text: r 1flure _L _L -^/351392&rBlish Annet Page 15 rIGURA II. NSLAfIOICSIIP BSNTEEN WEJ?ON YIELD AND AXEA DESTROYED BY BI,AST '125 kt lxlMt SxlaSkt 20x50kt Ttrc cilcl.s llLuttrete hov the size of the area destroyed by blest incrc$q! vith respon yleld. ftis ia accounted for by the intro- ituctlon of flequivalent negatonnage" (see also footnote 22). rtl the Ioua! part ol the figure are three e:@rples of th€ equivalent lcSrtoanrg" rhe! ih. Eollnel ylelat I !lt. i5 delivered in three iliflercnt vat's.Equiva'l ent negatonsAl35/392 l,rprrsn /utnex rage -L{l 22. In order to destroy a "hard" target an attacker vifl use a por,rerful warhead, unless he has a rnissil-e of higb accuracy. l'{issile accuracy is usually given in terBs of the circular error probable (CEP), defined as the distance from the target within vhich, on the average, ha]-f the re-entry vehicles ni1l lanil if ainecidirectly at the target. tr'or exanple, a 1Mt. nuclear lrarhead nay be needed on a uissile r+ith a CEP of l- kn, in order to destroy a particular hardened structure. The same effect coultl result froll a I25 ]Kt. vaahead wlth a 0.5 kn. CEP rnissil"e accuracy, or a 40 kt. verhead with 0.33 kn. CEP. l,legatonnage afone is thus a very urisleading measure of one siclers capability. 0f equal or more inportance is nissife eccuracy. 23. Definite CEP va].ues for different existing rnissile systems are not availabfe 'for reasons both of secrecy and, presumably, insufficient basic knovled-ge 'However, several open sources give estinates for many of these systens. The indications are that both United States e.nd Soviet ICBMS are approaching a CEP of about 200 n. ?)+. Another delivery vehicle for nuclear weapons is the submarine-launched ballistic nissile (SLBM). Even though an individual submarine may be vulnerable
analysis: The text appears to be discussing military-related topics, specifically nuclear weapons and their capabilities. It mentions concepts such as yield, area destroyed, equivalent tonnage, and circular error probable (CEP), which are all relevant to the military and defense industries. Additionally, the text mentions specific types of delivery vehicles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).