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What is a nuclear weapon's radius?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The radius of the device, or of the effects? Both vary dramatically from weapon to weapon.

Physically bombs have been built with external case radii from 3 inches or less to as much as 10 feet.

As to effects the blast radius for devices that have been built varies from about 0.1 mile to over 60 miles. Other effects give different radii for the same device.

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