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TimRoyall

Hard to imagine such a thing "landing softly"!!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/wor...a-15453872

Tim,

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

A mere 9MT, a firecracker compared to The Tsar Bomba!

The Tsar Bomba mushroom cloud seen from a distance of 160 km. The crown of the cloud is 56 km high at time of picture.

Doug_Kibbey

- Pzkpfw-e

A mere 9MT, a firecracker compared to The Tsar Bomba!

While, unlike fission weapons, there is no theoretical limit to the size of thermonuclears, there is a practical limit. As one approaches the 100mT capacity, it merely evacuates the atmosphere above the event at a greater rate, rather than expanding the zone of destruction. Bragging rights don't count for much in weapons design.