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They might be more concerned if Iran tried to nuke a neighbor and got a multi-megaton response for their trouble.
Obama: China concerned about economic impact of Iran sanctions 2010
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We have conventional weapons in the multi-megaton range.
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I used to have in mind the multi-megaton Arthur C Clarke vision, but it's a mazing what a little bit of math can cure.
Black Hole Drive Could Power Future Starships | Universe Today 2009
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Truly large bombs, the multi-megaton behemoths have largely faded from the scene.
Oppenheimer James Killus 2008
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Truly large bombs, the multi-megaton behemoths have largely faded from the scene.
Archive 2008-03-01 James Killus 2008
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We must forget that we have over three thousand multi-megaton weapons of mass destruction that can be launched in minutes with pinpoint accuracy to targets anywhere on earth.
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When the runcible on the planet Samarkand is destroyed in a multi-megaton explosion, Earth Central Security sends Ian Cormac to investigate.
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Finally, the US has already developed technologies upto multi-megaton and down to suitcase nukes, so the use of tactical nukes would not spur further development.
Physicists against the nuclear option Sean 2006
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We recognized the potency of the image war now being waged –the Abu Ghraib photos alone carry a multi-megaton payload of political and moral meaning.
Close Call 2004
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It can't happen to the established networks: the American C.I.A. has a hundred thousand personnel and you could drop a multi-megaton buster down their chimney and no one would get cut off anywhere because their outfit is fully diversified, but there are thousands of pint-sized private-enterprise groups working the clock round from Leningrad to Lisbon and they haven't resources wide enough to cushion the crunch if it comes.
The Striker Portfolio Hall, Adam 1968
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