70th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

What if your hometown were hit by the Hiroshima atomic bomb?

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-0...ma-atomic-bomb

Interesting application. The bomb used at Hiroshima was estimated in the 15 kiloton range. The 2nd one used at Nagasaki was estimated to be larger in the 20 kiloton range. According to the model it does significant damage.

Modern thermonuclear or 2 stage devices are approx. at the 150 kiloton range at their smallest if you exclude tactical weapons. These weapons can range in size up to 50 megatons. The former USSR, created the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, with a yield of 50 megatons, (50 million tons of tnt).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_yield


Scary thought