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There are many efficiency metrics. For instance, how much energy went into constructing and deploying the bomb vs. how much destruction it caused. I think large
by naasking 2y ago
There are many efficiency metrics. For instance, how much energy went into constructing and deploying the bomb vs. how much destruction it caused. I think large nuclear bombs would look quite ok on this metric.
- hollerith 2y agoPeople have known how to make very large bombs for a long time (e.g., in 1961, the USSR tested a bomb with a yield of 50–58 megatons) so it says something that for decades, no military has had any bombs larger than about 1.3 megatons.