Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Nuclear numbercrunching

Yield of each nuclear power's first test (source).



Test (nation)Yield
Gerboise Bleue (France)60 kilotonnes
Hurricane (UK)25 kilotonnes
596 (PRC)22 kilotonnes
Joe 1 (USSR)22 kilotonnes
Trinity (USA)19 kilotonnes
Smiling Buddha (India)12 kilotonnes
Chagai-I (Pakistan)9 kilotonnes
(North Korea)<1 kilotonne

My conclusion?

Be vewy vewy afwaid


Seriously? Blue Gerbil?!? Smiling Buddha?!?