New more powerful bomb

U.S. plans NUCLEAR bomb 24 times more powerful than Hiroshima https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12688663/Nuclear-Hiroshima-bomb-Biden-Xi-Taiwan-Putin-Pentagon.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

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Northwest · M

We produced a bomb 700 times more powerful than Hiroshima, more than 70 years ago.

SDavis · 56-60, F

@Northwest they want to resupply their stock so they're asking Congress for permission.

SDavis · 56-60, F

@Northwest nope, the biggest is the B83/1.2 megatons
actually around 60 times more powerful than the nuke dropped on Hiroshima

Northwest · M

@SDavis [quote]nope, the biggest is the B83/1.2 megatons[/quote]

Not certain what you're saying "nope" to.

I said:

[quote]We produced a bomb 700 times more powerful than Hiroshima, more than 70 years ago.
[/quote]

The B82 is roughly 75X the maximum yield of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is also a variably yield weapon, which means it could be set to detonate at 2% that yield.

The 1952 test yielded 700X what we dropped on Hiroshima.

SDavis · 56-60, F

@Northwest
https://youtu.be/PRJ0NuDTypU?feature=shared

Northwest · M

@SDavis You should really watch the last 20 seconds of this video, and I mean watch and listen.

SDavis · 56-60, F

@Northwest my apologies, it seemed to me as if you were referring to the largest bomb in the US arsenal and not the largest bomb they *TESTED.*

SDavis · 56-60, F

@Northwest I don't post anything I don't listen to or read. And there is a difference in having and testing.