2.1 Kiloton Explosion Over Air Force Space Command Base Thule, Greenland.

a reply to: ManBehindTheMask

Yes

we finally agree.

More proof that if a giant death rock were imminent, no one would tell us if they knew.

But more than likely we probably wont even see it coming

originally posted by: Whatthedoctorordered
More proof that if a giant death rock were imminent, no one would tell us if they knew.

But more than likely we probably wont even see it coming

A giant death rock would be spotted by amateur astronomers. Probably.

originally posted by: wildespace

originally posted by: Whatthedoctorordered
More proof that if a giant death rock were imminent, no one would tell us if they knew.

But more than likely we probably wont even see it coming

A giant death rock would be spotted by amateur astronomers. Probably.

I doubt it, thats still a lot of sky out there, over the last 10 years or so weve had some pretty huge rocks come in and explode, that no one saw coming.

Many of them had they not exploded before they hit the ground, could have destroyed cities

Well, the take away is metric or standard, a kilo of TNT would ruin a day.

This IS odd, though, and makes me wonder about the persistent tales of a breakaway clandestine space force at some odds with the Earthy governments. The location IS ... er , flight of fancy provoking.

originally posted by: howtonhawky
So it was a contradicting explosion.

kilo is metric and ton is standard?

the whole thing just seems odd

Kilo means thousand in maths so 2100 tons

A kiloton or a kilotonne when talking about the explosive energy in terms of TNT, well, not any noticeable difference between the 2 (they're very close in mass). Maybe it does highlight the need for the USA to come into the international fold and adopt the MKS standard system to eliminate confusion when expressing weights and measures though.