Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels.... boom....

Quoting katie@fysh.org:

> Quoting Derek Fulton <derekfulton@bigpond.com>:
> > But just how small can a tiny nuke be? I can vaguely remember a
> similar
> > 
> > thread a few years back during which some people discussed just
> this.
> > They 
> > pointed out that there is a minimum size a nuclear warhead, can
> anyone
> > 
> > clarify this or is it going to easier to use normal explosives if
> that
> > 
> > really tiny nuke doesn't really make that big an explosion?
> 
> I recall hearing of a 100tons yield nuclear shell.
> 
> There are references in various places to uranium hydride weapons that
> have 
> yields of 500tons.
> 
> "During the 1950s and 1960s, nuclear weapons were developed for every 
> conceivable military mission. An estimated 1,000 W48 nuclear artillery
> shells 
> (designed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) were produced and
> deployed 
> with Army and Marine Corps forces between 1963 and 1991. The W48 had a
> yield of 
> 0.02-0.04 kilotons (equal to 2-4 tons of TNT). "
> http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/FP/projects/nucwcost/155mm.htm
> 

You know, I didn't think that looked quite right when i copied it...
0.02 kT =