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Well, the results are varied, but we seem to be talking about over a million degrees kelvin at the hypocenter, at least. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/SimonFung.shtml" . But generally, the explosive velocity of even normal explosives are quite high, TNT has an explosive velocity of 6.9...

Indeed, and this is key, I think. Take the specific range I gave - 10km - that's not a whole lot in space. The vaporized material should have expanded so fast that it has passed you before a single frame on the camera takes a picture. So, if there's no more mass directly in front of you, how...

Hello all, I hope I'm posting in the right sub-forum here, because I'm quite new and don't really know my way around yet. Not to mention that the topic encompasses quite a few different areas. The subject is nukes in space. Or more specifically, the visual effects they should produce...