Would Nuclear Weapons be as destructive in ship to ship space combat, as they are on the ground in an atmosphere?
Fubber Nuckin' @ fubbernuckin @lemmy.world Posts 1Comments 262Joined 2 yr. ago
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I think you overestimate how fast the atmosphere would leak out, or underestimate how fast a nuclear blast goes off. You could detonate the nuke before air really has a chance to start leaving behind the wake of the projectile moving at Mach 12 or whatever. The hole left behind i don't think would change how the explosion worked inside the ship.