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100 Megatons? My understanding is that no one, not even the Soviet Union has ever managed to create a 100 megaton warhead. the Tsar Bomb, reputed to be intended to be 100 Mt. panned out at about 60 IIRC. While more modern technology might make such a warhead possible, it would be a single unitary warhead, not the equivalent to a "city being struck with a single MIRV". MIRVs are invariably much smaller in payload. Usually in the Kiloton range. :

[QUOTE="Rickshaw, post: 266986, member: 23537"] 100 Megatons? My understanding is that no one, not even the Soviet Union has ever managed to create a 100 megaton warhead. the Tsar Bomb, reputed to be intended to be 100 Mt. panned out at about 60 IIRC. While more modern technology might make such a warhead possible, it would be a single unitary warhead, not the equivalent to a "city being struck with a single MIRV". MIRVs are invariably much smaller in payload. Usually in the Kiloton range. ::) [/QUOTE]

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