Daniel Rocha wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Scale
An interesting example.
This was a conventional explosion that simulated a 4.8 kt nuclear
explosion. A person observing this from a distance might have difficulty
determining whether it is nuclear or chemical. Of course if you used
radiation detection you would know. If you saw the bomb here before they
detonated it, you would see that it is made up of 4800 tons of
explosive, meaning it is chemical.
Seen from a distance, this would be an ambiguous test. I did not say
that there is no such thing as ambiguous or unclear result. I said that
some tests in some cases can produce irrefutable proof that a phenomenon
exists. A much larger explosion from a small object is proof that the
explosion is nuclear, not chemical.
- Jed
