Blast tube tests at Sandia simulate shock wave conditions nuclear weapons could face

Monday, September 10, 2018 - 14:30 in Mathematics & Economics

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories researchers are using a blast tube configurable to 120 feet to demonstrate how well nuclear weapons could survive the shock wave of a blast from an enemy weapon and to help validate computer modeling.

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