The Tunguska Giant Explosion.
The Tunguska Event- Meteorite or Comet?
The day marks the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908.
Conceptually, the 9M340 bicaliber missile launcher is
in many ways similar to the 9M311 anti-aircraft missile used in the Tunguska air defense system,
but uses laser guidance instead of the radio command guidance method.
While we are not predicting another Tunguska airburst, an enhanced population of small NEOs[near-Earth objects]
in the Beta Taurids would increase the probability of another such event on or near next year's Tunguska anniversary,” they concluded.
While we do not anticipate another Tunguska, an increased population of small NEOs[near-Earth objects]
in Beta Taurida, it would increase the likelihood of another such event on next year's anniversary of Tunguska or near it"- they concluded.
The only naturally occurring event capable of causing such an unusual pattern of destruction, Silvia said, is a cosmic airburst- something that has occurred occasionally throughout Earth's history,
such as the explosion in 1908 at Tunguska in Siberia.
Of course, it can happen, and in 2013,
when an object smaller than the Tunguska impactor hit the atmosphere in Russia near the city of Chelyabinsk,
creating a fireball and shockwave, which smashed windows and injured more than 1,000 people.
As Silvia has said, the only natural event that can cause such unusual damage is an overhead explosion of the cosmic body- something that occasionally happened during the history of the Earth,
such as the 1908 explosion at Tunguska in Siberia.
Of course, it can happen, and it did in 2013,
when an object smaller than the Tunguska impactor slammed into the atmosphere in Russia near the city of Chelyabinsk,
creating a fireball and a shock wave that shattered windows and injured more than 1000 people.