A kiloton is a unit of measure which measures the energy of an atomic weapon's explosive power.
One kiloton is equal to 1000 tons or 4.184 gigajoules.
A kilotonne is a unit of weight (mass) measurement, equal to 1000 kilograms or 2,240 pounds UK (1.016 kg) or 2000 pounds US/CA (907 kg).
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One thousand tons is commonly referred to as a kiloton or metric kiloton. It is equivalent to 1,000,000 kilograms or 2,204,623 pounds.
A kiloton could be described as 1 x 103 tons.
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1 kiloton = 1000 tons.
Oh, dude, there are three zeros in a kiloton. It's like a thousand tons, so you've got three zeros hanging out at the end there. Just remember, kilo means a thousand, so it's not rocket science... well, unless you're talking about kilotons of rockets!