Indian Missile News And Discussion

[Arun_S]

Wiki says something on optimal altitude:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_...explosions



Desired overpressure threshold depends on target is for conter-value or counter force

Military planners prefer to maximise the range at which 10 psi, or more, is extended over when attacking [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countervalue"]countervalue[/url] targets, thus a 220 m height of burst would be preferred for a 1 kiloton blast. To find the optimum height of burst for any weapon yield, the cubed root of the yield in kilotons is multiplied by the ideal H.O.B for a 1 kt blast, e.g. the optimum height of burst for a 500 kt weapon is ~ 1745 m.