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2 megatons/ton and higher have been reported for.

The yield for the weaponized Mark 24 was predicted to be 10–15 megatons.

The Mark 27/W27 devices had a yield of 2 megatons versus the 1 to 1.

nuclear bomb ever developed by the United States, with a maximum yield of 25 megatons of TNT (100 petajoules).

75 megatons; the actual yield was 1.

(thermonuclear weapons) has been estimated to six megatons of TNT per metric ton of bomb mass (25 TJ/kg).

which, if detonated, would produce the same energy discharge), either in kilotons (kt—thousands of tons of TNT), in megatons (Mt—millions of tons of TNT).

Nuclear bombs have had yields between 10 tons TNT (the W54) and 50 megatons for the Tsar.

multi-stage fusion secondary system to generate yields up to about 19 megatons.

Deployed on Strategic Air Command bombers, the B53, with a yield of 9 megatons, was the most powerful weapon in the U.

It was the most powerful nuclear bomb ever developed by the United States, with a maximum yield of 25 megatons.

Synonyms:

explosive unit,