Tactical nukes might be that low in yield but strategic US nukes on Minutemen and D-5 missiles are much larger. The largest I believe is about 450 kilotons. Our largest warhead is over 1 megaton but is a gravity bomb, IIRC.
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Originally Posted by MorTech
Conventional charge -> Fission (Uranium/Plutonium) -> Fusion (Tritium). The warhead is about the size of a small refrigerator.
Most are probably of the 50kt range since any more is literally overkill.
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