the nuclear bombs available through the end of the war (all two of em) were actually pretty wimpy. the first hydrogen bomb, the ones that do real damage, wasn't available til 1949.
a 1945 style bomb with 3 kilos of pu-239 surrounded by a shell of about 3 kilos of u-235 would yield about 17 kilotons(i am guestimating, may be around 15-16k also). it would not affect more than the square it was exploded in. radiation wouldnt actually be that big of a deal from that size blast unless you were near it. in otherwords it wouldnt be offlimits for a thousand years or anyting. the biggest one from wwii was the nagasaki bomb at around 20kt so - it is nowhere near the hundreds of
millions of tons of tnt equivalent blasts we are facing from modern weapons - these things comparitively were pop guns!
the effects of fallout and radiation would be tough to model though i suppose - they should have one anyway though because large explosions are cool, as is the idea of 'nuking' stuff.
make each of 100 players have to contribute 100 perkies each so the whole country has to pay for it collectively. you would rarely see it but it would be fun - and imagine the whines!
[ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: mrfish ]
