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The IED ignited, and after a couple minutes of burning, it detonated, causing some damage to the unoccupied building.

He added that the attacker detonated the bomb close to a police car after waiting for up to 15 minutes.

With cameras rolling, a “small” atomic bomb—fifteen kilotons—detonates in the distance.

The US currently uses computer simulations and other non-explosive means to test its nuclear weapons, and therefore does not have a practical justification to detonate them, multiple experts said.

Officials say they suspect the detonating fuse on one of the rounds malfunctioned and caused the explosion.