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To: T-Bone Texan

“Directly overhead?”

Probably, so long as it’s not actually detonated on the surface. 45 feet deep is pretty far, and any appreciable altitude will mitigate crater depth. 20kT is about equal to the Hiroshima blast, which did leave buildings standing near ground zero.


8 posted on 12/01/2015 8:20:07 AM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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To: ctdonath2

200 PSI Overpressure? Think the vault doors will still work?


19 posted on 12/01/2015 10:28:37 AM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: ctdonath2
20kT is about equal to the Hiroshima blast, which did leave buildings standing near ground zero.

It would have left more standing if it had not been detonated at approx. 1900 feet above the surface. That maximized the design's destructive potential.

24 posted on 12/01/2015 11:27:59 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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