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Image explaining how much nuclear energy is in one (Minuteman 3) ICBM. Image was made based on <a class="external free" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg/200px-Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg.png">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg/200px-Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg.png</a> , <a class="external free" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Minuteman_comparison.png">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Minuteman_comparison.png</a> and <a class="external free" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Minuteman12.png">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Minuteman12.png</a>

References= <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_bomb">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_bomb</a> (most used nuclear weapons = ICBM's ) <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICBMs#United_States">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICBMs#United_States</a> (most used ICBM's in the USA (=Minuteman 3)) <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman</a> (1 Minuteman 3 ICBM containing 1 W62-warhead www.sipri.org/yearbook/2004/files/SIPRIYB0415A.pdf (each W62 warhead requiring 4,5 kg of Plutonium-239) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf15.html">http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf15.html</a> (1 kg of Pu-239 equalling nearly 10 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.) 1 Minuteman ICBM = 4,5 x 10 million Kwh = 45 million Kwh or 45 000 MWh 1 Minuteman ICBM contains the energy to put on 450 million 100 watt lightbulbs for 1 hour (1 100-watt light bulb consumes 0.1 kWh in an hour, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.americanminisplits.com/whattheheckisakw.html">http://www.americanminisplits.com/whattheheckisakw.html</a>) <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States#Current_status">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States#Current_status</a> The USA has 450 Minuteman ICBM's = roughly 450 warheads = 20 250 million Kwh or 20 250 000 Mwh 500 Minuteman ICBM's contain the energy to put on 225 000 million 100 watt lightbulbs for 1 hour or 9375 million 100-watt lightbulbs for 1 day

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current16:54, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:54, 4 January 2017473 × 537 (29 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>Image explaining how much nuclear energy is in one (Minuteman 3) ICBM. Image was made based on <a class="external free" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg/200px-Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg.png">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg/200px-Light_Bulb-Silhouette.svg.png</a> , <a class="external free" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Minuteman_comparison.png">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Minuteman_comparison.png</a> and <a class="external free" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Minuteman12.png">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Minuteman12.png</a> </p> <p>References= <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_bomb">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_bomb</a> (most used nuclear weapons = ICBM's ) <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICBMs#United_States">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICBMs#United_States</a> (most used ICBM's in the USA (=Minuteman 3)) <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman</a> (1 Minuteman 3 ICBM containing 1 W62-warhead www.sipri.org/yearbook/2004/files/SIPRIYB0415A.pdf (each W62 warhead requiring 4,5 kg of Plutonium-239) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf15.html">http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf15.html</a> (1 kg of Pu-239 equalling nearly 10 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.) 1 Minuteman ICBM = 4,5 x 10 million Kwh = 45 million Kwh or 45 000 MWh 1 Minuteman ICBM contains the energy to put on 450 million 100 watt lightbulbs for 1 hour (1 100-watt light bulb consumes 0.1 kWh in an hour, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.americanminisplits.com/whattheheckisakw.html">http://www.americanminisplits.com/whattheheckisakw.html</a>) <a class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States#Current_status">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States#Current_status</a> The USA has 450 Minuteman ICBM's = roughly 450 warheads = 20 250 million Kwh or 20 250 000 Mwh 500 Minuteman ICBM's contain the energy to put on 225 000 million 100 watt lightbulbs for 1 hour or 9375 million 100-watt lightbulbs for 1 day </p>
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