How big was the W54 explosion?
The W54 weighed fifty-one pounds and had an explosive yield of . 01-. 02 kilotons of TNT (the equivalent of approximately 10-20 tons).
How powerful is a W54?
The weapon is notable for being the smallest nuclear weapon in both size and yield to have entered US service. It was a compact implosion device containing plutonium-239 as its fissile material, and in its various versions and mods it had a yield of 10 to 1,000 tons of TNT (42 to 4,184 gigajoules).
What is the blast radius of a tactical nuke?
The blast wave For example, a 15 kiloton bomb would have a fireball radius of about 100 metres and cause complete destruction up to 1.6 kilometres around the epicentre.
What was the blast radius of the Davy Crockett?
The weapon had an automatic lethal radiation exposure radius of 10,000 rem out to164 yards (150m) at the blast site and a delayed fatal dose of 600 rem within 150 yards (137.16m) of the blast center – of course this was all dependent on wind direction.
Is there a bomb bigger than the MOAB?
In terms of weight, MOAB is not the largest nonnuclear bomb in U.S. inventory. That title goes to Boeing’s GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), a 30,000-lb. “bunker buster” that has never been used in combat.
How deep can a MOAB penetrate?
The bomb, which was used for the first time in combat on Thursday in Afghanistan, can penetrate through 60 meters (200 feet) of enforced concrete and is therefore especially suitable for deployment in contained environments such as caves and bunkers.
How deep will a bunker buster go?
It can go through some 22 feet of concrete or over 100 feet of earth.
How far is nuke radius?
The initial radiation pulse from a 1 KT device could cause 50% mortality from radiation exposure, to individuals, without immediate medical intervention, within an approximate ½ mile (790 m) radius. This radius increases to approximately ¾ mile (1200m) for a 10 KT detonation.