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The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you prefer to read: https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-nuclear-bom

[–] A_A 2 points 2 days ago

Big hydrogen bombs :

... a study from 1963 suggested that, if detonated 28 miles (45 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth, a 10,000-megaton weapon could set fires over an area 500 miles (800 kilometers) in diameter.