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From: wolit@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Jan Wolitzky)
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Subject: Re: Nuclear Devastation
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Date: 1 Jun 89 03:09:11 GMT
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From: wolit@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Jan Wolitzky)



> The 200,000 warheads seems like an exageration.  I think
> that most modern artillery shell nukes are smaller than
> Hiroshima.

Some are, some aren't.  The W33 warhead for the M422 8-inch (203mm)
artillery-fired atomic projectile (AFAP) has a selectable yield of up
to 12 Kt, which is about the same as Little Boy.  As of 1983, there
were about 1800 of these deployed.
-- 
Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; mhuxd!wolit
(Affiliation given for identification purposes only)