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

Quoting Roger Burton West <roger@firedrake.org>:

> On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:34:22PM +0000, katie@fysh.org wrote:
> >"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). "
> 
> Well, I wouldn't trust someone who doesn't know his units. 0.02
> kilotons
> = 20 tons, not 2...

Damn, your post arrived between me noticing and making a comment and my
post 
hitting the list....