This test being successful, one cannot say that they "nuked the train" - just to make a reference to the newly coined expression "nuking the fridge", originating in an Indiana Jones IV scene.
"It is used to denote the point in a movie or movie series, usually one with a pre-established tone of only semi-seriousness, at which the characters or plot veer into an over-the-top level of the ridiculous or incredible, thus leaving one feeling alienated from the intention of the film."
Such tests seem to be common place, as shown in the various experiments that scientists make to test the solidity of the flasks.
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