http://www.amusingplanet.com/2008/07/how-to-watch-nuclear-explosion.html
Harry On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
