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Looking through the GECK, I found some information on the warheads' behavior. Should this be added to the main page? Here's what I got:
A warhead has five distinct states, which are cycled through as it is hit by the Laser Detonator. The state (or "stage" in the coding) depends on both how many times the warhead has been hit by the detonator, and the current stage the warhead is in. the formula goes as follows:
0 hits: Stage 0. This is the default warhead appearance.
5 hits: Stage 1. Slightly glowing.
10 hits: Stage 2. Glowing brighter.
20 hits: Stage 3. Glowing brightly, and flaming.
30 hits: Stage 4 (detonation). After a warhead has taken 30 hits from the Laser Detonator, it detonates.
The explosion deals 500 damage, and, when compared to a mininuke explosion, has about 70% the damage radius and only about 36% as much physics force.
After a warhead explodes, it leaves behind a large amount of radiation that dissipates over 18 seconds (starting at 20 rads per second at the center of the large radius). Compared to a mininuke explosion, a warhead leaves twice the radiation over a 50% larger radius for a 50% longer period of time.
--Danaw167 02:14, September 30, 2011 (UTC)
W-53 warhead[]
This appears to be modeled from the W-53, a 9 megaton warhead used by the Titan II missile of the 1960s.
Look familiar? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeromeg111/5477664833/
Of course, it's worth mentioning that a 9 megaton warhead is instantly lethal to within about 22 miles. 65.188.230.96 02:11, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
Do remember, though, that nuclear weapons take a LOT of effort to detonate. What is likely is that the Laser Detonator wasn't actually a detonator at all, but some sort of laser range-finding tool. What we're likely seeing is the explosives packed AROUND the nuclear-reactive core of the missile going off. And, considering the minuscule amounts of nuclear material required to set off an unconstrained nuclear cascade, its' entirely possible that the nuclear components themselves have turned to lead. Unlikely, but possible, depending on the age of the warheads. January 28th, 2013 (146.115.61.6 21:51, January 29, 2013 (UTC))
warheads = irradiated?[]
Warheads in the divide glow with a faint green highlight, even before the start of detonation. Is it safe to assume that the warhead itself is giving off radiation and the surrounding areas stack that radiation? If true you could make areas of the mojave impassible using the placeatme command, if warheads are truely an indefinate source of RADS per second. If warheads are irradiated and givingboff RADS per second, such information should be added. 99.20.240.29 05:55, November 6, 2015 (UTC) editor email: SueSakamotoTakari@gmail.com