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For a list based on power or death toll see largest artificial non-nuclear explosions or the explosions section of list of accidents and disasters by death toll. This list also contains notable explosions that would not qualify for the articles mentioned above and is more detailed, especially for the latest centuries.
Determining the power of explosions is difficult, but this was probably the largest planned explosion in history until the 1945 Trinity atomic weapon test, and the largest non-nuclear planned explosion until the 1947 British Heligoland detonation (below). The Messines mines detonation killed more people than any other non-nuclear deliberate ...
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As a result, Shastri announced that India would pursue the capability of what it called "peaceful nuclear explosions" that could be weaponized in the future. [27] India first tested a nuclear device in 1974 (code-named "Smiling Buddha"), under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as a peaceful nuclear explosion.
Peaceful nuclear explosions (1 C, 14 P) Explosion protection (1 C, 28 P) S. Supernovae (5 C, 264 P) ... Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions + List of explosions; B.
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RAF Fauld explosion, UK underground munitions storage depot in 1944, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history; SS John Burke, a Liberty ship carrying ammunition, was hit by a kamikaze pilot and disintegrated in an enormous explosion on December 28, 1944.
Date Location Dead/injured Details References 1884 to present New Straitsville, Ohio: ... List of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions; References