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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the nuclear blast ended up having a yield 50,000 times greater than predicted

That's what's known in the industry as "an oopsie". Almost at the "snafu" threshold over which it would be likely to cause a brouhaha.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It was within their safety factor of 50,001