Nuclear Blasts

[Grimace]

Originally Posted by kalos72

I was just reading though "Armies of the Night" and realized something.

The strike hitting Linden was listed at 1.25MT. So damage radius should be MUCH smaller then what the maps included show.


Is this example accurate?

Obviously radiation and subsequent fires and such would cause more damage. But the maps in the module show complete destruction for 10-12miles out.

Have you looked at the numbers below the pictures on that page you linked? A 1 MT bomb has an effect out to a range of 38 miles. While I haven't seen the maps in "Armies of the Night", a 38 mile radius is a mighty hefty amount of area. And sure, not everything out to 38 miles is going to be destroyed, like the stuff out to 2.81 miles (for a 1 MT, not a 1.25 MT) but there will be damage. And with a nuclear bomb going off, do you think a lot of people are going to be sticking around to repair the damage that is done, the fires that were started? Not likely.

So unless the Armies of the Night is suggesting that the explosion of the bomb was 100 miles or something of the sort, I don't think they were likely too far off the mark.