A remastered version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNx67QjUHxU
2013/2/17 Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> > That explosion is way, way too small. It look like to have at most > 1kt-2kt. That meteor exploded with 500x that energy. > > It should be something like this: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvW0N-cFexM > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2fSMJkMK5M > > > > > > 2013/2/17 Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> > >> A comparable nuclear blast >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paCUhiUxxIw >> >> Seems the spectators found it thrilling. >> >> harry >> >> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: >> > Resend with this addition: NASA says meteor was "nuclear-like" in its >> > intensity. Maybe they know something. >> > >> > >> http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/15/16969092-nuclear-like-in-its-i >> > ntensity-russian-meteor-blast-is-the-largest-since-1908?lite >> > >> > >> > >> > Ed, >> > >> > Near the end of the video at 26-27 seconds - where the slow motion >> starts - >> > a pointed object can be seen barreling into the meteor - following >> which, it >> > explodes. That object is a little too "perfect" to be believed, but it >> is >> > intriguing if not faked. >> > >> > This is consistent with an air launched ABM which generally have small >> > nuclear warheads (briefcase size). This would account for the rapid >> > acceleration of debris following the explosion. An ABM missile >> developed in >> > the USA called "Sprint" was reported to have achieved 21,000 mph at high >> > altitude. That missile had an official speed of mach 10 in the lower >> > atmosphere and was nuclear tipped. >> > >> > Consequently - this high speed is within the realm of "common sense" >> for a >> > ABM launched from a high altitude interceptor. Plus this region where >> the >> > incident occurred is the most secret and sensitive in all of Russia - >> it is >> > their Oak Ridge and Hanford. That would explain why an interceptor would >> > have been operational at this time. It could have been a precaution >> against >> > the other, larger meteorite. >> > >> > BTW, that Sprint missile was early 1990s - twenty years old and yet it >> could >> > conceivably have "shot down" (nuked) a meteorite in some circumstance - >> if >> > one is not concerned about the repercussions and radioactivity. >> Consequently >> > - it is remotely possible the Russians have am ABM which is fast enough >> - at >> > least when launched at high altitude; and that they would be willing to >> use >> > it to protect a very sensitive region. >> > >> > The most likely explanation, of course, is that the video was faked. >> > >> > But that explanation lacks the drama of a "shoot down" and after all, >> there >> > was a Military Officer quoted as saying "we shot it down"... within >> hours of >> > the incident... but that quote was not from Pravda - closer to the >> Russian >> > equivalent of Fox. >> > >> > >> > From: Edmund Storms >> > >> > >> > What is so unusual about this video? The meteor >> exploded, >> > which sent fragments in all directions, including straight ahead as the >> > video shows. As for shooting down an object slowing from 17000 mph in >> the >> > atmosphere, where is the common sense? >> > >> > Ed >> > On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Jones Beene wrote: >> > >> > >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-octPHs9gcs&feature=player_embedded#t=0s >> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-octPHs9gcs&feature=player_embedded> >> > >> > >> > NASA failed to mention the surprising activity that >> seems to >> > show up in this Russian video, in slo-mo. >> > >> > The video could have been altered - with the addition >> of a >> > fast moving object that seems to impact with the object to make it >> explode >> > (at about 27 seconds). >> > >> > Since the original story of a missile shoot-down came >> from >> > Russian military, why not give it some credence? >> >> > > > -- > Daniel Rocha - RJ > danieldi...@gmail.com > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
