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Weapon yields in this nuke simulator

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Each named weapon is a published yield and a default burst height. Blast and thermal rings scale with yield. Terrain, weather, and shielding are ignored. Named weapons stay available on the free globe.

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Educational estimate only. Blast and heat rings use simplified yield scaling. They ignore terrain, weather, shielding, and weapon design. Casualty counts use WorldPop 2020 residents on an approximately 1 km grid and ignore time of day, commuting, shelter, and evacuation. This is not a targeting or civil-defense tool. About the model.

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Little Boy 15 kt · Hiroshima, 1945 Little Boy is the 15 kt Hiroshima yield in this nuke simulator: fireball, 20/5/1 psi, thermal reach, and links to Hiroshima and modern cities. Fat Man 21 kt · Nagasaki, 1945 Fat Man is the 21 kt Nagasaki yield in this nuke simulator, also used as a Trinity/Gadget analog. Blast rings, thermal reach, and historic pins. W76-2 8.0 kt · low-yield Trident warhead W76-2 is an 8 kt airburst in this 3D nuke simulator: smaller than Little Boy, with blast and thermal rings you can drop on any city. W76-1 90 kt · workhorse Trident warhead W76-1 is a 90 kt airburst in this 3D nuke simulator: a common US SLBM yield with blast rings several times Little Boy’s. W87 300 kt · Minuteman III warhead W87 is a 300 kt airburst in this 3D nuke simulator: Minuteman III-class yield with blast and thermal rings on the globe. W88 455 kt · most powerful US SLBM W88 is a 455 kt airburst in this 3D nuke simulator: the most powerful US SLBM yield listed here, with blast rings and city links. B83 1.20 Mt · largest US bomb still in the arsenal B83 is a 1.2 Mt airburst in this 3D nuke simulator: megaton-class US gravity bomb yield with blast rings and test-site links. B53 9 Mt · Cold War bunker buster B53 is a 9 Mt airburst in this 3D nuke simulator: a retired US megaton bomb class with very large blast and thermal rings. Ivy Mike 10.4 Mt · first hydrogen bomb Ivy Mike is a 10.4 Mt surface burst in this 3D nuke simulator: the 1952 Enewetak thermonuclear test, with megaton rings on the atoll. Castle Bravo 15 Mt · largest US nuclear test Castle Bravo is a 15 Mt surface burst in this 3D nuke simulator: the 1954 Bikini test, a thousand times Little Boy’s yield. B41 25 Mt · most powerful US bomb ever deployed B41 is a 25 Mt airburst in this 3D nuke simulator: the highest-yield US bomb ever deployed, with very large blast rings. Tsar Bomba 50 Mt · largest bomb ever tested Tsar Bomba is a 50 Mt airburst at 4 km in this 3D nuke simulator: the 1961 Novaya Zemlya test, the largest nuclear explosion.

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