@wellerstein Ivy Mike was 82 tons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike
So to scale that up to 1,000 Mt (1,000,000 kilotons) would mean it would weigh 200 metric tons. Stupidly heavy for a missile.
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@NuclearDiner Right — too big for an ICBM. (And only 0.1-0.2 kt/kg.) Heaviest US missile warhead was Mk-39 I think? ~3,000 kg.
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@wellerstein query: historically, when govs were considering gigatonne weapons, what sort of delivery system did they contemplate? -
@The_Adrift Not always clear from the documents. US considered it as part of the Orion program at one point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion) …
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@wellerstein And what damage can be done with 12 warheads 300kT each? Is it reasonable payload of single RS-28 Sarmat missile? -
@zeziberto Sure, but that doesn't make it anything all that different from existing missile payloads. E.g. Trident II or R-36M2. -
@wellerstein So this whole article is a little exaggerated :)
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@wellerstein Well, missile apparently carries 12 warheads, so Mirror journos probably assumed Tsar Bomba sized. -
@BungleGoat Even 12 Tsar Bombas are not quite Texas-sized, though they take a hunk out of it...pic.twitter.com/nUXmwhxWYH
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@wellerstein Well, you could target them on the population centres, then they'd end up looking like the rest of Texas :) -
@wellerstein However, as mentioned, the UK tabloid press doesn't value accuracy or integrity too highly when it comes to a good headline...
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@wellerstein For an ICBM. For a cruise missile, an RC, stripped-down 747 (smaller fuselage, no landing gear, etc.) could do it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein НСО превосходит комплексы СЯС многократноhttps://twitter.com/PreventPapers/status/681931073861861376 …
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@wellerstein Денежная оценка потерь высших элит США в случае отказа от диалога с РФ: https://sites.google.com/site/eliminatingnuclearconflict/eliminating_nucon/appraisal …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein New York Times подтвердила начало гонки новых стратегических вооружений https://www.facebook.com/Putin.org/posts/1070701459654861 …https://twitter.com/PreventPapers/status/721723755257573376 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein Как Россия готовится к законной обороне от агрессии США и НАТОhttps://twitter.com/PreventPapers/status/695113481708793856 …
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