1,000 times more powerful than Hiroshima: The terrifying math error behind America's largest nuclear

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1,000 times more powerful than Hiroshima: The terrifying math error behind America's largest nuclear blast

In 1954, a routine scientific test in the Pacific Ocean turned into the worst radiological disaster in American history due to a catastrophic miscalculation. Operation Castle Bravo was engineered to produce a five-megaton explosion, but it unexpectedly erupted with a fifteen-megaton force that vaporized entire islands and sent radioactive ash raining down on unsuspecting fishermen and islanders. From the strange "fizzle" of the tiny Yuma device to the apocalyptic fireball that rose 130,000 feet into the atmosphere, this footage reveals the high-stakes era when Cold War scientists pushed the boundaries of physics with unpredictable and often tragic results.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/1-000-times-more-powerful-than-hiroshima-the-terrifying-math-error-behind-america-s-largest-nuclear-blast/vi-AA1SY30o?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=694e7c718e1b4a88b4cf6c204a26f5e2&ei=172

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1,000 times more powerful than Hiroshima: The terrifying math error behind America's largest nuclear blast

In 1954, a routine scientific test in the Pacific Ocean turned into the worst radiological disaster in American history due to a catastrophic miscalculation. Operation Castle Bravo was engineered to produce a five-megaton explosion, but it unexpectedly erupted with a 15-megaton force that vaporized entire islands and sent radioactive ash raining down on unsuspecting fishermen and islanders. From the strange "fizzle" of the tiny Yuma device to the apocalyptic fireball that rose 130,000 feet into the atmosphere, this footage reveals the high-stakes era when Cold War scientists pushed the boundaries of physics with unpredictable and often tragic results.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/1-000-times-more-powerful-than-hiroshima-the-terrifying-math-error-behind-america-s-largest-nuclear-blast/vi-AA1SY30o?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=694e7c718e1b4a88b4cf6c204a26f5e2&ei=172

Then there was the Russian 50-megaton test ...