Q: What is a high-altitude nuclear explosion? A: A high-altitude nuclear explosion is a nuclear detonation in space, occurring above the earth’s atmosphere, at altitudes of roughly 18 miles or ...

A 110-kiloton nuclear explosion at 400km altitude would immediately jeopardize approximately ... Beyond the immediate damages are the prolonged radiation hazards. High-yield detonations could create ...

On July 9, 1962, the U.S. conducted one of its last high-altitude tests of a nuclear weapon on Johnston atoll in the ... I’ve since learned that the explosion that I witnessed was called Starfish ...

That was Starfish Prime — the highest-altitude nuclear test ... a 1.4 megaton bomb from Johnston Island. And detonated it 400 km above the Pacific — about as high as where the International ...

Primarily, Vulcan was intended as a high-altitude bomber capable of carrying nuclear bombs ... advantage with its capability of carrying heavy bomb loads over large distances during the Cold ...

A third-stage failure resulted in a nuclear detonation at a lower altitude than planned, but the explosion seven minutes later was high enough to partially confirm the Christofilos effect.

Q: What is a high-altitude nuclear explosion? A: A high-altitude nuclear explosion is a nuclear detonation in space, occurring above the earth's atmosphere, at altitudes of roughly 18 miles or higher.