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reaperman on April 5, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Most technologies aren't races

Not to mention that

> there is no slightly-worse-nuke that can only destroy half a city.

Is itself false. The "Little Boy" that dropped on Hiroshima was the "slightly-worse-nuke" with a moderate blast damage radius (5 psi) of 1.67 km. The Dong Feng 5, China's largest nuclear warhead currently deployed, has a moderate blast damage radius (5 psi) of 24.5 km.

danaris on April 5, 2023 [–]

But that's still a nuke.

You still need to do every bit as much science and engineering to make it; the only difference is you need slightly less fissile material.

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