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Where on earth did he get this figure from?

The first Hydrogen (Fusion) bomb was approx 10.4 Megatons.
It left a crater a mile wide..

The biggest H-bomb ever tested by the U.S. was 15 Megatons.
It left a crater 250 ft. deep and 6250 ft wide..

What's the size of the Yucatan Crater?
I would guess about 10 miles wide, and somewhere around 2000 to 2200 ft deep..

i.e., 100 megatons..

The Russians had designs for 100 megaton H-bombs, but never actually tested any.. ( not sure if they ever built one or not )

43 posted on 07/08/2004 3:05:07 AM PDT by Drammach (Ripley... Last survivor of the Nostromo.... signing off....)

The Yucatan crater is estimated to be 110 - 125 miles in diameter. I don't know if there is any reliable estimate of depth.

44 posted on 07/08/2004 3:23:37 AM PDT by Truth29

The Russians had designs for 100 megaton H-bombs,

The largest they detonated was 50 MT.

87 posted on 07/08/2004 12:43:37 PM PDT by ASA Vet (tourette's syndrome is just a $&#$*!% excuse for bad *%$#**& language skills.)

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