Which one is bigger?

geetrue · 12-16-06, 08:58 AM

Don't just look at the size ... The small one on the left (A-3) packs a bigger wahlap/whoosh/bang than the one on the right (C-3)

Three (3) 200 kilotons vs ten (10) 40-50 kilotons ... Warheads per missile. Do the math. I use to sleep 30 yards from these babies.

Wim Libaers · 12-16-06, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by geetrue

Don't just look at the size ... The small one on the left (A-3) packs a bigger wahlap/whoosh/bang than the one on the right (C-3)

Three (3) 200 kilotons vs ten (10) 40-50 kilotons ... Warheads per missile. Do the math. I use to sleep 30 yards from these babies.

However, a large number of small warheads properly spread over an area can do more damage than one big one for similar total yields.

XabbaRus · 12-16-06, 06:28 PM

It ain't the size of the ship but the motion of the ocean.....

Yahoshua · 12-17-06, 12:09 AM

My dad actually worked on building Trident missiles when he worked for Hughes Aircraft Co. back in the day.

U-533 · 12-17-06, 09:17 AM

Up to 14 warheads....hmm:hmm: ...I wonder if those were the plans Clinton

gave to China?

12-16-06, 08:58 AM	#1
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Don't just look at the size ... The small one on the left (A-3) packs a bigger wahlap/whoosh/bang than the one on the right (C-3) Three (3) 200 kilotons vs ten (10) 40-50 kilotons ... Warheads per missile. Do the math. I use to sleep 30 yards from these babies. __________________

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It ain't the size of the ship but the motion of the ocean..... __________________

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Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My dad actually worked on building Trident missiles when he worked for Hughes Aircraft Co. back in the day. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

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12-17-06, 09:17 AM	#5
U-533 Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: On my Boat Posts: 594 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Up to 14 warheads....hmm:hmm: ...I wonder if those were the plans Clinton gave to China?