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Originally Posted by CastleBravo
You lost me here. What is the difference between making it better over all and just more efficient?
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A simple example. The old warhead is 1000 pounds of TNT. You change it to 1000 pounds of PBXN-whatever, which is a more powerful explosive. All else being equal, the new warhead would be "better overall" (in terms of "bang").
Second case: The old warhead is 1000 pounds of TNT. Because that's too much for the required range, they shafted it to 500 pounds of PBXN-whatever. PBXN (for today's purpose) is about 1.8 times more powerful than TNT, so it is worth about 900 pounds of TNT. In this case the warhead is more efficient but is not "better (more powerful)" overall.