Originally Posted by antlers
Both of the atomic bombs that were used against Japan were fission weapons. There was talk among some (likely jokingly) that the explosion would ignite the atmosphere.


It wasn't a joke. They were dead serious:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/bethe-teller-trinity-and-the-end-of-earth/

Well, at least some of them weren't treating it as a joke.



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