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To: pgerassi who wrote (132729)	2/13/2001 7:09:41 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1571153

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. I was talking about the actual test defices that where above 40MT in the past. They were not intended for delivery. To my knowlege there was not 60MT+ "weaoponized" device. We have the technology to make one but that doesn't mean one actually exists. I do not think that a 60MT bomb can be carried by a Tomahawk. I may be wrong but I doubt it. 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. In my opinion that information is inaccurate but even if it is not if doesn't match your original statement which would require fires to hit just about everyware in Texas plus 5 surrounding states which would require a lot more then 300mile radius. I looked for more detailed information but I couldn't find anything for a blast bigger then 25MT. The information there did not extend to exactly how far fires would start but I think if fires would burn just about everything (rather then say igniting the stray piece of thin dry paper or a small gasoline spill) I would imagine that the death toll would be well above the aprox 5% percentage that the 25MT blast would cause at 20 miles. A 100MT blast would have a greater reach but it does not scale linearly. The fire effects might go out twice as far instead of 4 times. If I stumble across more solid information I'll post it. But unless one of us does we have probably talked out this issue. Tim