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Ton
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Ton
$100 million in bond trader's terms.
Ton
In bond trading, informal for $100 million.
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Tested in 1961 within the Arctic Circle, this Russian hydrogen explosive detonated with the force of 50 megatons - TEN TIMES the explosives used in World War II, including the nukes dropped on Japan.
THE BANG THAT KILLED BRUM; AFTERMATH OF NUKE ATTACK REVEALED by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
He said the clash resulted in what is presently known as Tunguska event - a massive blast estimated at 15 megatons that destroyed 80million trees over nearly 100 square miles, however, no one was killed.
UFO crashed into Tunguska meteor to save Earth, says Russian expert by Asian News International
A mere pebble, perhaps, in the galactic scales, but wielding sufficient momentum to do incredible damage, similar to the June 30, 1908, "Tunguska event" that leveled 800 square miles of forest in Siberia with an explosion equal to an estimated 10 to 15 megatons of TNT.
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