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10th May '13 1:13:03 AM maxwellsilver

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***** [[http://youtu.be/B_t8jKU1d5E Here's]] Operation Cue (1955), which used a 30 kt bomb (the W88 tip on Tident II is 475 kt for reference, while the W76 is 100; the Trident can also carry up to four W88, or eight W76) and spaced most of the buildings around a mile from ground zero. Now, let's actually look at [[http://youtu.be/Arib8uWMWsM the actual scene in the movie]]. Now, that's a pretty massive blast, when compared to Cue, so it must be considerably larger than 30 kt, probably in the megaton (hydrogen) range, and assuming ground zero is a mile from the town, that's considerable destruction. Let's also compare the terrain. The land around the town is rather flat and the bomb tower is situated on a small hill, which allows the blast to spread out unopposed, unlike Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Now, there's also the fact the ''''entire'''' town is completely destroyed, plus a car driving away from it at top speed, yet a single fridge is thrown several miles away, practically unharmed aside from charring. If an entire town gets destroyed, including the building he's in, there's nothing that can dissipate the blast, so his fridge would get the just as much of the blast as the everything else. There is no way it could survive that blast.\\
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Duck and Cover was intended for an indirect strike, and ''would'' protect from flying glass and debris (it also works for earthquakes). It would not protect from a direct hit, nor was it ever touted as such.

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**** Actually, there were people who were VERY close to ground zero of either bomb, and survived the blast (albeit a good chunk of them died later from radiation poisoning or infection). Remember, the bomb detonated on the reverse side of a hill compared to the town. Second, he was atleast a couple miles from GZ, which allowed the blast wave to dissipate some. Third, he had the house AND fridge between him in and the blast. That said, how he survived being flung is anyones guess (people have survived plane crashes without a scratch when the plane itself became confetti), but I wouldn't say he's -completely- without a scratch. Bruises actually take time to become visible, and Indy does stagger some before he gets up. We also don't know how the amount of time before he was picked up (a day or two at most though), or how long before he was no longer 'hot' and could be approached for questioning. Needless to say, that by the time the FBI started talking to him, most of the bruises would be gone, and by the time he returned to his office, any of his injuries may have healed to a point where he can go about his life. Also, as had been reiterated a dozen times by now, Indy was effectively practicing 'duck and cover' like what most people were told to do in the event of a nuclear blast. Obviously against modern nukes (like the ones that tip the Trident II missiles) this practice would be woefully ineffective, but at the time, it was thought to be a sound idea.

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