- 4,927
- 2,850
For accuracy's sake, I had decided to check City level's minimum using Nukemap Classic and the formula used here: http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq5.html
This is because this had been used as reference points in Vs debates in quite a while. Currently, we have City Level listed at 6.3 megatons minimum. Thing is, that's actually wrong. The standard for City Level set by the OBD is 5 kilometers in radius. Now, the formula used to determine the radius covered (we use 20 psi overpressure for destructive capacity and attack potency) is as follows:
R=Y^0.33*0.28
Where R is the radius of the blast in kilometers, and Y is the yield of the blast. If we wanna go backwards, well, tough luck getting a formula, because this forum doesn't have a mathematics formula function for some reason and there's no text-based way to input roots.
In any case, the method is just going backwards with a given distance. In any case, here's the work.:
5=Y^0.33*.28
5/0.28=17.8571428571428
Y^0.33=17.8571428571428
Y=6213.976623
So the yield here is actually 6213.976623 kilotons, which should put City Level's real minimum at 6.21 Megatons. If we strive for accuracy, why not actually account for this?
Before you ask, yes, it's a bit soon for me to be making this CRT, but I'm still sour about people turning a blind eye towards this even years after my discovery.
This is because this had been used as reference points in Vs debates in quite a while. Currently, we have City Level listed at 6.3 megatons minimum. Thing is, that's actually wrong. The standard for City Level set by the OBD is 5 kilometers in radius. Now, the formula used to determine the radius covered (we use 20 psi overpressure for destructive capacity and attack potency) is as follows:
R=Y^0.33*0.28
Where R is the radius of the blast in kilometers, and Y is the yield of the blast. If we wanna go backwards, well, tough luck getting a formula, because this forum doesn't have a mathematics formula function for some reason and there's no text-based way to input roots.
In any case, the method is just going backwards with a given distance. In any case, here's the work.:
5=Y^0.33*.28
5/0.28=17.8571428571428
Y^0.33=17.8571428571428
Y=6213.976623
So the yield here is actually 6213.976623 kilotons, which should put City Level's real minimum at 6.21 Megatons. If we strive for accuracy, why not actually account for this?
Before you ask, yes, it's a bit soon for me to be making this CRT, but I'm still sour about people turning a blind eye towards this even years after my discovery.
