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To: boomop1
put a few 100 mega ton nukes

We don't have any and never did.

40 posted on 07/26/2007 8:03:58 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Ask the OB guy.)
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To: ASA Vet
100 megaton nukes?

Well.....I gotta give the guy an A for overkill but a D for technology.

Read on.

Even the most carefully designed underground facility has air vents.
55 posted on 07/26/2007 9:09:21 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: ASA Vet
We don't have any [100 mt nukes] and never did.

In 1961, the Soviets came within a factor of two, with a 58-megaton bomb. It was supposed to yield 100 megatons, but they decided to replace the U-238 tamper with lead, in the interest of reducing fallout, which was already becoming a world opinion issue. In the event, 97% of its yield was from fusion, and it produced very light fallout, having exploded at an altitude of 13,000 feet.

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63 posted on 07/26/2007 9:32:27 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: ASA Vet

I added an extra zero just for effect.


82 posted on 07/27/2007 5:33:26 AM PDT by boomop1 (there you go again)
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