[OldMissileer]

Nine Megatons worth of Big Bang.

My time on Titan II Combat Crew was possibly the best time in my 20 year career.

[Mouton]

Why not run the test at 2AM? It is a test no? That way if Barky comes on, few will hear him or need to tune him out.

9MGs eh...sounds like that was the size of the largest bang one of those suckers could produce from what I gather. Titans were liquid fueled were they not??

[wita]

I spent my last seven and a half years flying the ALCS bird. That would qualify me as bus driver for the coneheads in the back of the plane. Aircraft now resides in the air museum at Ellsworth AFB.

.and speaking of big bangs, I was thinking more of the Titan coming out of the hole, I don’t think anyone near enough to possibly “hear” the explosion on the mission end of the flight would be around to tell about it.

[Yosemitest]

Big Bang ... That reminds me.
If you see a bright flash Tuesday, towards Pantex Plant near Amarillo, don't worry.
It's just Obama's plan going into action. You know how he hates conservative states.

[Yosemitest]

Did Perry and Obama get together and plan this terrorists temptation?

Assuming a detonation at optimum height, a 9 megaton blast would result in a fireball some 4 to 5 kilometers (2.5 to 3 miles) in diameter. The radiated heat would be sufficient to cause lethal burns to any unprotected person within 28.7 kilometers (17.8 mi) (995 square miles). Blast effects would be sufficient to collapse most residential and industrial structures within a 14.9-kilometer (9.3 mi) radius (300 square miles); within 5.7 kilometers (3.5 mi) virtually all above-ground structures would be destroyed and blast effects would inflict near 100% fatalities. Within 4.7 kilometers (2.9 mi) a 500 rem dose of ionizing radiation would be received by the average person, sufficient to cause a 50% to 90% casualty rate independent of thermal or blast effects at this distance.

Gee, if terrorist broke in and steal this weapon, what would they do with it?