Nuke map - frightening how much instant damage
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Pick your location, select your bomb and see how big the blast radius is - scary 
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
It was either the uk or us who had the Moscow criterion when first developing nuclear weapons and it was for a single device to be able to destroy Moscow.
The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
trickywoo said:
It was either the uk or us who had the Moscow criterion when first developing nuclear weapons and it was for a single device to be able to destroy Moscow.
The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
50 megatons? Are you sure?The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
Dr Jekyll said:
trickywoo said:
It was either the uk or us who had the Moscow criterion when first developing nuclear weapons and it was for a single device to be able to destroy Moscow.
The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
50 megatons? Are you sure?The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
NinjaPower said:
I would quite like to have watched from a distance when the Tsar Bomba was set off.
57 Megatons with a theoretical yield of 100 Megatons.
The largest man made explosion in history.
I don't think there WAS a safe directly observable distance for Tsar Bomba, unless you were on the moon.57 Megatons with a theoretical yield of 100 Megatons.
The largest man made explosion in history.
Halmyre said:
I don't think there WAS a safe directly observable distance for Tsar Bomba, unless you were on the moon.
Pretty much, they had to scale the f
ker back to 50 mt so the drop-plane stood a chance of escape, despite there being a HUGE chute on the bombThe shockwave was still detectable after travelling around the world three times
My OH worked at a gas processing plant for a while. She was being interviewed as her contract was coming to an end (maternity cover) and an international telecoms company. When asked what the best thing she had learnt, she talked about the health and safety (she is an accountant) the guy interviewing her was a bit dismissive, and not quite, but nearly laughing at some of the things she had learnt. He then asked what the worst that could happen was... An explosion would take out about an 8 mile radius - at which point he suddnely became a lot more attentive!
(He turned out to be a bullying cock, so she moved on, he had over 100% staff turnover from a team of 8 in just three months!)
(He turned out to be a bullying cock, so she moved on, he had over 100% staff turnover from a team of 8 in just three months!)
trickywoo said:
It was either the uk or us who had the Moscow criterion when first developing nuclear weapons and it was for a single device to be able to destroy Moscow.
The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
I thought they were just kept at a heightened state of readiness but that's properly bonkers!The game has moved on but during the Cold War there were b52s permanently in the air each carrying 4 50 mega ton stand off nuclear weapons. Quite potent.
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