Why do nuclear bombs explode mid air?

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I’ve always wondered why only nuclear bombs detonate before hitting the ground and not the actual moment of impact. Does it affect the amount of damage? or does it reduce nuclear waste and radiation?

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Just imagine that the ‘useful’ (ick) explosion is a circle around the bomb at the moment of detonation. Any part of the circle that overlaps with the ground is useless. So you explode it more or less when the horizontal diameter of that circle is at ground level and you hit the most things

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