A kiloton could be described as 1 x 103 tons.
1 kiloton = 1000 tons.
.... nanogram = 0,00001 g microgram = 0,0001 g miligram = 0,001 g centigram = 0,01 g decigram = 0,1 g gram = 1 g decagram = 10 g hectogram = 100 g kilogram = 1000 g ton = 1000 kg kiloton = 1000 t megaton = 1000 kt ..... ~codekiddy.
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The difference in place is 1/20.
At this time it is somewhere under 1 megaton. Current Minutemen III missiles carry one single fusion warhead about 300 to 350 kiloton. They have capacity for 3, but treaty limits them to 1.
1 kiloton!
Comparatively not that powerful. The largest Pakistan has that we suspect could be most likely no higher then a 500 kiloton nuclear warhead while the United States and Russia for example operate or have operated 30, 40, even 50 megaton nuclear devices. A 500 kiloton nuke is about 1% the power of a 50 megaton nuke. However, they operate about 70-90 nuclear warheads, making not only the weapon, but the number of them a significant nuclear deterrent for the country.
A kiloton could be described as 1 x 103 tons.
1 megaton TNT = 4.184 petajoules ( 4.184 x 1015 J )
A 1 kiloton nuclear blast has the equivalent explosive force of detonating 1 kilotons of TNT.
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1 kiloton = 1000 tons.
.... nanogram = 0,00001 g microgram = 0,0001 g miligram = 0,001 g centigram = 0,01 g decigram = 0,1 g gram = 1 g decagram = 10 g hectogram = 100 g kilogram = 1000 g ton = 1000 kg kiloton = 1000 t megaton = 1000 kt ..... ~codekiddy.
A Megaton is the explosive force equal to that of 1 million metric tons of TNT. It is approximately 4.2 x 1015 joules.
Salt Lake City covers an area of 110.4 square miles. To simplify the calculation I will assume this is circular (which it isn't). Thus the estimated radius of the city is 5.9 miles. 5 psi dynamic maximum overpressure (which will damage or destroy most conventional structures) can be produced at this range by a 25 megaton bomb. 50 psi dynamic maximum overpressure (which will destroy all but hardened structures) can be produced at this range by a 400 megaton bomb. No bomb of this yield has ever been built. Fires ignited by thermal radiation can be produced at this range by a 1 megaton bomb and it is likely these could merge into a firestorm that would destroy the city. However it is very unlikely that a single bomb would be used, instead six to ten 100 kiloton to 300 kiloton bombs scattered across the area would produce more damage at less cost.
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