So, we can expect the Iranian terrorist nuclear weapon (nudge nudge wink wink say no more) to be a teensy 10 kiloton weapon that makes a nice mushroom cloud for the media and otherwise does little more than break windows.
Thinking about the unthinkable, a U.S. government study analyzed the likely effects from terrorists setting off a 10-kiloton nuclear device a few blocks north of the White House. It predicted terrible devastation for roughly one-half mile in every direction, with buildings reduced to rubble the way that World War II bombing raids destroyed parts of Berlin. But outside that blast zone, the study concluded, even such a nuclear explosion would be pretty survivable.
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