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Dr. John Brandenburg: Confessions of a NASA Space Scientist

Earth Ancients

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The Chisholu Impact

The bombs apparently had a lot of thorium in them. Thorium was used in nuclear weapons, particularly the ABM, anti-ballistic missile warhead. It was tested at Amchaca and it was full of thorium. So if you want to build a really big bomb, try and use as much thorium as possible because it's a lot easier to make.

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