Saw this thread and the discussion of the 1.5 Megaton strike against Richmond versus the .5MT strikes elsewhere - and I dont think we are looking at a different type of weapon there versus the other strikes in the San Francisco area - what I think you are looking at is three 0.5MT strikes on Richmond adding up to a total of 1.5MT - thus they may all have been from the same strike using the same sub and the same type of weapons
If you look at Urban Guerrilla you can see how the strikes in Howling Wilderness dont necessarily mean a single weapon - a combination of weapons adds up to the total yield that HW states
example
HW says Kennedy Spaceflight Center - 1 Megaton ground burst, Eglin is hit by 1 Megaton
Urban Guerrilla - released earlier - states it as follows -
Cape Kennedy is hit by 10 .1MT warheads from a single MIRV that add up to 1 Megaton
Eglin is hit by 10 .1MT warheads airbursts that take out specific targets in the base
Thus the Richmond strike was most likely not a 1.5 Megaton airburst but instead was three 0.5MT airbursts
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