Not surprising since it was made in China
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WAY too close for comfort for the folks living in that town. Holy fuck... That thing was still full of kerosene and LOX as it was merely seconds into it's burn. The yield of that blast was very close to that of the original W54 (Davy Crockett) tac nuke, without the radiation and neutron flux. Had that thing angled towards the cameraman just slightly, it would have been an absolute mass casualty event. Fuuuuck...
ETA: The last time we did a rocket launch that close to residential areas was back in early 1962, when tests were conducted on the first generation Titan ICBM. That one went up really high and was almost successful, on a maiden flight, but detonated about 3 miles up forming a ring of fire that looked like a hyperspace portal in a sci fi movie. Then a year later, at Kennedy, the Atlas-Centaur test ICBM blew up right on the pad creating a shockwave felt and heard several miles away. People actually thought a nuke went off when the fireball, brighter than the sun for a few seconds, rose in the distance. After that, ALL launches could only be carried out at designated and purpose-built sites under strict safety rules.
ETA: The last time we did a rocket launch that close to residential areas was back in early 1962, when tests were conducted on the first generation Titan ICBM. That one went up really high and was almost successful, on a maiden flight, but detonated about 3 miles up forming a ring of fire that looked like a hyperspace portal in a sci fi movie. Then a year later, at Kennedy, the Atlas-Centaur test ICBM blew up right on the pad creating a shockwave felt and heard several miles away. People actually thought a nuke went off when the fireball, brighter than the sun for a few seconds, rose in the distance. After that, ALL launches could only be carried out at designated and purpose-built sites under strict safety rules.
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