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Old May 31st 04, 09:10 PM
Ian Stirling
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In sci.space.policy James Nicoll wrote:
In article ,
Mike Walsh wrote:

"The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"

That is an old one right from the Government Printing Office.

Has a few rule of thumb scaling laws that you can use to
get an estimate on how much damage a particular size warhead
will cause. You have to extrapolate from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
data given in the book.

Unless you have one like mine, which comes with the Nuclear
Effects circular slide rule in the back pocket.


Which is good, as it lets you pronounce with certainty "that was
eleven megatons", when all about you are running away screaming