Saturday, August 15, 2015

Did the FINAL WAR Just Start? (Was a Tactical Nuke Just Detonated in Tianjin?)

Did the FINAL WAR Just Start? (Was a Tactical Nuke Just Detonated in Tianjin?)

Posted on August 14, 2015 by The Doc
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8/14 Update requested by Bill Holter: Explosion not a nuke.
Thank everyone for your responses to yesterday’s article, there were well over 500 to which Jim and I have responded to.  I spoke this morning with a nuclear physicist to get her opinion which follows;
“Bill,  The blast is hard to see because a text box is right over the explosion on my screen.  In my opinion, from what I can see, the blast does not look nuclear.  It resembles more an explosion of a large fuel/oil storage tank, as would be found at a port.  Also, there is no info in English on how far the filmers were from the blast, which would help in scale.”
Of the many comments received, the most common was “fuel ordinance”.  I try always to be accurate and get to the truth which is why we went to the source of a scientist.  I now believe the explosion was in fact some sort of fuel or chemical, most common thought amongst comments was LNG (liquid natural gas).  Whether the explosion was or was not an accident may never be known.  Accidents do happen, the “timing” of this accident does add the flavor of curiosity.  Standing watch,  Bill Holter
Ed_B says:
August 15, 2015 at 1:07 AM
@Flying Wombat

Could not agree more, FW.  There are so many reasons why this explosion cannot be a nuke that one pauses at the ineptness of anyone suggesting with zero evidence that it was.  This is not what one expects from the well-reasoned articles of Bill Holter.
First, a nuclear explosion creates a blinding white light that is very heavy in gamma, x, and UV radiation.  This light is easily detected, measured, and recorded by any of the many sophisticated spy satellites circling the globe that are specifically looking for just such an event.
Second, ALL large explosions and most small ones create a “mushroom” cloud.  This is simply the atmospheric effect from a large fireball that grows suddenly from nothing, expands, rises (stem), and then cools (cap).  The bigger the blast, the bigger the cloud.  A daisy cutter (15,000 lbs of TNT on a pallet) will create a significant mushroom cloud.  When one was used against a small island containing an Iraqi radar and signals center during the 1990 Iraq war, the Brits 20 or so miles from this island thought that it was hit by a US nuke.  It was not but the night-time explosion was pretty impressive anyway.
Third, there are the radionuclides that are nuclear explosion by-products.  These can be detected at very low levels and many miles from a nuclear blast, such as in Japan, Taiwan, or Indonesia, depending on wind patterns.  The type and ratio among the various products is characteristic of the manufacturer / weapon design, so it is possible to determine just who manufactured a nuclear warhead after it detonates and which generation it was.
Last, but certainly not least, a nuclear explosion creates a very characteristic shock wave that can travel for very long distances through the Earth’s crust and is unlike any earthquake, landslide, or chemical explosion.  These are easily picked up and recorded by sensitive seismographs at hundreds of college, university, mining company, and government labs.  If a nuke is detonated anywhere on the Earth, the entire planetary population will be informed of this fact within a couple of hours or less.
Due to the above, no, this was not a nuclear blast.  But it didn’t have to be nuclear to be terribly destructive.  A fuel-air type or ANFO type explosive can be terrifically powerful and do great damage without being nuclear.  See the following URL for details on the 1947 Texas City disaster:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the 2005 oil refinery fire, see Texas City Refinery explosion.
The SS Wilson B. Keene, destroyed in the disaster's second explosion
The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Originating with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the port), her cargo of approximately 2,300 tons (approximately 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate detonated,[1] with the initial blast and subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department.[2] The disaster triggered the first ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the then-recently enacted Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), on behalf of 8,485 victims.

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