Honestly i dont realy care....if it was SG-1 dealing with the problem then yeah.
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I'm sure they could get their hands on more stones. The ones found in Janus' lab in "Identity" for example should still be there, if I remember correctly. But the destruction of Washington D.C. and the surrounding area (70 megatons is a pretty big bang) would throw the United States into chaos, although they would of course be able to recover.
But I like the fact that we didn't learn the outcome at the end of the episode.sigpic
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I think the ending of this episode was like the one from Time. The audience already knows what will happen so there's no point in doing the obvious.
As for the bomb, it's unlikely it would of exploded. The largest nuclear bomb detonated, the Tsar bomb, had a fireball of 8 km diameter peak, it was visible from 1000 km away, the mushroom cloud reached 64 km height (however it would of been bigger if it detonated on the ground), all buildings from 55 km away were leveled, the heat was felt up to 270 km away and windows were broken at 900 kilometers from ground zero.
The LA bomb was estimated at 70 megatones.
If we count the EMP and the nuclear fallout, then half the East Coast would of been affected.It's all about startegy. Out-maneuvering the opposition, bending him to your will.
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Try playing with this, guys. 50mt (the closest option available) is a big freaking bomb, but I don't think it'll blank out the eastern seaboard. Fallout, however..."A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After LifeComment
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Yes the explosion will not be thousands of miles big nor it will melt the East coast, but the EMP will fry the whole electric network and given how big the metropolitan area is, the effects will be devastating:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/4...usa_nightm.jpe
The EMP effects from this picture are from high altitude detonation, but you can determine that a ground detonation will be devastating (think the 2003 blackout):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EMP_areas.JPG[/url]
The Tsar bomb was detonated in pretty much the middle of nowhere, so it's EMP affected...nobody.Last edited by SGSargon; 22 March 2011, 02:10 PM.It's all about startegy. Out-maneuvering the opposition, bending him to your will.
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Not. Revealing the Stargate program to the public would be a disaster for the franchise IMO.Comment
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I'd be interested in seeing it if it were the final entry to the franchise in film format. But for it to appear as a background story in SGU, yeah, it'd be a disaster.Originally posted by KEK View Post"A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After LifeComment
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It must be said through Tesla was never tested at full strength. Even the russians were scared of it true power.
A bomb destroying Washing and the surrounding area would not necessary reveal the Stargate to the World. An such a disaster would be about the worst time to reveal the programme.Comment
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Okay but if a nuke went off then you'd have to blame somebody for it. So then do you just go and nuke some random nation in retaliation for it?Originally posted by knowles2 View PostComment
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No, it is just going to be called a Freak Accident that could have happened anywhere.Originally posted by jsonitsac View PostComment
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Of course not, there are many possible explanations they could tell the public: Terror attack by an unknown faction, accident, magnets, ...Originally posted by jsonitsac View Postsigpic
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Magnets?Originally posted by Rylor View Post
That would be a hard one to sell.
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Jack would probably buy itOriginally posted by jelgate View PostMagnets? That would be a hard one to sell.
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Millions of chess pieces, all with tiny magnets in them .... its inevitable .....
RUN !!!
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we are comparing 70 megatons to other nuclear explosions. But he said it is a Naquadria bomb. Is 70 megatons 70 megatons? Or how big would a Naquadria 70 megaton bomb be?Comment
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