[FreeAtlanta]

hmmm, I just tried the tsar bomb on Mecca, and I then zoomed out a little.

Israel is going to need a lot more firecrackers to take out the whole Islamic world. http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=21.421893146242027&lng=39.826025925292925&zm=5&kt=100000

As for our nut president wanting to slash our Nukes, if we get down to 300, some commie dictator in China or Russia or Iran is going to get the wild hair that they might be able to survive while taking out the USA. That is why MAD was so important. Nobody had delusions of surviving.

[Slings and Arrows]

Israelis love a challenge.

[JimRed]

That is why MAD was so important. Nobody had delusions of surviving.

But since the MAD Mullahs don't care about surviving, all bets are off as they seek final martyrdom taking as many Israelis and us with them as possible.

[cynwoody]

hmmm, I just tried the tsar bomb on Mecca, and I then zoomed out a little.

Israel is going to need a lot more firecrackers to take out the whole Islamic world. http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=21.421893146242027&lng=39.826025925292925&zm=5&kt=100000

Tsar Bomba was only 57 mt. The original design shot for 100 mt, but they reportedly scaled it back to reduce fallout, which was becoming a hot political issue. The original design had a tertiary stage in which a uranium tamper would be fissioned, producing about half the yield and most of the fallout. In the event, Tsar Bomba was, percentage-wise, the cleanest bomb ever tested, with 97% of the yield coming from the fusion reactions.

I plugged in 57 mt at the site, and it calculated a fireball diameter of 3 miles. In the actual test, the fireball grew to 5 miles.

I see Jeddah is at the edge of the thermal radius.