On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Jeremy Bailin wrote:
quoted 4 lines Actually, I think the crudest bit of this whole approximation was that we> Actually, I think the crudest bit of this whole approximation was that we
> weren't entirely sure what the world's nuclear arsenal amounted to. We
> figured it averaged out to 50,000 warheads of 1 Megaton each, but we could
> easily be wrong.
well, my memory from un club says that the entire world's arsenal of
nuclear weapons is at least 45 000 megatons, but no more than 75 000
megatons. that's just warheads, though. if you were to explode the whole
weapon, there's an awful lot of propellant and primer that's gonna blow,
too. i'd guesstimate you could factor in around 10 000 megatons for that
alone.
i'm enjoying this thread. for some reason, i've been reading a lot of
physics lately. although last night i bought _and the ass saw the angel_.
how is it, rosso?
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