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Other : add ISBNs and remove excessive or inappropriate external links from Aral Sea; check La Belle (ship) for GA status; improve citations or footnotes and remove excessive or inappropriate external links from MS Estonia
Indirect effects, e.g. damage to ships, submarines, underwater life (hydrostatic shock over long distances)
Theory behind effects, e.g. generation of water waves
Comparison of nuclear explosions to chemical explosions
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I've added a todo list with some initial thoughts about improvements to this article. Alan Pascoe 19:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Deep Subsea (-4990 feet below MSL) detonations? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.236.151.137 (talk) 00:16, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wilson Cloud
Hmm. Not sure if I agree with the explanation of how the wilson cloud formed. I always thought that the condensation clouds formed as a direct result of the rarefaction zone behind the shockwave allowing water vapor to condense. Any thoughts on the matter? Ops101ex 17:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The precise wording in the source (on page 49) is: "This dome is caused by the velocity imparted to the water near the surface by the reflection of the shock wave and to the subsequent breakup of the surface layer into drops of spray." If your wording better reflects this statement then feel free to change the article. If you think the source is wrong then change the article but provide an alternative source. Alan Pascoe 20:40, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that quote is referring to the spray dome caused directly by the displacement of water. I was referring to the large condensation clouds in the atmosphere propagating outward behind the shockwave. However, I have not found a good source other than a page from Carey Sublette's Nuclear Weapon Archive, in which it was just briefly mentioned. Ops101ex 20:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Where's the Baker image? Ncalvin 17:53, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]