detonation

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Now a new study has shown that turtles taken from nuclear production and detonation sites encode the history of these weapons in their shell.

From Scientific American

One danger is the use of high-altitude nuclear detonations that can cause an electronics-killing “electromagnetic pulse” — EMP — that can damage or destroy all electronics over areas stretching hundreds of miles.

From Washington Times

After all, the real Trinity test was the detonation of the first atomic bomb—and a transformative moment in world history.

From National Geographic

It was called “The Day After Trinity,” a reference to that inaugural detonation.

From New York Times

First and foremost, the capsule must be autonomously released above Earth—a complex procedure requiring the cutting of cables and detonation of explosive “hold down” bolts.

From Scientific American