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RosieG

When a nuclear bomb drops on a target how large an area does it destroy? Hundreds of miles, thousands of miles?

How far does radiation drift and does it kill along the way immediately or does it take awhile?

Posted - August 31, 2017
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  • 16763
    Depends on a lot of factors. Yield. Terrain. Weather. Height of detonation. There's no "one size fits all", a little tactical bomb might have a cicle of total detruction limited to a few blocks - with lesser damage further away, radiation spread determined by weather. A multi megatonne bomb can wipe out an entire city.
      August 31, 2017 6:00 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Do we know who has the biggest baddest ones and who has the smallest ones? So many variables. Thank you for your reply Sbf!   I hope all of this info is moot conjecture and just for conversation. I hope we don't have to live any of it. Well, die in it actually. :(
      August 31, 2017 6:27 AM MDT
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