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However, as the "analysis" section of the wikipedia article mentions, ever since the invention of ICBMs and other more accurate and faster methods of delivering nuclear bombs, the trend has been towards carpeting the target area with smaller and more numerous bombs. Since the energy of the explosion is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, for destroying a specific area I suspect having multiple smaller explosions would be more effective than one large explosion.


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