Re:Ask HN: Could the fertilizer shortage be caused by weapon...
by PaulHoule on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @10:22AM
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A 1 ton bomb is pretty good sized, a million of those would be 1% of the mass of a year's fertilizer production.
A B-52 can carry about 30 tons, so that is 33,000 sorties of a B-52. The US has 76 of those, that would be 434 sorties per aircraft. I can picture the B-52 fleet dropping that many bombs in a year.
A B-52 can carry about 30 tons, so that is 33,000 sorties of a B-52. The US has 76 of those, that would be 434 sorties per aircraft. I can picture the B-52 fleet dropping that many bombs in a year.