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Old 05-10-2022, 06:05 AM
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The largest current nuke in the US arsenal is a bit over 1 mt. Russia did assemble and test a 50 mt three stage device in the early 60s but that was a one-off. The US did have an operational 25 mt three stage device in the 60s. The warheads on Minuteman and D-5 missiles are under 1 mt.

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Originally Posted by MorTech View Post
A nuke map with kill radius. I wouldn't worry too much about any nuke over 50mt. The USA only has a few and probably russia as well. After 50mt, you get "diminished return". Nobody has a 100mt nuke.

NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein