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by Mawgan on April 16th, 2007

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If you detonated the world's most powerful nuclear bomb at the very bottom of the deepest ocean, what would happen? Would any effect be noticed on the surface?

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  • by Athrael on April 16th, 2007

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    The deepest ocean (on average)is 13,215 feet in the Pacific Ocean thats 2.5028 miles.

    The deepest part of the ocean is 35,797 feet (6.779 miles) at the Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

    The Tsar Bomb (Russian Tsar Boma - AKA Ivan was the largest known device built and tested. Its plans was for 100 mega-tons, the device tested was scaled down to 50 Megatons.

    We can readily assume a shock wave which would be registered on sensors at the ocean surface. We already know that massive amounts of heat would be released, vaporizing a good chunk of water down there, which would need to go somewhere.

    Ever see a film clip of a Depth Charge going off? It explodes, sending up a "hill" of white water that explodes shooting up a spout of water. We could expect similar results, mind a mega bomb like Ivan would produce a lot of heat, a lot more than a depth charge. It would take a little longer for the bubble of water vapor and gasses to reach the surface. Further it would cover a wider area.

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  • by Marat_A on January 25th, 2011

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    Marian Trench is a place where Pacific tectoniс place subducts under Philippines one. Detonating H-bomb at that place would cause massive earthquake and a tsunami of never seen power. Just look at the map:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=11.35,142.2&spn=0.3,0.3&t=m&q=11.35,142.2(%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B2%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)
    Philippines, Indonesia, and some Japan cities would be totally washed away.

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  • by Eli_P on December 8th, 2010

    Eli_P

    water go boom and we go boom.

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