• skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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      4 months ago

      one kiloton is defined as 10^12 cal or 10^9 kcal

      even advanced single stage nukes use up only something like 60% of fissile material so for modern 20kt-ish nuke you’re spot on

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      4 months ago

      I’ll run around the block later to make up for it.