DiogoJ42
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So, according to today's papers, yesterday's US "strike" [because "unprovoked act of war" would be too honest] against Syria sent 59 Mk IV Tomahawk cruise missiles at one single air base. According to Wikipedia, each missile carries a 1,000lb warhead.
Lets do some quick and dirty calculations...
59,000 pounds of high explosive.
≈ 29.5 tons.
≈ 0.0295 Kilotons.
≈ 1.97 milli-Hiroshimas.
That's aproximately the same fire power as 27 V2s from WWII. Each one of those could wipe out an entire post code.
Bear in mind, it only took a single 1,000lb bomb* to put Port Stanley's runway out of action in the Falkland war.
* OK, we dropped 21 of them just to be sure, but only actually one hit the runway. Because that's all you need to neuter an airfield.
Overkill, much?
Lets do some quick and dirty calculations...
59,000 pounds of high explosive.
≈ 29.5 tons.
≈ 0.0295 Kilotons.
≈ 1.97 milli-Hiroshimas.
That's aproximately the same fire power as 27 V2s from WWII. Each one of those could wipe out an entire post code.
Bear in mind, it only took a single 1,000lb bomb* to put Port Stanley's runway out of action in the Falkland war.
* OK, we dropped 21 of them just to be sure, but only actually one hit the runway. Because that's all you need to neuter an airfield.
Overkill, much?
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