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Originally posted by jimmy3way
A mile or two? You mean a building or two.
1. The most destructive nuclear weapons are thermonuclear, a thermonuclear device cannot be made man portable. A nuclear device is far less powerful.
2. A suitcase bomb would likely be less than a kiloton. Recall that the 12.5 kiloton bomb at Hiroshima produced destruction over just over a mile from ground zero.
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yeah but it's not about the explosive effects, it's the radioactive fallout and how far the wind wants to take it that matters. if a dirty bomb went off in new york or london or some other big city, pretty much the whole city would have to be evacuated, and the only way for people to return would be to knock down all the contaminated buildings etc. it's a scary thought, and with a dirty bomb it doesn't have to be highly enriched material.