B-61 Mod 3 (lowest kt currently in US arsenal) (300 t) W-80 (currently in US arsenal, cruise missile) (150 kt) W-87 (currently in US arsenal, Minuteman III) (300 kt) W-78 (currently in US arsenal, Minuteman …

NUKEMAP is a mapping mash-up that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.

Snark (1958-1961) • Cruise missile Thor (1958-1975) • IRBM, silo-based, US and UK Jupiter (1959-1965) • MRBM, ground-launched Atlas (1959-1965) • ICBM, ground-launched Pershing I (1960 …

It allowed a user to see the ground effects of a nuclear weapon over any city in the world in 3D, as well as render a size-accurate mushroom cloud for any given yield of nuclear weapon.

Jul 22, 2013 · The mushroom cloud from a 20 kiloton explosion, centered on downtown San Francisco, as viewed from my old house in the Berkeley Hills. Estimated fatalities: 75,200.

Without taking into account many more variables than the model can deal with, like terrain type, building type, expected reaction of the bombed populace, and radioactive fallout, it's hard to do anything …

Mar 22, 2013 · If an atomic bomb were to go off over your city, the damage would be horrifying, the death toll staggering. But it’s a level of destruction that people should try to appreciate for what it is …

Feb 3, 2012 · If you dropped a Fat Man-style bomb onto downtown Boston, the results wouldn’t be pretty, but the effects would be limited to the immediate area surrounding the peninsula, primarily.

Dec 6, 2013 · What airburst physics tells us about nuclear targeting decisions, and why it took so long for the NUKEMAP to support arbitrary burst heights.

Dec 1, 2014 · It is actually a French nuclear weapon, specifically the test dubbed “Licorne,” a 914 kiloton thermonuclear shot detonated in 1970 at the Fangataufa atoll in French Polynesia. I do admit finding …