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A B-29 bomber flying from the Mariana Islands could carry — depending on the location of the target and the altitude of attack — somewhere between 16,000 and 20,000 pounds of bombs. A typical raid consisted of 500 bombers. This means that the typical conventional raid was dropping 4 to 5 kilotons of bombs on each city. (A kiloton is a thousand tons and is the standard measure of the explosive power of a nuclear weapon. The Hiroshima bomb measured 16.5 kilotons, the Nagasaki bomb 20 kilotons.) Given that many bombs spread the destruction evenly (and therefore more effectively), while a single, more powerful bomb wastes much of its power at the center of the explosion — re-bouncing the rubble, as it were — it could be argued that some of the conventional raids approached the destruction of the two atomic bombings.
What does 'rebounce the rubble' mean?
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contraposition What does 'rebounce the rubble' mean? What a strange expression! , without spreading it very far from its original location.
- contraposition What does 'rebounce the rubble' mean?
- What a strange expression!
- , without spreading it very far from its original location.
- The idea is that certain bombs are ineffective because they don't cause material to fly outward and cause damage over a large area.
- CJ
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contrapositionWhat does 'rebounce the rubble' mean?
What a strange expression!
To me it sounds like 'rearrange the terrain in place', i.e., without spreading it very far from its original location. The idea is that certain bombs are ineffective because they don't cause material to fly outward and cause damage over a large area.
CJ
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