13 Sep
2004
13 Sep
'04
11:33 p.m.
Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> writes:
About 4.5 kT of 50:50 ammonium nitrate/ammonium sulfate mix. One of the largest, if not *the* largest nonnuclear explosions ever.
The largest man-made explosion is usually claimed to be Halifax (about 3000 tons of assorted HE's), but there are a pile of others that also count: Oppau, Texas City, Port Chicago, Lake Denmark, Silvertown, Fauld (more explosives involved than Halifax, but less loss of life, so Halifax seems to get all the publicity), etc etc etc. Peter.