@wellerstein U mean for Plowshare stuff? What's the source for ur chart?
If you wanted to license a nuke from the AEC for excavation purposes in the 1960s, here's what it would cost —pic.twitter.com/YJy2G67aFq
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@wellerstein Hmm. Why not a steeper rise in cost at the 500 KT mark (switch from fission to fusion)? -
@AstuteDoofus I don't know where they would draw that line here (I doubt they'd be used all-fission 400 kt devices for this), but the price
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@wellerstein Please cite the source. - End of conversation
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@wellerstein Good thing those 1960s supervillains never saw this chart...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein Very interesting, especially since the DOE (like AEC before it) hardly ever releases data on the actual cost of bombs/warheads.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein In 1958, an Air Force publicist pegged price of W25 (1.5kt) at "a quarter of a million dollars." - http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb332/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein The declassified est. cost of cancelled W74 (155mm) and W75 (8-inch) artillery shells was $452,000 (W74) and $400,000 (W75).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein So 1MT which would wipe out e.g. the whole LA basin, cost about as much as a tricked-out motorhome.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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