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originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: DJMSN
How else do you explain the creation of the likes of the """Space Force"". After all, someone has to fight off those all those breakaways and Men Who Stare At Goats.
originally posted by: TotoMesch
So what's the pay off after taking all the trouble and time for the sun to be in a certain position for detonation?
What margin of error is there for maximum esoteric bang? Is it a sliding scale of yield strength if, say, you are 15 seconds late at perfect alignment does that mean you're not getting maximum bang-for-the-buck?
Are you getting toward the thinking that tactical nukes launched willy-nilly (i.e. with no regard for this sun, arc, position theory) would not work, or would be more like a conventional explosion? Or are you saying that they would still deliver their yield, but just no esoteric 'other'? Whatever that other may be.
Looks like you've stumbled upon something, just dunno what the bejezus it is. Help me out here.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: KeithUK
So the quakes were near the base not on it?
Why not just hit the base ?
Did the base suffer any damage?
The fact that they occurred right next to a major military base is no coincidence.
originally posted by: KeithUK
originally posted by: TotoMesch
So what's the pay off after taking all the trouble and time for the sun to be in a certain position for detonation?
What margin of error is there for maximum esoteric bang? Is it a sliding scale of yield strength if, say, you are 15 seconds late at perfect alignment does that mean you're not getting maximum bang-for-the-buck?
Are you getting toward the thinking that tactical nukes launched willy-nilly (i.e. with no regard for this sun, arc, position theory) would not work, or would be more like a conventional explosion? Or are you saying that they would still deliver their yield, but just no esoteric 'other'? Whatever that other may be.
Looks like you've stumbled upon something, just dunno what the bejezus it is. Help me out here.
That is the critical question. Just how much are the yields affected? I do believe that under an 'idealised' set up, where a bomb is triggered at any random point on the earth at any random time, the design yield will be produced. However, in reality, the actual yield achieved will be significantly different, either above or below the design yield. Could it be 10, 20, 50% or more different? That is the key question. And I do not have an exacting answer. I do suspect though that it can be quite extreme under some circumstances.