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Originally Posted by Reiwa
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Atmospheric detonations are less irradiating than soil or water detonations.
Can't phrase that right but I'm sure you get the gist.
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"Atmospheric" just means not underground, so if your test bomb is just kinda sitting in a shed like castle bravo was, there's still a ton of fallout even though it's technically an atmospheric test . And most nukes in a war *would* be exploded over the ground for maximum shockwave destruction. So again, in many ways the tests were way worse environmentally.