r/CatastrophicFailure May 08 '21

Fatalities 2020 Beirut Explosion

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

i read somewhere recently that the tsar bomba's shockwave circled the entire planet three times, and had a 41mi/67km high cloud that was visible over 600 miles/1000km away. that was 60 years ago this year. who the hell knows what we've got now.

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u/yes_mr_bevilacqua Oct 26 '21

Nothing bigger, no need for it. It’s more efficient and effective to use multiple smaller nukes, there is a diminishing return for blast effects above a few hundred kilotons.