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Not as scary as if the Tsar Bomb was detonated in space above North America. It would wipe out the entire power grid of the continent.
by izend 16y ago
Not as scary as if the Tsar Bomb was detonated in space above North America. It would wipe out the entire power grid of the continent.
- rbanffy 16y agoAt 27 tons, it would require a Delta IV-class vehicle to haul it there. That would be quite an impressive ICBM Now that I said that, we need to place a couple of there in LEO for the time non-EMP-hardened machines take over the world ;-)
- pyre 16y ago> Now that I said that, we need to place a couple of > there in LEO for the time non-EMP-hardened machines > take over the world ;-) Just need to make sure that SkyNet doesn't know about/have control over them...
- CapitalistCartr 16y agoWhen I was in the Air Force, our equipment was archaic by the standards of contemporary consumer electronics, lots of electro-mechanical stuff. But with its shielding, it was nearly bulletproof. No worries about EMP, or "Wargames" silliness.
- hga 16y agoThe SS-9/18 family had options for half that yield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-36_%28missile%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-36_%28missile%29). Note that if you're willing to deal with the fallout, you can double the yield of a design like the Tsar Bomba by switching the fusion tamper from lead to U238. I'd suspect the SS-9/18 family 25 Mt warheads achieved their yield by using the latter due to the weight savings (a bit more weight doubles your yield, and if it's exploding on enemy territory...).