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Old 05-07-2016, 06:04 PM
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What if that 1 MT worth of nuke wasn't just one warhead, but the total of several warheads lobbed at the area? I'd think that would be a more efficient way of taking out a set of facilities such as this.
It's also possible 2 or three times that payload was launched, but the additional warheads failed to arrive due to interception or launch vehicle failure. I think I read somewhere that only 85% was expected to arrive on target in a best case (for the attacker) scenario.
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