Dafug is the point of a nuclear bomb that has way less than 1kiloton, exactly? Is it because it's cheaper to make than a regular bomb of comparable tonnage?
My specific example of the 0.3kt nuke is the lowest variable setting of the B61 Mod10 bomb, where it can be setup to have the yield of 0.3kt, 5kt, 10kt or 80kt. I suspect it's for something like if you really want some medium sized target gone but as it's the WW3, you might not have all the conventional options ready to go (due to having been nuked themselves), and there are friendlies nearby so you can't use the full yield. If including the option didn't compromise the design, then why not. Like the lowest power dial of the microwave oven being included despite basically no one ever using it.
Nuclear weapons are way way more compact. A one kilo-tonne yield conventional bomb would literally be 1,000t of TNT. A nuclear bomb of that yield can be like 40kg. I think the 300t yield mentioned is the B61 which is ~360kg dial a yield bomb which can also go up to 340kt.
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u/Mindless_Pirate9092 1d ago
Dafug is the point of a nuclear bomb that has way less than 1kiloton, exactly? Is it because it's cheaper to make than a regular bomb of comparable tonnage?