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Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes

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On 8/13/2015 10:50 PM, Koobee Wublee wrote:
> On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 6:44:43 PM UTC-7, John Gogo wrote:
>
>> Is there such a thing?  Would the test puncture a hole in the
>> atmosphere and suck air out?
>
> The following project was an attempt to destroy the Van Allen Belts.  <shrug>

I knew you were arrogant and ignorant, which is always a good 
combination to begin with. But I wasn't aware you were a conspiracy 
theory nutjob.

It's true that Starfish Prime had unintended consequences. It ended up 
disabling about a third of low-earth-orbit satellites at the time.

I suppose you're going to say that this was a deliberate outcome.

>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime
>
> Luckily, it was not successful.  Instead, a third belt was created from the original two.
> If successful, it might be the end of all multi-celled organisms on land due to high
> incidences of cosmic rays unhindered by the radiation belts.  <shrug>
>


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Nuclear testing at high altitudes John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-13 18:44 -0700
  Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 20:50 -0700
    Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 07:49 -0500
      Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-18 16:17 -0700
      Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2015-08-18 22:43 -0700
        Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-08-19 02:30 -0400
          Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2015-08-19 22:01 -0700
            Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-08-20 02:08 -0400
              Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-20 20:31 -0700
            Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 09:54 -0500
              Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 00:18 -0700
                Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2015-08-25 20:50 +0200
                Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes Koobee Wublee <koobee.wublee@gmail.com> - 2015-08-25 22:20 -0700
                Re: Nuclear testing at high altitudes "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2015-08-26 13:14 +0200

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