20 thousand tons of TNT
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These secret maps were used to explain to the members of the Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE) the effects of the newest weapon developed by the United States, the hydrogen bomb, by superimposing the effects on a map of Washington, DC:
– 20 kilotons (Nagasaki-sized bomb)
– 83 kilotons (early 1950s atomic bomb)
– 5 megatons (hydrogen bomb)
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