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Technically, yes. Practically, the Tsar Bomba was already beyond what was useful in military terms. Above a certain yield, most of the energy is radiated off in
by krylon 5y ago
Technically, yes. Practically, the Tsar Bomba was already beyond what was useful in military terms. Above a certain yield, most of the energy is radiated off into space, IIRC.
Not that I'm eager to find out, if you're catching my drift.
- markdown 5y agoNo, I'd rather not catch your radioactive drift.
- krylon 5y agoMy "drift" was that I think nuclear weapons are bad idea to begin with, and that Gigaton weapons would be a really REALLY bad idea, not just from ethics perspective, but also useless from a military perspective. I should have chosen my words more carefully.
- rbanffy 5y ago> Tsar Bomba was already beyond what was useful in military terms If we think of it as a weapon, yes. If we think of it as a demolition device, then not even the sky is a limit. You never know when you might need to demolish a small moon.