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[–] zephyreks@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I've always wondered about this one. People seem to really underestimate the power of 500kg of high explosive. For reference, this is the explosion from a 250kg WW2 era bomb: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wwii-era-bomb-explodes-in-england-in-unplanned-detonation/