1. On May 8, 1953, scientists detonated Encore, a 27-kiloton bomb , a mile away. 2. You can't take down an F18 with a half-kiloton bomb ! 3. In comparison, a 50 kiloton bomb releases close to a million times as much energy. 4. He saw an 11-kiloton bomb shrink to a pinhead. 5. In a 21 kiloton bomb , for example, about a gram of light and heat is created. 6. For example, a 1-kiloton bomb only needs a case one-tenth the thickness of that required for 1-megaton. 7. The last explosion was in July, when China tested a 5 kiloton bomb at its Lop Nor site. 8. Izvestia said the 0.3-kiloton bomb , a relatively small device, contains about one kilogram ( 2.2 pounds ) of plutonium. 9. A series of 50-kiloton bombs would be dropped into the cavern and exploded to heat the water and create steam. 10. For Able test, A B-50 drops a 5 Kiloton Bomb over Nevada test site for Testing compression against critical mass.