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Topic	How big was the MOAB compared to the Nuke we dropped on Japan?
ChromaticAngel 04/13/17 6:02:55 PM #21:	butthole666 posted... ChromaticAngel posted... The Tsar Bomba had a 100 Megaton Payload when it was originally architected but they dialed it back down to about 50 megatons because the plane they were going to drop it out of wouldn't be able to get out of the blast radius of the 100 megaton version. By the way, you only need a few kilotons to level a whole city. I vaguely recall reading that the full payload would have cracked the earth's crust or some insane shit like that The earth's crust is extremely thick. While it is the "thinnest layer" it is still so fucking thick that we drill over 10km to get to oil and still don't get anywhere close to piercing all the way through to the mantle. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:877139696] in How big wa... [t:75234148]...</cite> <quote><cite>butthole666 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>The Tsar Bomba had a 100 Megaton Payload when it was originally architected but they dialed it back down to about 50 megatons because the plane they were going to drop it out of wouldn't be able to get out of the blast radius of the 100 megaton version. By the way, you only need a few kilotons to level a whole city.</quote> I vaguely recall reading that the full payload would have cracked the earth's crust or some insane shit like that</quote> The earth's crust is extremely thick. While it is the "thinnest layer" it is still so fucking thick that we drill over 10km to get to oil and still don't get anywhere close to piercing all the way through to the mantle. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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