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I've seen estimates from 200 tons to 1 kT, still quite powerful. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24053732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=240537
by frickinLasers 6y ago
I've seen estimates from 200 tons to 1 kT, still quite powerful. See:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24053732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24053732
Nuclear weapons span a huge range of yields. The W54 yield was as low as 10 tons, about as energetic as a daisy cutter conventional bomb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W54 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W54
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82