1 Million Pound TNT Test

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A 1965 Navy test to see how ships stand up to the shockwaves from a simulated nuclear bomb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhu6Ya_bF0o
 
Why the double flash? Was it one section of explosives setting off another section of explosives?
 
Good argument to develop a new family of 'super clean' micro-nuke tactical weapons.

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Here is another video of the Operation Sailor Hat test series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3bQE2FYcKs
 
Kiloton of explosives. Test in the USSR. No subtitles, sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3TvP25Uzo
 
Kadija_Man said:
Why the double flash? Was it one section of explosives setting off another section of explosives?
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I don't think so. I think you're seeing the fireball briefly visible, then concealed by smoke or condensation from the shockwave and then becoming visible again.
 
TomS said:
Kadija_Man said:
Why the double flash? Was it one section of explosives setting off another section of explosives?
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I don't think so. I think you're seeing the fireball briefly visible, then concealed by smoke or condensation from the shockwave and then becoming visible again.
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I think it's two different camera angles playing the same blast from different views, but without much of an obvious cut. I think the first fireball is a long-distance shot, and the second one is an overhead flying camera shot, and then the third one is a closer land-based shot.
 
Kadija_Man said:
Why the double flash? Was it one section of explosives setting off another section of explosives?
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Do you mean the whitish flash?
If so, its the shockwave of the explosion - emphasised by the moisture particles in the air.

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