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Good points all [img]smile.gif[/img] I have seen the movies suggested and some sensitive military films as well, I also had to complete the course "Principles of Guided Missiles and Nuclear Weapons" while I was in the Navy. Believe it or not, the radiation effects of weapons do not have to be as great as they are. There will always be some residual radiation but it doesnt have to be of the 250,000 year variety. Avoiding materials like Cobalt can reduce the fall out dramaticly as can varying where the detonation occurs, a near surface burst being the worst since it sucks up more material into the fireball. (Just some factoids there not arguing with anyones post)
I found that bit o tid about 9.9 megatons quite interesting, none of the courses I took ar books I read bothered to mention that lil fact.
I suppose if you used a deep penetration type device then the excess megatonnage might be more useful. Ahhh well [img]smile.gif[/img] thank you all for the input [img]smile.gif[/img]
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