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Are there "conventional" weapons capable of leveling cities/regions, buildings and all ?
by jrimbault 9y ago
Are there "conventional" weapons capable of leveling cities/regions, buildings and all ?
- 24gttghh 9y agoIncendiary bombs used against Germany[0][1] and Japan[2] arguably caused more death and destruction in single air-raids than the singular nuclear attacks on Japan; albeit with a use of greater manpower in the attacks themselves. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II#Battle_of_Hamburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_Wa... [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II#The_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_Wa... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo#Operation_Meetinghouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo#Operation_Mee...
- jrimbault 9y agoHow would it compare to modern fission-fusion bombs ?
- 24gttghh 9y agoWe're talking orders of magnitude higher yields in modern nuclear weapons compared to the first ones which were roughly comparable to entire air armada's of bombers at the time. There was a post to HN earlier this year of a site that would estimate damage and allow you to customize the yields, burst-height, prevailing winds, etc. I did not bookmark it as the results are too terrifying.
- jrimbault 9y agoFound it. http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
- trgv 9y agoIf you use enough of them, of course.
- jrimbault 9y agoI meant in one go. And also taking into account modern fusion bombs.
- sbarker 9y agoNot really in one shot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_All_Bombs