The Effects of Nuclear War
Chapter II
DETROIT AND LENINGRAD
Ten 40-kt Air Bursts on Leningrad
Figure 12 shows one possible selection of burst points, set to have the 5-psi circles touching, and with only the envelope of the 2- and 1-psi rings shown, Since this is an effects discussion only, it is assumed that this precise pattern can be achieved. The errors arising from neglecting the overlap of the 2- to 5-psi bands will be negligible compared to uncertainties in population distribution and structural design. Casualty estimates are shown in the right hand column of figure 6. Note that fatalities are only slightly greater than for the 1-Mt case, which corresponds well to the equivalent megatonage (1.17 Mt) of the ten 40- kiloton (kt) weapons. However, the number of injured are considerably smaller because they primarily occur in the 2- to 5-psi band, which is much smaller for the 40-kt pattern than for the single 1-Mt case.
