To: zencat
The smallest nuke the US ever deployed was the W-54 Davy Crockett (shown above with launcher).
Remember, the W-54 was from 1954! So this technology is half a century old. W-88 was from 1988... about the time we stopped building nukes.
17 posted on
03/01/2005 12:38:19 PM PST by
Bon mots
To: Bon mots
Yes, but the W-54 is a fission device with a yield around .5Kt or so. The W88, a small fusion device is 22 inches wide and 69 inches long with a yield of 475Kt.
500 tons of TNT, vs. 475,000 tons of TNT.
It's like 1/38 of a Hiroshima vs. 38 Hiroshimas.
James
20 posted on
03/01/2005 12:48:44 PM PST by
zencat
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