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Nuclear explosive devices have been built as small as cylinders 6 inches in diameter and 20 inches long or as small as spheres 11 inches in diameter to as large as cylinders 20 feet in diameter and 80 feet tall.

If you meant explosive yield then devices have been built with yields as low as 10 tons to over 50 megatons.

The physical size and yield are not necessarily proportional.

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