[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The delicate and precise mechanisms needed to make the Bomb go off would of necessity be destroyed by the impact.

Which is why Fat Man and Little Boy were designed to detonate about 1000 feet before impact. While preserving the delicate innards that MUST work, it also tends to multiply the effect of the blast by the time it reaches the ground.

'Almost' exploded. Sheesh. Where do they find these morons?

[Tallguy]

'Almost' exploded. Sheesh. Where do they find these morons?

I'll take "The Anti-Nuclear Movement" for $500, Alex!

[Sherman Logan]

I have no idea. But what I don’t understand is why journalists write this crap without first talking to a scientist or engineer.

[xone]

Nukes are able to do surface and sub-surface detonations. These were never ‘armed’ or they would have detonated. An airburst nuke tends to multiply the blast potential as well as reduce fallout.