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| Keywords: Comparative nuclear fireball sizes.svg Tsar Bomba ” 50 Mt ” convert 4 6 km 1 on Castle Bravo ” 15 Mt ” 2 84 km 2 on W59 warhead Minuteman missile ” 1 Mt ” 96 km 2 on W88 warhead Peacekeeper missile ” 350 kt ” 64 km 1 on Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki Japan ” 18 kt ” 2 km 1 on Note that these are only for the fireball component of the explosion ” radiation blast and heat would extend far beyond these distances i e for the Tsar Bomba anyplace with 6 56 km would receive 500 rems of radiation there would be near total fatalities for the air blast within 9 95 km structural damage at 26 26 km and third-degree burns at 58 km This is meant only to give some means of comprehending the differences in scale between different weapon designs Tsar Bomba ” 50 Mt ” 4 6 km Castle Bravo ” 15 Mt ” 2 84 km W59 ydinkärki Minuteman ohjus ” 1 Mt ” 96 km W88 ydinkärki Peacekeeper ohjus ” 350 kt ” 64 km Fat Man pommi pudotettiin Nagasakiin ” 18 kt ” 2 km Huomaa että esitettynä on vain tulipallojen säde ” radioaktiivinen laskeuma paineaalto ja kuumuus leviävät huomattavasti näitä etäisyyksiä kauemmaksi Fastfission Sizes calculated using the equations at Carey Sublette's http //nuclearweaponarchive org/Nwfaq/Nfaq5 html Nuclear Weapons Archive FAQ Created with Inkscape 2006-06-25 Fastfission If you want to credit someone credit Wikimedia Commons Otherwise don't credit anyone that's fine by me --Fastfission 14 59 14 April 2008 UTC Fastfission Nuclear explosion physics Nuclear weapons data Castle Bravo Fat Man Tsar Bomba | ||||
