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A 20 kiloton nuke is relatively the same size as the "Fat Man" bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki in World War II. The effects of nuclear weapons vary on several factors such as terrain, environment, climate, weather patterns, blast size, blast brightness, seismographic data, and the strength of the shock wave, etc. as these all change and vary. There are several complex theoretical formula's to calculate this. I would say the estimation would be 15 miles with varying degrees of damage from the center outwards.
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How many kilograms in a kiloton?
1 000 000 - one million kgs in a kiloton
How many tons are there in a kiloton?
1000 tons
How many square miles can a atomic bomb destroy?
An atomic bomb can approximately destroy 100 square miles.
How many pounds in 1000 kilotons?
2,000,000 pounds A kiloton is 2000000 pounds I think kilo means 1000 and there are 2000 pounds in a ton so just do the math 1000x2000 and you should have your pounds. CORRECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!! there are exactly 41,887,829.815127 pounds in 1 kiloton. That's roughly 42 million. NO! NO NO Well to be honest 1 metric ton is 1000 kilos witch is 2204lbs 1 kiloton is 1000 metric tons so 1 kiloton is 2.204 million lbs so 10 kilotons is 22.04 million lbs give or take a buick
How much plutonium in a 1 kiloton bomb?
This is hard to compute. The 22 kiloton MK-III Fatman had 6.2 kilograms but of this only a little over 700 grams fissioned. For 1 kiloton you would need roughly 33 grams to fission. But how much more you would need to get the bomb to work reliably depends on too many tricky design details (most classified) to tell. Assuming the same material efficiency as the MK-III, a total of roughly 282 grams would be needed. However this amount is so far below criticality that a superefficient implosion assembly system would be required as well as gas boosting to get that small a yield.I would guess, without access to classified information, that a basic pure fission 1 kiloton bomb would need between 2.5 kilogram to 5 kilogram of plutonium to fission the roughly 33 grams needed for that yield.Material efficiency becomes real bad below about about 10 kilotons unless gas boosting is used. Even the MK-IIIs material efficiency of about 10% is low by today's standards, but the figure is still a good starting point, especially as it is not classified.
A kiloton is how many tons?
A kiloton is about 1,102.31 tons (US).
How many metric tons are in a kiloton?
1 kiloton is 1000 metric tons.
How many kilograms in a kiloton?
1 000 000 - one million kgs in a kiloton
How many miles would a nuclear missile destroy?
It depends on the size of the Nuclear device, anywhere from 5 square miles and up
How many tons are there in a kiloton?
1000 tons
How many square miles can a atomic bomb destroy?
An atomic bomb can approximately destroy 100 square miles.
How many miles can tornadoes destroy?
The longest tornado damage path was 219 miles, but it did not destroy absolutely everything along that path.
How many tons in 1000 kilotons?
1 kiloton = 1000 tons.
How many miles did Mount Vesuvius destroy?
Have no Clue, Good luck
A Yellowstone eruption would destroy everything within how many miles?
A small eruption would cause the cities 100 miles within the park to be destroyed, with an hour. If the eruption triggers the supervolcano, it can cover two thirds of the United States.
How many tiger destroy in the would?
because of science research
How many nuclear bombs would it take to destroy sydney?
One
