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#58 – Carl Robichaud on Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War

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How Many Tons of TNT Equivalent Means?

A kiloton of TNT equivalent means one ton of TNT. A large conventional bomb could destroy a small city or something like that per person in the world. And it's like you've already got this destructive thing and then you're timesing it by a thousand and then a hundred again, it's just like, I'm losing track of what that actually means.

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