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user-inactivated  ·  1890 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Nuclear explosions

Castle Bravo is my second favourite. That went beyond bad number crunching. They straight up assumed lithium-7 was inert based on their knowledge at the time. At least they confirmed it wasn't through experiment.