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Hypothetical question: Radius of a nuclear explosion in London on July 27
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1056657:MV8xOTM0NjI1XzMyNDA1ODA0XzMzQzMxMzA1] It's likely to be a 10Kt detonation, which means that anyone within a few miles is toast, anyone outside 10=20 miles will be OK, but the radiation cloud is the long term killer. Mostly anyone outside 30=40 miles from the blast zone should be fairly OK as the cloud would have hopefully dissipated to such an extent that exposure will be minimal and no major upturn in cancer rates will be seen. I'm over 75miles from the blast zone, so will OK to a certain extent. We'll only really be able to tell by how much over a period of decades. [/quote]
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If TPTB would REALLY pull such a thing off on Friday (for ex. with the "missing" 500kT from the german submarine), how big of a blast radius/calculation time/explosive yield would such an explosion cause?
Just to understand, what range would cause:
- instant death (for ex.: up to 1 mile within 2 seconds);
- destruction of most buildings (for ex. up to 3 miles within 8 seconds);
- moderate damage to buildings;
- 1st degree burns;
- survival/uncontaminated area for the first 10 minutes of the explosion (wind direction etc)
You see where I am going with this, right? Just to understand the "safe area" for the explosion....
Thanks
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