17 Sep 2024 —

Ignition is only used in reference to fusion, but if we use the (inaccurate) model that the W-80 uses a pure fission secondary with a spherical .... ... radius of the fissile material in the primary.

Knowing that the ... The W-80 warhead is a thermonuclear, aka an H-bomb or fusion weapon .... A single W88 could completely destroy London, Moscow or New York.

Each bomb on a major city would kill millions.. It has a yield switchable between 5 kilotons and 150 kilotons. The five kilotons is the yield of the fission stage (the .... 96 km (0.60 mi); W88 warhead (Peacekeeper missile) — 350 kt — .64 km (0.4 mi); Fat Man bomb (dropped on Nagasaki, Japan) — ....