![]() ![]() Instead, it blows a hole in theĮarth’s crust dozens of miles across, leaving a hole through whichĪround the early 1990s, scientists started discovering jumbled fields of If there was enough water, and if the model held up, this blast would Various Theoretical Models For Underwater It gets, we can try a formula from the 1971 paper Evaluation of Quickly-expanding spherical cavity of hot steam. The explosion at the bottom of the Mariana Trench will create a Off deep underwater acts a bit differently. The coast, the waves would be no worse than those from a bad storm.īut those are waves from an explosion close to the surface. Much less catastrophic than a direct nuclear attack. This is potentially hazardous to some ships, but It turns out that if the waves are very large, they breakĮarly, and expend most of their energy creating a narrow surf zone on Happens near the surface, it can create some pretty big waves-under someĬircumstances, they can be hundreds of feet high near ground zero.įortunately for the coast, these waves are fundamentally different from Produces a cavity of hot gasses, which then collapses. The report outlines how when a nuclear weapon goes off underwater, it Ocean waves created by nuclear explosions. The report, published in 1996,Įxhaustively examines and summarizes all available research about the Sprawling 400-page report produced for the Department of Defense byīernard Le Mehaute and Shen Wang. The seminal work in the field of nuclear ocean waves is Water Waves Generated By Underwater Explosions, a Luckily for the coast, later research paints a less dire picture. Of 200-300 miles inland, whichever limit is reached first.” Would reach to a height of 200-300 feet above sea level, or a distance Rough estimates indicate that the inundation Off the North American coast: “Quantitative study of the destructiveĮffects has not been made. Terrifying passage describing the detonation of a submerged gigaton mine Gigaton nuclear weapons as wave generators. In the memo, one of the eight ideas Freeman discusses is the use of Memo from his father, and was kind enough to show it to me. This memo has been declassified, but was never published.įreeman’s son, science historian George Dyson, got a paper copy of the Near future, and outlined the potential military uses and dangers ofĮach. Novel weapon systems, all of which looked like they’d be possible in the In 1962, physicist Freeman Dyson wrote a memo discussing eight possible That size, nor depths anywhere near that deep. No underwater test has involved bombs anywhere near Most of the tests, however, involved either small bombs or shallowĪt 53 megatons, the Tsar Bomba was the most powerful nuclear weapon everĭetonated, and at 11 kilometers, the Mariana(s) Trench is the deepest ![]() In fact, we’ve actually tried it a bunch of times. Surprisingly little-especially compared to what would happen if you putĮvin isn’t the first person to think of setting off nuclear weapons ![]() What if you exploded a nuclear bomb (say, the Tsar Bomba) at the bottom of the Marianas Trench? ![]() What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions is out! Order here! ◀︎ ▶︎ Mariana Trench Explosion ![]()
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