2002 Eastern Mediterranean event

The 2002 Eastern Mediterranean Event was a high-energy

atomic bomb, has been related to a small asteroid undetected while approaching Earth. The object disintegrated as a meteor air burst over the sea, and no meteorite

fragments were recovered.

The event occurred during the

nuclear war between the two countries.^[2]

References

^ "Speech by Gen. Simon Worden: 'Military Perspectives on the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Threat'". SpaceRef. United States Space Command. 2002-07-15. Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2007-01-12. Had you been situated on a vessel directly underneath the intensely bright flash would have been followed by a shock wave that would have rattled the entire ship and possibly caused minor damage.
^ "Near-Earth Objects Pose Threat, General Says". Space Daily. 2002-09-17.

[USSC-1] "Speech by Gen. Simon Worden: 'Military Perspectives on the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Threat'". SpaceRef. United States Space Command. 2002-07-15. Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2007-01-12. Had you been situated on a vessel directly underneath the intensely bright flash would have been followed by a shock wave that would have rattled the entire ship and possibly caused minor damage.

[spacedaily-2] "Near-Earth Objects Pose Threat, General Says". Space Daily. 2002-09-17.

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