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Re: [Phys-l] FW: 0.55 kt fizzle ??




----- Original Message ----- From: "Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>
| | The US developed the W-54 Davy Crockett about 50 years ago. | It's pretty much the smallest nuclear device possible using | spherical implosion and has a yield of 10-250 tons. Yes, no | prefix on the tons, and yes, it was actually tested and | yielded a nuclear explosion.
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Nuclear Hand-Grenades--where 'close' REALLY does count!

;-) Rick