The online tool NukeMap suggests that a 20-kiloton attack on Kyiv would kill more than 31,000 people and injure another 65,000 within 24 hours. Even those numbers may be a big underestimation.

One of the first measurements to get accustomed to is the kiloton, or 1,000 tons. The explosive yield of most nuclear weapons is expressed in kilotons of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, otherwise known as ...

A 100 kiloton bomb dropped on Capitol Hill would kill an estimated 177,650 people instantly and injure more than 383,210, with 21% of the Washington D.C.’s population in the blast range.

Commentary: Atomic veteran’s experience with 31-kiloton nuke is worth recalling as ‘Doomsday Clock’ resets Ray Calloway holds up a notebook with a sketch of an atomic blast he witnessed in 1952.

A 100 kiloton bomb dropped on Capitol Hill would kill an estimated 177,650 people instantly and injure more than 383,210, with 21% of the Washington D.C.’s population in the blast range.