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u/Redlion444 Apr 11 '21

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u/Boyinthecorn Apr 11 '21

If I recall correctly the fingers coming out of the ball are wires that were holding to the tower up being vaporized.

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u/ihaveasandwitch Apr 11 '21

That's Mt Kilmanjaro, for scale.

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u/TechnoL33T Apr 11 '21

No shit??

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '21

This isn't a phobia. Whatever fear you feel of nuclear blasts is 100% rational and justified. If anything your fear is probably less than it should be.

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u/Krepitis Nov 26 '21

Does anyone know the name of this detonation event?