megatonnage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of megatonnage
Example Sentences
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He said that the "megatonnage" of the force had "more than doubled"�which is pretty impressive, considering that a single megaton equals the explosive power of 1,000,000 tons of TNT.
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In addition, Weinberger's deputy Richard Perle points out that testing more precise warheads has allowed the U.S. to reduce its overall megatonnage by 75% in the past two decades.
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The two powers have thus achieved a nuclear standoff in which the U.S. has more warheads, while the Soviets lead in megatonnage.
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The U.S. has 940 Minuteman ICBMs, which can take off in 32 seconds, 54 Titan II missiles, which carry considerably more megatonnage than the smaller Minuteman, and 608 sub-borne Polarises�1,602 birds in all.
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These questions are especially important because, according to present strategy, close to 60% of the U.S. nuclear megatonnage will be carried by manned bombers, the rest by missiles based on land and aboard submarines.
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