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| :Though you have to wonder what it is extremely clean in comparison too. For all we know, this still could release a whole lot of radiation, but compared to other UNSC nukes, is just a drop in the bucket. Beats me.[[User:XRoadToDawnX|XRoadToDawnX]] 11:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC) | | :Though you have to wonder what it is extremely clean in comparison too. For all we know, this still could release a whole lot of radiation, but compared to other UNSC nukes, is just a drop in the bucket. Beats me.[[User:XRoadToDawnX|XRoadToDawnX]] 11:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC) |
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| Hmm... uh... wait, you could use these things to destroy... Scarabs! If it does radiate, all the better to wipe out the survivors. [[User:The Guardians|The Guardians]] 07:51, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
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| == Ranges? ==
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| It says 1.2km, but this seems wrong fora device of near 1 megaton magnitude. What is most likely is that this is the radius of the area that will cause vapourisation of targets from the gamma rays. According to some scrap calculations I did, (these are just educated guesses based off a current 1 megaton bomb) the resulting firestorm would extend out a further 4km, and the resulting pressure wave would extend a further 5km. Anyone within a 15-20km of the blast would be blinded, even further if you were looking directly at it. <br>
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| By clean, I guess they mean relatively little nuclear fallout after the blast, meaning that the effects of irradiation do not remain for a very long period of time. [[User:Diaboy|Diaboy]] 13:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
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| Hmm. Had another look at the numbers and it makes no sense, so what I said earlier is probably inaccurate. I still think that 1.2km is too small for a device of near 1MT, though. [[User:Diaboy|Diaboy]] 15:39, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
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| This has been stuck on my mind! It has to be a 1 '''kilo'''ton nuclear device, as the effective blast radius of that is just under 1.2km. 1 megaton is just too big to have a blast radius of that size. [[User:Diaboy|Diaboy]] 15:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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| == Deliver Hope Bomb ==
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| In the Live-action Deliver Hope trailer, I'm pretty sure the bomb used is a Fury tac nuke.--[[User talk:Zervziel|For the Swarm!]] 05:25, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
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| Possible... although it's classified as Medium Fusion Destruction Device. With 63 Terajoule output... we'll see. I think I'll leave it in the capable hands of our administrators to decide though. --[[User:Honor Guard Reborn|<span style="color:Blue">DarkbelowHGR</span>]] [[User talk:Honor Guard Reborn|<span style="color:green">CommbandD</span>]] 14:48, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
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| :Actually the 63 terajoule output is what made me discard that idea. A single megaton is over 4000 terajoules. --[[User talk:Zervziel|For the Swarm!]] 22:43, August 27, 2010 (UTC)
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| ::The destructive ranges and size of the bomb in terms of megatons do not add up anyway >.< 1.2km is closer to 1KT. Not that it makes any difference..! [[User talk:Diaboy|Diaboy]] 15:00, 25 December 2010 (EST)
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| ==Inconsistency==
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| The article says that the yield is 15 kilotons, but then says that the yield is one megaton. Which is the correct yield? [[User:Hyper Zergling|Hyper Zergling]] ([[User talk:Hyper Zergling|talk]]) 10:52, 24 October 2013 (EDT)
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| :I know I'm a little late to the party, but it's possible the weapon has a variable yield. This is a technology that's existed since the 1960's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_yield Especially since this is a tactical device, it would be practical to let the operator scale down the explosion depending on their mission. I'm speculating here, but I think the "63 Terajoules" was set by Kat or Thom specifically for this mission. Why such a low yield for this mission when the device can go up to nearly 1Mt? Again, I can only speculate. Perhaps they wanted to limit collateral damage to the colony below (they're delivering hope, after all). Alternatively maybe they wanted to ensure the Covenant ship's reactor would explode, and to do that they wanted to make sure they wouldn't vaporize the reactor. [[Special:Contributions/73.213.13.215|73.213.13.215]] 13:10, 22 March 2016 (EDT)
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