Tier of nondescript nukes?

[User_A_98732165489]

What statistics should we use, if character survives (or stated to survive) a hit with nondescript nuclear bomb? That is - if we don't know the exact model of nuke or how strong it is in kilotons, we know that it's a nuke and that's it.

The weakest nuke is Large Building level to City Block level. The strongest nuke is City level, at most City level+, potentially Mountain level. So character's Durability could range between those two extremes if he can survive explosion of nondescript nuke?

 

[Oiguana2701]

I think the most common tier is town level, since if a nuke is being used in fiction, it's probably meant to be one of the stronger nukes

 

[User_A_98732165489]

Listing them all:

• Davy Crockett - Large Building level to City Block level (10 to 20 tons of TNT)
• W-54 - Multi-City Block level (250-Tons of TNT)
• W-72 - Multi-City Block level+ (600-Ton TNT equivalent)
• SADM - Large Building level+ to Multi-City Block level+ (10 tons to 1 kiloton TNT equivalent)
• RIM-2 Terrier - Small Town level (1 kiloton)
• RIM-8 Talos - Small Town level to Small Town level+ (2-5 kilotons)
• Smiling Buddha Bomb - Town level (8 kilotons)
• W44 - Town level (10 kilotons)
• Little Boy - Town level (15 Kilotons)
• Mark 23 - Town level(15–20 kilotons)
• Fat Man - Town level (21 Kilotons)
• RDS-1 (Joe-1) Bomb - Town level (22 kilotons)
• W80 - Town level (50 kilotons)
• Nuclear BGM-109 Tomahawk - Small Town level+ to Large Town level (5–150 kilotons)
• AGM-129 - Town level to Small Town level (5-150 kilotons)
• Kh-55 - Large Town level (200-250 kilotons)
• B61 - Multi-City Block level to Large Town level (variable yield of 0.3-340 kilotons)
• Trident 1 - At most Large Town level (Carries 8 warheads each having a nuclear yield of at most 100 kilotons of TNT equivalent, 800 kilotons total)
• B83 - Small City level (yield of at maximum 1.2 megatons)
• Kh-20 - Large Town level (0.3 to 3 megatons)
• Trident 2 - At least Large Town level, possibly Small City level+ (Carries 12 warheads each having a nuclear yield of around 300–475 kilotons of TNT equivalent, 5.7 megatons total)
• Trident D5 - Small City level+ (12 warheads have combined nuclear yield of 5.7 megatons)
• Ivy Mike - City level (10.4 megatons)
• Castle Bravo - City level (15 megatons)
• B41 - City level (25 megatons)
• Tsar Bomba - City level, at most City level+ (50 to 58 megatons), potentially Mountain level (original design would have yielded an explosion of 100 megatons)
• All nukes combined - Unknown. Likely Island level (In the past, it was much greater, but still in the Island level range)

Man-portable nuclear missile launcher made with modern technology would likely have Large Building to City Block level (comparable to Davy Crockett).

Futuristic man-portable missile launcher with warheads superior to nukes (e.g. thermonuclear, anti-matter, quantum, photon, proton, etc warheads) - made for power armor user and usage from long range, so user doesn't blow up himself - would likely be Multi-City Block Level+.

Larger nukes dropped from strategic bombers are larger than Town level. Every strategic bomber can also carry nukes of all sizes. So even if we did know what vehicle was used to deploy nuke, it still leaves situation ambiguous because vehicle can carry different kinds of nukes.

If nuke is launched from something other than strategic bomber? Then it's all over the place.

If character is immune to every man-made weapon by physical force (not hax), then he's at least Mountain Level and likely Island Level.

I think the most common tier is town level, since if a nuke is being used in fiction, it's probably meant to be one of the stronger nukes

Most nukes in the list are higher than Town Level.

 

[Oiguana2701]

Most nukes in the list are higher than Town Level.

I'm not saying statistically. The most famous nukes ever were both town level

 

[User_A_98732165489]

Most nukes in the list are higher than Town Level.

I'm not saying statistically. The most famous nukes ever were both town level

If we take arithmetic mean of all nukes listed there, of their upper AP levels, we get about 6216440 Tons of TNT for "Average" Nuke or Small City+ level.

(20+250+600+1000+1000+5000+8000+10000+15000+20000+21000+22000+50000+150000+150000+250000+340000+800000+1200000+3000000+5700000+5700000+10400000+15000000+25000000+100000000) / 27 = 6216439.62962963 tons of TNT, 6.21643962962963 megatons of TNT.