An underwater explosion (also known as an UNDEX) is a chemical or nuclear explosion that occurs under the surface of a body of water. While useful in anti-ship...
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Depth charge (section Underwater explosions)
zones of their own depth charge detonations. The damage that an underwater explosion inflicts on a submarine comes from a primary and a secondary shock...
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body disruption, a cause of death typically associated with explosion Underwater explosion Kissane, Karen (2009-05-22). "Fire power equalled 1500 atomic...
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Kursk submarine disaster (redirect from Russian submarine Kursk explosion (2000))
launch, the crew detected a hydroacoustic signal characteristic of an underwater explosion and felt their hull shudder. They reported the phenomenon to fleet...
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Operation Hardtack I (redirect from Wahoo (underwater nuclear test))
AEC's research. The second research direction was to examine how underwater explosions affected materiel, especially Navy ships, and was performed by the...
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estimating the amount of shock experienced by a naval target from an underwater explosion as a function of explosive charge weight, slant range, and depression...
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2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage (redirect from Nord Stream undersea explosions)
On 26 September 2022, a series of underwater explosions and consequent gas leaks occurred on 3 of 4 pipes of the Nord Stream 1 (NS1) and Nord Stream 2...
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Underwater is a 2020 American science fiction action horror film directed by William Eubank. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick...
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Hydrophone (redirect from Underwater microphone)
caught in a steel net dragged by the trawler, and sank after a large underwater explosion. Later in the war, the British Admiralty belatedly convened a scientific...
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of World War II to the Vietnam War, when she was damaged by two underwater explosions, causing her to be listed as "beyond repair" and excessed to the...
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but Doug is unable to escape the damaged truck and dies in the underwater explosion. Picked up by a rescue boat, a mourning Claire is approached on the...
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bubble pulse, which invariably occurs in an underwater explosion, is absolute evidence that no torpedo explosion occurred outside or inside the hull. Craven...
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Peaceful nuclear explosion Rope trick effect Underwater explosion Visual depictions of nuclear explosions in fiction "Nuclear Explosions: Weapons, Improvised...
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ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite...
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kill the person using them, or innocent bystanders. Underwater shock waves produced by the explosion stun the fish and cause their swim bladders to rupture...
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T-15 was intended to destroy naval bases and coastal towns by an underwater explosion that resulted in massive tsunami waves. The front compartment of...
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Underwater demolition is the deliberate destruction or neutralization of man-made or natural underwater obstacles, both for military and civilian purposes...
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was halted when two salvage divers were killed on the wreck by an underwater explosion on 20 June. A stop-work order on refloating the wreck was declared...
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Fish kill (section Underwater explosions)
sea-quakes, inappropriate re-stocking of fish, poaching with chemicals, underwater explosions, and other catastrophic events that upset a normally stable aquatic...
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when 67.8% completed, launched on December 14, 1945, for use in underwater explosion tests, sold on 2 April 1949 for scrapping New Haven CL-109 28 February...
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retrieve a fallen Soviet spy satellite, was exposed to radiation in an underwater explosion, which rendered him invisible. The agency for which he worked, a...
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Abrahams, Marc (5 December 2011). "Best way to tenderise meat? An underwater explosion". The Guardian. Improving Meat Tenderness by John Marchello and Ron...
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UUM-44 SUBROC (1964–1989) W89 for UUM-125 Sea Lance (cancelled) Underwater explosion Shock factor Nuclear torpedo Declassified UK Archived 2022-04-22...
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and collided with one of the mines, which resulted in the violent underwater explosion. Historically sinking of german submarine U-864 remains the only...
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drops to almost zero, attributed to three as of yet unexplained underwater explosions in international waters,[clarification needed] rendering three of...
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enemy divers and frogmen. Underwater explosions kill or otherwise incapacitate the target by creating a lethal shock wave underwater. The US Army Armament...
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resulted in four to six detonations and was followed by a large underwater explosion which lifted England's fantail and knocked men off their feet. Debris...
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against U-853 in 1945. A large white upwelling of water from an underwater explosion just ahead of Moberly's bow following Hedgehog launch USS Sarsfield...
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Operation Sailor Hat (category Explosions in 1965)
The tests consisted of two underwater explosions at San Clemente Island, California in 1964 and three surface explosions at Kahoʻolawe, Hawaii in 1965...
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possibilities are also under review." A bubble jet is caused by an underwater explosion which changes the pressure of water, and whose force can cause a...
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