[KsSunflower]

Since your comment was off subject, I'll jump out of the boat with you...what kind of damage would a suitcase nuke do?...anybody know?

[blam]

"Since your comment was off subject, I'll jump out of the boat with you...what kind of damage would a suitcase nuke do?...anybody know?"

We got off subject with smallpox and eboli. I do not know the answer to your question, sorry.

[Tree of Liberty]

Somewhere on the order of >1-5 kilotons. I think that'd take out about 5 city blocks, but don't quote me on that.

Our smallest (publically acknowledged) nuke, by comparison, is the Davy Crockett. I've read that, among other applications, the corps of engineers has/had plans to use it to demolish bridges and such when there wasn't time to use conventional explosives.