Stupid question
and I apologise in advance for asking it. Surely if we shoot down a plane carrying a nuclear missile and it crashes, the explosion will be a bit... nuclear?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:53, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Unlikely
unless the bomb was armed before the plane went down, which is possible. Nuclear bombs are quite stable unless deliberately set off.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:55, Reply)

There was a really interesting programme on the radio a while back
where a guy was talking about how if you let off a nuclear bomb in Central Park what sort of mega tonnes would reach what distance.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:55, Reply)

The cast of Friends would be destroyed
and I, for one, reckon Jennifer Aniston is still worth a go
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:57, Reply)

I'd still slip Courtney Cox one too.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:58, Reply)

We can swap when we're done
Fuck the marathon, let's go to New York
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 4 May 2011, 11:00, Reply)

I heard Jennifer Aniston recently bought a new flat just up the road from the Friends studio

(Bazongaloid, Wed 4 May 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Two things;
-That's actually in LA, isn't it. Twice as far. Carbon footprint's a nightmare.

-How the FUCK do you know that?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 4 May 2011, 11:04, Reply)

I read it in the Metro a couple of weeks ago
and then bizarrely it came on the radio news just as I typed that comment.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 4 May 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Motherfucker please
the Metro Heat
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 4 May 2011, 11:08, Reply)

Nerp
there's a risk of the nuclear material escaping, but not a risk of the explosion being nuclear.
It's actually very difficult to make a bunch of plutonium/uranium blow up and requires a controlled implosion to make it all come together.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I thank you

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:57, Reply)