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  2. Blast injury - Wikipedia

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    A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. [1] Blast injuries occur with the detonation of high-order explosives as well as the deflagration of low order explosives. These injuries are compounded when the explosion occurs in a confined space.

  3. Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    On 2 April 1916, an explosion blew through the gunpowder mill at Uplees, near Faversham, Kent, when 200 tons of TNT ignited. 105 people died in the explosion. The munitions factory was next to the Thames estuary , and the explosion was heard across the estuary as far away as Norwich , Great Yarmouth , and Southend-on-Sea , where domestic ...

  4. 2002 Lagos armoury explosion - Wikipedia

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    The Lagos armoury explosion was the accidental detonation of a large stock of high explosives at a military storage facility in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, on 27 January 2002. The fires created by the debris from this explosion burnt down a large section of Northern Lagos, and created a panic that spread to other areas.

  5. High explosive nuclear effects testing - Wikipedia

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    Measure blast effects, including outgoing shock and blast waves and various ground effects. Edwards AF Base Edwards AF Base 18 Aug 1960 Edwards Air Force Base, California United States 10,000 3 TNT Airburst/Tower 0 - 13.5 Increase the scope and reliability of the scaling factor for damage to military vehicles from sub-kiloton yields. Blowdown ...

  6. Nuclear electromagnetic pulse - Wikipedia

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    In July 1962, the US carried out the Starfish Prime test, exploding a 1.44 Mt (6.0 PJ) bomb 400 kilometres (250 mi; 1,300,000 ft) above the mid-Pacific Ocean.This demonstrated that the effects of a high-altitude nuclear explosion were much larger than had been previously calculated.

  7. Rope trick effect - Wikipedia

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    In the initial microseconds after the explosion, a fireball is formed around the bomb by the massive numbers of thermal x-rays released by the explosion process. These x-rays cannot travel very far in standard atmosphere before reacting with molecules in the air , so the result is a fireball that rapidly forms within about 10 metres (33 ft) in ...

  8. High-altitude nuclear explosion - Wikipedia

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    The visual effects of a high-altitude or space-based explosion may last longer than atmospheric tests, sometimes in excess of 30 minutes. Heat from the Bluegill Triple Prime shot, at an altitude of 50 kilometers (31 miles), was felt by personnel on the ground at Johnston Atoll , and this test caused retina burns to two personnel at ground zero ...

  9. Underground nuclear weapons testing - Wikipedia

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    The test was designed as a scaled-down investigation of the effects of a 23-kiloton ground-penetrating gun-type fission weapon that was then being considered for use as a cratering and bunker-buster weapon. [13] The explosion resulted in a cloud that rose to 11,500 ft (3,500 m), and deposited fallout to the north and north-northeast. [14]