The Biggest Bang- The Fascinating Tale of One of the Largest Man-Made, Non-Nuclear Explosions

Published 2023-08-15
In the video today, we're looking at the fascinating story of one of the largest man-made explosions that didn't involve nuclear weapons and why it was done.

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  • @SnarkNSass
    Clikkd because I couldn't make sense of that thumbnail 😂
  • @johnallen6945
    I was in the USCG on a cutter and we cruised a lot of that water around Vancouver Is. and up to Anchorage. The port harbor entrances can also be very tricky as I was a navigator. Eureka, CA, has a dangerous harbor and the Straits of Juan de Fuca are confused at times. SF Bay is always tricky.
  • @Sally4th_
    Mapping the surface of a rock. From the inside. 😲😮😱
  • @typxxilps
    I had thought the biggest man made explosion happened in 1917 in Halifax or so when ships full of ammunition exploded.
  • @sbcee2220
    What a great lesson I learned today!!! Thank you!!!
  • @EyesOfByes
    I thought this wanna gonna be about the Halifax explosion. I guess that was the intention with the cryptic title ;) Still cool video though
  • @grapeshot
    And boom goes the dynamite🧨🧨🧨
  • @Anthus.
    Very interesting history dude. 👍😀
  • And then, on sunny day in August 2020 in the port of Beirut, Lebanon....
  • @dhc5tech41
    Great video. I'm lucky enough to be a little over an hour's drive and a good hike away.
  • @SergiuD.
    oh, Hi, David! nice to hear you again!
  • @JeffBilkins
    Amazing story, they really wanted that rock gone. I wonder how we'd do it in modern times, surely we could do it without going all the way they did?
  • @rikulappi9664
    B61 nuclear bomb can release 0.3, 1.5, 10 or 50 kilotons of explosive energy. Hence this 1.3kt explosion was roughly equivalent to the 1.5kt option.
  • @mlee6050
    I'm wondering history of Simon like on today I found out or similar back in the day if he was ever the owner before let others manage it