What REALLY Happens if You Nuke the Mariana Trench? - Nuclear Engineer Reacts to AngeloMotion
Credibility score: 91/100 — Highly Credible. This video is highly credible with well-supported claims.
Claims analyzed
Tsar Bomba is 50-megaton airburst weapon, not for underwater use — Verified (100/100)
Spot on — Tsar Bomba was 50 Mt airburst only, tested in 1961 over Novaya Zemlya.
Nuke in trench won't cause massive tsunamis/earthquakes; insignificant geologically — Solid (85/100)
Logic holds — nukes dwarfed by plate tectonics energy by 6+ orders of magnitude.
Nuke energy insignificant vs geological forces by millions to billions times — Verified (95/100)
Spot on — plate tectonics release ~10^17 J/year, dwarfing nukes' 10^14 J max. Solid physics.
Deep nuke forms fireball/plasma bubble; water at 1100 atm changes behavior — Solid (85/100)
Checks out — pressure ~1100 atm at 11km crushes airburst dynamics, forms vapor cavity. Matches underwater test data.
Bubble size 10-100m max, oscillates seconds not crushed instantly — Verified (92/100)
Nailed it — Wigley formula predicts ~50-150m radius for megaton yields at depth. Oscillates 10s of seconds.
Bubble oscillates seconds; fallout dissolves into water/shock waves — Solid (88/100)
Cold War tests confirm oscillations; fallout mixes as colloid/particulates, not 'pockets.' Precise correction.
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