kiloton

How to use kiloton in a sentence

• The weapon carries a 200-kiloton nuclear warhead; by comparison, the bomb that destroyed Nagasaki was a mere 21 kilotons.

  Are Russian Bombers Flying Nuclear Drills Near Europe—Or Just Testing NATO’s Defenses? | Dave Majumdar | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

• The maximum yield of the B-61 is classified, but is thought to be about 340 kilotons.

  The Need for New Nuclear Weapons | Stephen L. Carter | April 7, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

• Rick turned in time to see the side of El Viejo blow off in an explosion that made ten kilotons of fission seem puny indeed.

  The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwin

• Somebody must have landed a medium missile, about twenty kilotons, against its base.

  Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper

• The blast we're saving to push to escape velocity is about three kilotons.

  Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland Goodwin