text: suffice to cause """u""lpt"lf-" destruction" of either the USSR or the United' ?I/ A. KaLz, "Economic and Social United-States", United States Senate, Affairs" 96th Congress, Iirs-r, SessionConsequences of Nuclear Attacks on the Coriaittee on Banking, I{ousing and Urban ( l.larctr 1979 ) . 22/ Trre concept of riequivalent megatonnage" has been introduced' to take """o.r# .i--trr"-i""i that thle area covered by blast does not increase linearly vith weapon yie1d. rt i"-;fi";; as tne 2i3 power of the actual yield exp"esse'I in Mt. For instancq, if the yield is 1oo kt' = o'1 Mt., then the equivalent ;;*;i;t";;; i. o.tz/z = o'?2' see also fisure 11 in chap' rr' t...^/ 35 / 392 English Annexpase Bf States" Thus a number of reports 23/ indicates that very heaqr' damage could beinflicted on either super-power by-relatively few veapons aimei ai ciucia:-targets ' This is ilfustrated by table )+. The report z\/ fuom which these tabreshave been taken also ind.icates that the nucLear arsenal] needed to launctr even theheaviest attacks given in the tabre would be available even after a surprisecounterforce attcck. lrr particular, each of the thl,ee maJor types ot ae]iverysystem (long-range bombers, ICBMs or SLBI{s ) would retain the nr.mber of nuclear'T/reapons necesse.ry to inflict very heavy danage. ?! (a) "Data Base and Damage Criteria for Measurernents of Arms L,iroitationnffects or] trtar Supporting Industry", aCle/WfC_e)+e, I97\,(l) Offiee of Technol-oglr Assessr0ent e op. cit, (") G. Kemp, 'rNuclear Force for Medium povers, part f. Targets and WeaponSystems" Part II and IlI . Strategic Bequirements an<l Optionst'; Adelphi papers 106 and 107, Internstional Institute for Strategic Studies, London 19?h. 2V Urrit.a States Senate, Coondttee on Bankinpq, Housing and Urban Affaj.rs,on. cit "Al35 /39? -F-ngr1s n Annex Page 82 TABI,E I+. WLNERASILITY TO COUNTERVAI,IIE ATTACK Tables have been adapted frour A. Katz, (op. cit.)' The asyrnmetry in the data
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the consequences of a nuclear attack on the USSR and the United States, specifically in terms of the potential destruction and damage that could be inflicted. The focus is on the military and strategic implications of such an attack, rather than on any of the categories related to economic development, natural resources, or social services.