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oh, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash "The two 3–4-megaton MK. 39 nuclear bom
by leeoniya 9y ago
oh, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
"The two 3–4-megaton MK. 39 nuclear bombs separated from the gyrating aircraft as it broke up between 1,000 and 2,000 feet (300 and 610 m)."
For reference, Little Boy's (Hiroshima) yield was 15 kilotons.
- gilleain 9y agoUsing the nukemap, with a target of Faro: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&kt=4000&lat=35.5111142&lng=-77.8447581&hob_ft=0&ff=55&zm=10 http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&kt=4000&lat=35.5111142&l...
- leeoniya 9y agothe default there is airburst, but at Faro it would have detonated at the surface which reduces the radius a lot and casualties by a factor of 3, (prolly since less of densely-populated Goldsboro is affected)
- HarryHirsch 9y agoBut with a surface burst there would have been a fallout plume all the way to Norfolk, VA. The area would be uninhabitable for years, if not decades.