megaton weapon

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A nuclear weapon, the yield of which is measured in terms of millions of tons of trinitrotoluene explosive equivalents. See also kiloton weapon; nominal weapon; subkiloton weapon.

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kiloton weapon nominal weapon subkiloton weapon			This concept is now causing concern since current technology is believed to restrict penetration to around 15 metres of granite, at which depth a megaton weapon would produce massive fallout. Hard nut crackers: the Pentagon's top priority in weapon developments ... by Braybrook, Roy / Armada International Thus the 50+ megaton weapon tested by the USSR was some 4000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki weapons that each had a blast radius of 1. Nuclear technology: arms control in prespective by Wilson, A. H. / Contemporary Review			Megascope megascopic megaseism Megaseme megasporangium megaspore megaspore mother cell megasporocyte megasporogenesis megasporophyll megass megastar Megasthene Megasthenic Megastome megastructure megathere megatherian megatherian mammal megatheriid Megatheriidae megatherium Megatheroid megaton megaton bomb megaton weapon megavitamin megavitamin therapy megavolt megawatt Megaweber Megerg megestrol megestrol acetate Megger Meghalaya Megiddo Megillah megilp MEGO megohm Megrez megrim megrims Mehemet Ali mehndi Mehta mei Meibomian meibomian cyst meibomian gland			Megaston megastructure MegaStructures Megasynclinorium Megat Megatall megatectonics Megateuthis Megateuthus megathere megatheria megatheria megatherian megatherian megatherian mammal megatheriid Megatheriidae Megatherium Megatherium megatheriums megatheriums megathermophyte Megatheroid megathrombocyte Megathymiinae Megatokyo megaton megaton megaton megaton bomb megaton weapon megatonnage megatonnage Megatonne Megatonne Megatonne Megatonne Megatonne megatonnes megatonnes Megatons Megatons Megatons Megatons Megatons Megatrack in Printer Agent Megatrial Megatron Megaupload Megaureter Megaureter megaureter-megacystis syndrome megavitamin megavitamin megavitamin therapy megavitamin therapy megavitamin therapy Megavitamins Megavitamins Megavitamins, adverse effects Megavitamins, adverse effects

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