Ground burst
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ground-burst-253-9460975
title:
Ground burst
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A ground burst is the detonation of an explosive device such as an artillery shell, nuclear weapon or air-dropped bomb that explodes at ground level. These weapons are set off by fuses that are activated when the weapon strikes the ground or something equally hard, such as a concrete building, or otherwise detonated at the surface. In the context of a nuclear weapon, a ground burst is a detonation on the ground, in shallow water, or below the fallout-free altitude. This condition produces substa
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Detonation of an explosive at ground level
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_burst
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2023-08-07T19:11:15Z
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