The explosive power of a nuclear bomb can be adjusted… even in flight!
Common nuclear weapons in the U.S. Today have the potential to be a 150 kiloton weapon. The destruction this would cause would be unimaginable. However, by using a "dial-a-yield" feature, the nuke can be changed to just a 5 kiloton weapon.
Nuclear weapons are extremely powerful. Their yields are measured as tens and hundreds of kilotons. To put that in perspective, one kiloton is equivalent to the destructive power of 1,000 metric tons of TNT. The bomb that destroyed Hiroshima was a 13 kiloton weapon. And that destroyed an entire city.
Nuclear weapons are extremely powerful. Their yields are measured as tens and hundreds of kilotons. To put that in perspective, one kiloton is equivalent to the destructive power of 1,000 metric tons of TNT. The bomb that destroyed Hiroshima was a 13 kiloton weapon. And that destroyed an entire city.
Nuclear missiles can even be remotely adjusted while they are in flight. The adjustment deals with tritium gas, which can seriously boost the strength of a nuclear weapon.
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