From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner
Newsgroups: net.physics
Title: Re: Warhead Question? - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1250
Posted: Thu Dec 16 22:27:08 1982
Received: Tue Dec 21 22:05:16 1982

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uiucdcs!renner    Dec 16 20:56:00 1982

     I don't think you have to be a nuclear physicist to answer this
question.  A little reasoning will verify the statement.  Consider:  a
100 kt nuke will make a real mess out of whatever it is dropped on.
600 megatons = 6000 x 100 kt nukes.  Now imagine the US after the 3000
most important places are trashed.  (Assume really big places, like New
York or the San Francisco Bay area count as several places.)  I think
most people will admit that the result does not resemble the United
States as we know it.