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Old 05-14-07, 08:57 AM   #3
Letum
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Originally Posted by baggygreen
thank christ we never had to see those bloody things folowing nagasaki... 180km wide fireball... jeebus
180km fireball?!?!

Noooo!

The Tzar bomb was made for 100Mt, but was only ever detonated at 50Mt.
At 50Mt the fireball was 4.6km. If it had detonated at 100Mt the fireball would have been around 6.2km. Nowhere near 180km!

Of course the dammage will spread much further than 6.2km. With the 100Mt bomb you would be badly burnt over 200km away and windows would break over 1200km away.


*edit* Snap!
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