Nuclear blackout
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title:
Nuclear blackout
text:
Nuclear blackout, also known as fireball blackout or radar blackout, is an effect caused by explosions of nuclear weapons that disturbs radio communications and causes radar systems to be blacked out or heavily refracted so they can no longer be used for accurate tracking and guidance. Within the atmosphere, the effect is caused by the large volume of ionized air created by the energy of the explosion, while above the atmosphere it is due to the action of high-energy beta particles released from
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Disruption of radio signals by nuclear detonation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_blackout
date created:
2016-06-21T20:59:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T20:00:33Z
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