megatonnage
Americannoun
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Origin of megatonnage
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In terms of firepower and megatonnage, the other Russian services are more awesome.
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The objective factors are totals of launchers and warheads, plus estimates of accuracy and equivalent megatonnage.
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Nevertheless, even if Weinberger were only half right, it would mean that the Soviet advantage in overall nuclear megatonnage was no longer counterbalanced by the superior guidance systems of U.S. warheads.
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Titans make up one-third of the land-based U.S. megatonnage.
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The key point, however, is that the Pentagon considers total megatonnage less crucial than the capacity to deliver a sufficient number of warheads to do the required job.
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