Thereotical Maximum cap of Tsar Bomba

[Fllflourine]

According to this source, the Tsar Bomba was designed to yield 100 megatons due to a Uranium-238 tamper, but it was cut to 50 with a lead tamper to greatly reduce the fallout that would result from the detonation.

Although this obviously was never demonstrated in practice, could we at least add a "thereotically 7-A" in its AP rating due to the baseline for 7-A being 100 megatons and due to the fact it was originally designed with this yield in mind, but stuff happened and it resulted in the 50 megaton explosion we all know today?

 

[Fankid]

I was always thinking of making a similar profile.

Here's a couple more sources.

 

[Aeyu]

I completely agree with this at its hypothetical peak.

 

[Fllflourine]

Bump

 

[Kepekley23]

Plus, it's 100% possible and they were going to make it, they just decided not to.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

I'm just going to say that I find that weakness hilarious.

"Impractical in close combat"

Ok, A) no shit, and B) "impractical" is an understatement

 

[Kepekley23]

> understandment

Well, bombs are probably impractical at standing up. I'd say that part is about right.

ovo

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

ƒÿí

 

[Burstchaos]

I read about this before so I agree but bloody hell, what kind of abomination have we made.

 

[Fllflourine]

Well, anyone else? Or is this alright to add now

 

[Fllflourine]

Alright then, if no one objects, then I suppose I'll add it now; since this was a thing IRL and it would've been the yield of Tsar Bomba's historical detonation if not for the USSR's choice to reduce it.

 

[Assaltwaffle]

Shouldn't this scale to Composite Human? At least for "possibly."

Also should we mention the Backyard Bomb? It is the theoretically maximum yield of a hydrogen bomb, designed by the father of hydrogen bombs, Edward Teller, and would yield 10 Gigatons of TNT. Too speculative?

 

[Fllflourine]

Well, we could do that for Composite Human since the 100 Megaton design was going to happen, and indeed it was the original design, altho that version was never detonated in practice.

The Backyard bomb is prolly too speculative, as no bomb of that sort exists.

 

[Assaltwaffle]

Alright. I think CH should get it, though. If the bomb had to be actively toned down I imagine it can be done.

I am fine with not using the Backyard Bomb, although I wish more people knew about it. Kinda crazy that we could, at least in theory, Life-Wipe ourselves.

 

[Kepekley23]

Well, to life-wipe the entire planet you'd need 6-A levels of energy, so I don't think it would be enough, although it'd be a very good effort. ovo

 

[Assaltwaffle]

I meant by the radiation. It is called the Backyard Bomb because the radiation would be enough to effect the entire planet. So yeah not everything would die, but humans would.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

Wonderful

Really smart of us to think up a bomb like that