> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Gibbons [mailto:Log0n5150 at hotmail.com] > Sent: 12 February 2005 02:11 > To: Howard Brazee; dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: nuclear terminology > wether it is a fission, boosted fission, fusion, > or fission-fusion-fission device. I was staying out of the > science of it, as the difference between the types of devices > was irrelevent to most people. I don't know about that, if you are 10-15 miles away from ground zero, it might make large amounts of difference. 15-20 kiloton vs Multi-Megaton. :-) Cheers Mark