> Modern nuclear bombs are ~20Mt, with the biggest at 100Mt. IIRC, the biggest t...

dragonwriter on June 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Texas Is Too Windy and Sunny for Old Energy Compan...

> Modern nuclear bombs are ~20Mt, with the biggest at 100Mt.

IIRC, the biggest the US ever deployed operationally was 9Mt, and those have since been retired. The common strategic warheads now deployed are, IIRC, 100-350kt range.