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To: TimF who wrote (132651)	2/13/2001 4:40:46 PM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1571045

Tim Re..Which is considerably less then the "Texas and the five surrounding states" that Harry posted. Thanks for providing some more detail Pete.<<<<<< I also would like to thank Pete for the detail. However, in my defense, there is a difference between kill radius and the fire radius. According to the article, there also was a difference in the height of the explosion. 5 miles up would be too high to have a effective kill zone, but it would be the ideal height if you are trying to do the max. physical damage. On the other hand, an explosion 1 mile (I believe it was 1 mile) up would have the maximum kill zone, but it would do less physical damage.

To: TimF who wrote (132651)	2/13/2001 6:33:21 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571045

Dear Tim: A 60MT DT bomb is easily delivered by a Titan or other device. The micronization of nuclear devices referred to by the Clinton China espionage flap, allows for a 60MT DT bomb to be carried by a Tomahawk (or was it a somewhat larger ALCM?) missile which is hardly a "hard to deliver" weapon. Also consider that a 747 carries a 143 ton shuttle (with some planning) could even carry the 2GT device referred to in my last post. The height of detonation does have an effect of controlling the kill radius versus the fire damage radius. In Hiroshima sized blasts, the 50% fire extends about twice the distance (they detonated at about 2000' AGL) of the 50% kill radius. The larger DT bombs, allow for a greater burn time before the shockwave snuffs the fires (although hot debris can start new fires upon impact to the ground). Thus, the fire radius extends further faster than 50% kill radius as yield goes up. Thus a 100MT blast into northeastern Texas could burn parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and possibly Missouri with a 300 mile plus fire radius. One into about Philadelphia would get everything from Washington to Hartford IIRC (about 8 to 10 states depending on wind direction and height above ground zero). Pete