When an N-1 blew on the pad, it was equal in blast and heat to a 2-KT
tactical nuclear weapon, and was picked up by U.S. satellites, and there was
some fear that a nuke had accidentally detonated.
"OM" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:45:50 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:

It sure would be one hell of a grass fire, although that second N-1
launch attempt could probably beat it for overall damage.

...Some have argued that the N-1 could top even a Saturn V explosion
in damage simply because it would have produced more shrapnel.

OM

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