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To: Mariner

Largest Fission weapon was 700kt detonated by England.
Very dangerous weapon as it had around 6x critical mass.
Just assembling it could have caused a blue flash.

Largest detonated by USA was 500kt


81 posted on 01/06/2016 6:22:21 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Zathras

The britts were trying to develop a high yield H-bomb and first couple failed.
As a backup they built their 700k Fission weapon and claimed it was a successful H-bomb.
Its unclear if it was Tritium boosted but for sure it used lots of U235


84 posted on 01/06/2016 6:35:29 AM PST by Zathras
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