Can we estimate the diameter of the explosion ? I would guess between 2 km and 10 km. There will be satellite images later on : maybe it will take a few months before we (civil) know...

P.S. : Izhevsk ~~is~~ was about 1000km from Ukraine

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would guess between 2 km and 10 km.

https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

The largest strategic nuclear weapon ever built, a 50 megaton weapon, would produce a fireball slightly over 5 km.

I think that it is extremely safe to say that whatever fireball the factory had wasn't 10 km in diameter.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

N.B. : the Halifax explosion was about 0.003 megaton (2.9 kilotons of TNT)

(...) Every building within a 2.6_km (...) radius, over 12,000 in total, was destroyed or badly damaged. (...)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That'll be damage from the blast, rather than the fireball. Can't see blast damage in the video, so I assume that you're talking about the fireball.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, my first comment was about the fireball. Also, I am looking at the news today and there is not much more now than there was yesterday about it ... I will watch the news again to know more in the next few days.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Didn't the radius of damage have a fitting name?

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know, sorry.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 7 months ago

Guess i meant "blast radius". Versus the fireball radius (this one has no fancy name). Just remembered nukemap.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 5 points 7 months ago

Heeeey yeah!

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago