@wellerstein Other thing of note — extreme thermal radiation from very high yield (50-100 Mt) weapons is their most "attractive" property.
The diminishing returns of high-yield nuclear weapons: area affected increases much more slowly than weapon weight.pic.twitter.com/mLGRfTBLLG
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@wellerstein How does multi-warhead delivery effect his analysis? What's the biggest bang for the buck? -
@Casillic I cut out everything <1 Mt because it was cluttered. But 100-400 kt or so seems to be the sweet spot for MIRVs in terms of mass.
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@wellerstein where did u find the data on mass of warhead? Very useful graph. -
@ferencdv Glad you asked! It was the most difficult part to derive. It is a mixture of reported values and a rough formula I came up with..
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Blast area chngs as fnxn: yield to 1/3 power. MT “
@wellerstein: diminishing returns of high-yield nuclear weapons: pic.twitter.com/503GwuFErP”
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@wellerstein Do you know the physics behind the sharp change at 20-25 Mt?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@4Dgifts yes, but@wellerstein NUKEMAP has been instrumental in making the effects of nuclear weapons visible to everyone.
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@wellerstein True and the basis for MIRVs but the graph has radius rather than area as the abscissa.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@CasparBowden who cares as long as the profits of the armaments industry increase exponentially?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein @Pkerr2006 Is Global Zero simply a mythThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@crowthinks Area affected increases per Cube-root of increase of yieldThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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