This Is What A Nuclear 'Fizzle' Looks Like
by Michael Ballaban on Foxtrot Alpha, shared by Tom L from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3D1DN)
Nuclear bombs-with a few exceptions-are designed to create huge explosions. In some cases, they're supposed to have extra bits and pieces in the service of making even HUGER (it's a word now) explosions. Occasionally all of that fails, and what you get is called a "fizzle." Here's why it happens.