Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20160107:05:27:00
That videotaporized one of the marshall islands in 1952 was the equivalent of 10 million tons of tnt. 10 million tons. it was a qualitatively different animal. when they set off that bomb, that bomb named mike in 1952 in the marshall islands, the fire ball reached a height of nearly 60,000 feet. the typical cruising altitude for a commercial airliner is about 30,000 feet. just the fire ball was double that height. the mushroom cloud it created was a hundred miles wide. every nuclear bomb is obviously a big deal but some a bigger deal than others. in the early 1950s, starting with that first ex...