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Well, that really is pretty big, but it’s important to note that as bombs go, Hiroshima wasn’t all that big. The destruction was mostly a result of the japanese construction being highly flamable, and when exposed to heat it all went up.

Now, if they compared it to the Tsar Bomba, that would be something. :)


12 posted on 01/20/2022 8:51:56 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: cuban leaf
Well, that really is pretty big, but it’s important to note that as bombs go, Hiroshima wasn’t all that big. The destruction was mostly a result of the japanese construction being highly flamable, and when exposed to heat it all went up.

Same happened in Tokyo with the conventional bombing.

14 posted on 01/20/2022 8:52:23 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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15 kilotons

Instant death radius 1.1 miles

It was good enough

And would still quake all but the most determined

And aside from the material being fairly difficult to procure

The bomb itself is not difficult to make for someone relatively skilled with metals and wiring and primary powders ...

Especially if they are less concerned over the survival of the deliverer or use the bomb stationary with a timer or remote trigger or just a very long fuse like mcveigh used

The complication is in the bomb which is sorta typical combustion barometric altitude trigger compilation

The hard part was all the buildup to how does cordite exploding and hence forcing two varyingly enriched sets of uranium rings into one another down a barrel make a Big Bang .....


59 posted on 01/20/2022 10:19:29 AM PST by wardaddy (Do we really think a culture vested in transgenderism can defeat 6000 years of mankind so easily...)
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