This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off

[Sally]

Hopefully both sides will be able to restrain themselves completely while the cease fire is in effect so that aid can get through.


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off


Tyler Rogoway
Filed to: YEMEN
5/12/15 7:05pm

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There have been some massive explosions caught on film during the last month of Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebel positions, but the result of this particular attack is so enormous you could be mistaken that it’s the kind of mushroom cloud and fallout seen during early tactical nuclear weapons tests.


Watch This Massive Explosion In Yemen Take Out A Weapons Dump
This video is described as a Saudi air strike on a Houthi rebel weapons dump in Yemen. That’s not…Read more


The fireball and resulting mushroom cloud seen in this video is not just from a weapon dropped by a fighter aircraft, but the result of explosive munitions and/or oils and fuels stored at the sight ignited by the initial blast. These “secondary effects” combine to create some absolutely stunningly scary exothermic reactions, as seen above.

I’ve received some mail asking how Houthi rebel forces are so heavily armed that explosions like these continue to happen. The answer is that Houthi forces now control the western half of Yemen, along with Yemen’s antiquated – although still deadly – military stockpiles, which included gravity bombs and SCUD missiles.


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This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off

 

[orogenicman]

Or it could simply be a large bomb.

 

[Sally]

Or it could simply be a large bomb.

Did you read what was destroyed?

 

[bodecea]

Hopefully both sides will be able to restrain themselves completely while the cease fire is in effect so that aid can get through.


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off


Tyler Rogoway
Filed to: YEMEN
5/12/15 7:05pm

There have been some massive explosions caught on film during the last month of Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebel positions, but the result of this particular attack is so enormous you could be mistaken that it’s the kind of mushroom cloud and fallout seen during early tactical nuclear weapons tests.


Watch This Massive Explosion In Yemen Take Out A Weapons Dump
This video is described as a Saudi air strike on a Houthi rebel weapons dump in Yemen. That’s not…Read more


The fireball and resulting mushroom cloud seen in this video is not just from a weapon dropped by a fighter aircraft, but the result of explosive munitions and/or oils and fuels stored at the sight ignited by the initial blast. These “secondary effects” combine to create some absolutely stunningly scary exothermic reactions, as seen above.

I’ve received some mail asking how Houthi rebel forces are so heavily armed that explosions like these continue to happen. The answer is that Houthi forces now control the western half of Yemen, along with Yemen’s antiquated – although still deadly – military stockpiles, which included gravity bombs and SCUD missiles.


Continue reading at:


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off

What is it that makes it look like a nuke to you....compared to nukes that was a pop-gun.

 

[orogenicman]

Hopefully both sides will be able to restrain themselves completely while the cease fire is in effect so that aid can get through.


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off


Tyler Rogoway
Filed to: YEMEN
5/12/15 7:05pm

There have been some massive explosions caught on film during the last month of Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebel positions, but the result of this particular attack is so enormous you could be mistaken that it’s the kind of mushroom cloud and fallout seen during early tactical nuclear weapons tests.


Watch This Massive Explosion In Yemen Take Out A Weapons Dump
This video is described as a Saudi air strike on a Houthi rebel weapons dump in Yemen. That’s not…Read more


The fireball and resulting mushroom cloud seen in this video is not just from a weapon dropped by a fighter aircraft, but the result of explosive munitions and/or oils and fuels stored at the sight ignited by the initial blast. These “secondary effects” combine to create some absolutely stunningly scary exothermic reactions, as seen above.

I’ve received some mail asking how Houthi rebel forces are so heavily armed that explosions like these continue to happen. The answer is that Houthi forces now control the western half of Yemen, along with Yemen’s antiquated – although still deadly – military stockpiles, which included gravity bombs and SCUD missiles.


Continue reading at:


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off

What is it that makes it look like a nuke to you....compared to nukes that was a pop-gun.

Not only that, the shockwave was too small, and there was no blinding flash of light.

 

[orogenicman]

Or it could simply be a large bomb.

Did you read what was destroyed?

Right. A weapons depot. So it could be a lot of explosives going off all at once.

 

[Mr. H.]

 

[oldernwiser]

Hopefully both sides will be able to restrain themselves completely while the cease fire is in effect so that aid can get through.


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off


Tyler Rogoway
Filed to: YEMEN
5/12/15 7:05pm

There have been some massive explosions caught on film during the last month of Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebel positions, but the result of this particular attack is so enormous you could be mistaken that it’s the kind of mushroom cloud and fallout seen during early tactical nuclear weapons tests.


Watch This Massive Explosion In Yemen Take Out A Weapons Dump
This video is described as a Saudi air strike on a Houthi rebel weapons dump in Yemen. That’s not…Read more


The fireball and resulting mushroom cloud seen in this video is not just from a weapon dropped by a fighter aircraft, but the result of explosive munitions and/or oils and fuels stored at the sight ignited by the initial blast. These “secondary effects” combine to create some absolutely stunningly scary exothermic reactions, as seen above.

I’ve received some mail asking how Houthi rebel forces are so heavily armed that explosions like these continue to happen. The answer is that Houthi forces now control the western half of Yemen, along with Yemen’s antiquated – although still deadly – military stockpiles, which included gravity bombs and SCUD missiles.


Continue reading at:


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off

Just for comparison's sake, this is what 5000 pounds of HE looks like going off (around 9:20 or so...). Pay attention to the blast signature on the high speed camera angles.

 

[Mr. H.]

Hopefully both sides will be able to restrain themselves completely while the cease fire is in effect so that aid can get through.


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off


Tyler Rogoway
Filed to: YEMEN
5/12/15 7:05pm

There have been some massive explosions caught on film during the last month of Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebel positions, but the result of this particular attack is so enormous you could be mistaken that it’s the kind of mushroom cloud and fallout seen during early tactical nuclear weapons tests.


Watch This Massive Explosion In Yemen Take Out A Weapons Dump
This video is described as a Saudi air strike on a Houthi rebel weapons dump in Yemen. That’s not…Read more


The fireball and resulting mushroom cloud seen in this video is not just from a weapon dropped by a fighter aircraft, but the result of explosive munitions and/or oils and fuels stored at the sight ignited by the initial blast. These “secondary effects” combine to create some absolutely stunningly scary exothermic reactions, as seen above.

I’ve received some mail asking how Houthi rebel forces are so heavily armed that explosions like these continue to happen. The answer is that Houthi forces now control the western half of Yemen, along with Yemen’s antiquated – although still deadly – military stockpiles, which included gravity bombs and SCUD missiles.


Continue reading at:


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off

Just for comparison's sake, this is what 5000 pounds of HE looks like going off (around 9:20 or so...). Pay attention to the blast signature on the high speed camera angles.

A 30 second commercial for Frosted Minnie Wheats followed by a 30 second commercial for feminine panty liners?

No thanks.

 

[oldernwiser]

Hopefully both sides will be able to restrain themselves completely while the cease fire is in effect so that aid can get through.


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off


Tyler Rogoway
Filed to: YEMEN
5/12/15 7:05pm

There have been some massive explosions caught on film during the last month of Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebel positions, but the result of this particular attack is so enormous you could be mistaken that it’s the kind of mushroom cloud and fallout seen during early tactical nuclear weapons tests.


Watch This Massive Explosion In Yemen Take Out A Weapons Dump
This video is described as a Saudi air strike on a Houthi rebel weapons dump in Yemen. That’s not…Read more


The fireball and resulting mushroom cloud seen in this video is not just from a weapon dropped by a fighter aircraft, but the result of explosive munitions and/or oils and fuels stored at the sight ignited by the initial blast. These “secondary effects” combine to create some absolutely stunningly scary exothermic reactions, as seen above.

I’ve received some mail asking how Houthi rebel forces are so heavily armed that explosions like these continue to happen. The answer is that Houthi forces now control the western half of Yemen, along with Yemen’s antiquated – although still deadly – military stockpiles, which included gravity bombs and SCUD missiles.


Continue reading at:


This Explosion In Yemen Looks Like A Tactical Nuke Going Off

Just for comparison's sake, this is what 5000 pounds of HE looks like going off (around 9:20 or so...). Pay attention to the blast signature on the high speed camera angles.

A 30 second commercial for Frosted Minnie Wheats followed by a 30 second commercial for feminine panty liners?

No thanks.

Wow... mine was a 30 second Cancun vacation promo and another for Toyota. Where have YOU been surfing?

 

[TheOldSchool]

Seismologists can detect nuclear explosions from anywhere on the planet. The explosion in the OP is nowhere near a nuke.