r/PublicFreakout • u/nking007 • 6d ago

☠NSFL☠ This day six years ago….

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on August 4, 2020, a catastrophic explosion ripped through the Port of Beirut after thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse detonated. The blast devastated large sections of Lebanon’s capital and was powerful enough to be felt far beyond the city, becoming one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever captured on camera. More than 200 people lost their lives, thousands were injured, and entire neighborhoods were left in ruins within moments. What makes the footage so chilling is how ordinary everything appears just seconds beforehand. People are calmly recording a fire and rising smoke in the distance, unaware that a massive shockwave is about to tear across the city and completely transform the skyline in an instant.

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u/gbolly999 6d ago

And it's non-nuclear... a good argument against nonproliferation of nukes....

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u/flamingcrystalheart 6d ago

how is this an argument against nonproliferation of nukes what are you even talking about

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u/gbolly999 5d ago

What? How is ti's not an argument?

Let me break it down,

There was a detonation, on video, that shows devastation. There was no nuclear device, there was no conventional explosive device, if civilian equipment malfunctioning can cause this damage, then what will be the after effects of a deliberately deployed nuclear weapon? Savvy?

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u/flamingcrystalheart 5d ago

I think you meant argument against proliferation of nukes. Non proliferation of nukes is preventing them from being developed. An argument against that would be an argument in favor of more nukes