why are atom bombs or nuclear Bombs detonated above certain Height clearance from ground? Why not directly detonate it on the ground?

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why are atom bombs or nuclear Bombs detonated above certain Height clearance from ground? Why not directly detonate it on the ground?

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Because of you detonate the bomb on the ground some of the shockwave goes straight into the earth. If you detonate it above ground then it goes out, so it is stronger above ground because on the ground part of the blast is absorbed by the earth.

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