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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (302920)	9/18/2024 10:22:40 AM
From: Lane3	8 Recommendations Recommended By bentway Brumar89 GPS Info Mannie pocotrader and 3 more members Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 360507

If nukes are so tame and so well contained to the target zone with so few externalities, perhaps you shouldn't be so afraid. And since you know that the US wouldn't strike first, perhaps you should be fussing at Putin's behavior rather than the US and NATO.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (302920)	9/18/2024 10:46:32 AM
From: combjelly	2 Recommendations Recommended By GPS Info pocotrader Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 360507

The biggest about 100 megatons. But one or 10 megaton are more normal. No and no. The largest nuclear weapon ever built was the Tsar Bomba. While it had a design yield of 100 megatons, it was derated to about half that for its single test. That was decades ago, though. And no others have been built. Large nuclear weapons were in vogue back in the days where the Circular Error Probable(CEP, or the weapon has a 50% chance of landing within a certain distance) was measured in miles. So you needed a bigger boom so your limited number of warheads had a chance of killing its target. But that has changed quite a bit over the decades since those halcyon days of analog and mechanical controls. Too lazy to look it up, but I don't think any existing weapon clocks in above 1 megaton. Because there is no tactical or strategic reason for them. Other than compensating for certain personal shortcomings, they make no sense.