Life magazine illustration of difference between one big (Tsar Bomba) boom and many smaller nuclear weapons, 1961.pic.twitter.com/0BCCTGEwzt
@wellerstein (Top is meant to be one 57 Mt bomb, bottom is ten 5 Mt bombs. This is when 57 Mt was the common Tsar Bomba figure.)
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@wellerstein Interesting! I thought several nukes would do less damage as there would be some sort of vacuum effect between each other....Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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