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They're only inefficient if you want them to do something other than heat up a lot of air by a very large amount very fast. :)
by taneq 2y ago
They're only inefficient if you want them to do something other than heat up a lot of air by a very large amount very fast. :)
- hollerith 2y agoOK: they're inefficient at killing people and destroying buildings and other structures relative to bombs with yields like 500 kilotons.
- connicpu 2y agoPretty efficient in their mass to destruction ratio, it's only inefficient if you compare it to how much energy the fissile/fusible material could be worth in a nuclear reactor.
- hollerith 2y agoIt's also an inefficient use of ICBMs or whatever "system" is being used to "deliver" the bomb to the target (which BTW is more expensive than the bombs themselves).
- jajko 2y agoWell that heat does a lot of damage too, on top of other damaging radiation, blast wave, irradiating everything etc. which is proportional to bomb yield. Sure the biggest ones are comparatively ineffective, thats why the focus on manufacturing was on small/medium yield one, one can produce many more and saturate defenses more easily rather than one/few MOABs.