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To: SES1066

If we focus on warheads, then the lightest one in 1959 was the W-25 which weighed between 218 and 221 pounds; however, it had a yield of only 1.7 kilotons (much lower than either Fat Man or Little Boy). Lager yield warheads ranged in weight from about 900 pounds to over 6,000 pounds - the US nuclear bombs were even heavier (the Mk.24 bomb weighed over 40,000 pounds).


73 posted on 11/25/2012 6:20:13 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Lager yield warheads ranged in weight from about 900 pounds to over 6,000 pounds

That's a LOT of beer!

98 posted on 11/26/2012 4:19:20 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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