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It's white hot; the thermal pulse from a nuclear weapon is briefly as hot as the surface of the sun, 6000 degrees Kelvin. Most of the damage from a nuclear weapon is produced by heat from this radiant pulse moving outward at the speed of light. Like the sun, the energy from the nuclear radiant pulse is mostly visible and near-infrared (NIR) radiation, shifting slightly to shorter wavelength with increasing weapon yield, as illustrated in Figure 1. The duration of the radiant pulse increases proportionately with the yield of the nuclear weapon. Typical durations of radiant pulses

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