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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by walrus01 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @07:28PM (#24066736)
I thought a number of "modern" MIRV warheads were intentionally designed smaller in the 50 to 125 kiloton class.
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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by jabl on Thursday August 06, 2020 @04:26AM (#24069107)
The W76 used by the US and UK submarines is 90-100 kT. Most other US warheads are 300-475 kT (W78, W87, W88).

There's apparently a small number of 5-7 kT "W76 mod 2" warheads as well.

Russian warheads tend to be bigger, around 500-1000 kT, presumably to compensate for poorer accuracy.

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