By Natali Moss
There are three vulnerable factors: - shock wave; - electromagnetic pulse; - radioactive radiation. The area of complete damage to the ammunition in 20 kt has a radius of about 1 km from the epicenter of the explosion. It is known that from a 20MT ammunition radius of complete damage is about 10 km. This is in theory. When the area has mountains, hills, forest strips - the radius is much smaller.
Why use nuclear weapons? For the destruction of large terrestrial and underground military objects, clusters of troops and equipment, important infrastructure. By the way, the best way for an ordinary person living in the city is to survive a nuclear explosion is to meet it in a basement that has a reinforced concrete floor.
For example, in the Japanese city of Hirosima, the area of severe destruction from the nuclear explosion was 340 m (then the United States used nuclear charges of medium power-13-18 ct. -Ed. ). The Japanese, who were in the basement at this time, survived even at the epicenter of the air explosion. The length of our front is more than 1000 km for the task of real impression of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Russia will require at least 200-300-t tactical nuclear ammunition. At least.
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