(2/2) A higher-altitude detonation greatly amplifies the kinetic damage and dispersion of radioactive material. A street-level detonation, on the other hand, could be located to damage key infrastructure such as pipelines, comms, transportation or power infrastructure.
A 1000 ton TNT equivalent explosion would leave a very deep and wide crater. From a LLM knowledge base: "Crater Diameter: For a 1,000 ton TNT explosion, the main crater diameter can be expected to be around 50 to 60 meters (164 to 197 feet). - Crater Depth: The main crater depth is generally about one-third to one-half the crater diameter. Therefore, for a 1,000 ton TNT equivalent explosion, the main crater depth can be expected to be approximately 16 to 30 meters (52 to 98 feet)."
Imagine a 100-foot-deep crater in the middle of NYC, with a blast crater that's 200 feet wide. Buildings would topple like a scene out of Fight Club.
In 2022, NYC released a nuclear blast preparedness video, warning all residents to take off all their clothes and decontaminate from the nuclear ash, then hide INSIDE their buildings and wait for government instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-5d7V4Sbqk&t
Current mystery drones may have highly sensitive radioisotope decay detectors that can pick up non-shielded bomb material. Shielding with lead or gold or extremely high-density elements would block most of the decay particles.

Intel dump, and yes I'm covering this tomorrow (Wed) in my Brighteon broadcast: Former Soviet defectors claimed 80 suitcase nukes had gone "missing," each with a yield up to around 1 kiloton of TNT equivalent. One or more of these devices is believed to have been "lost" and headed for the USA, as Saxon Aerospace CEO recently stated in a popular video. From a language model query: "Alexander Lebed, a former Soviet general, claimed in 1997 that the Soviet Union had created around 250 suitcase-sized portable nuclear weapons..."
It's not clear whether such devices could even function now about 30+ years later.
If detonated at ground level, their damage would be contained and they would not level a city, but could cause extensive damage to several city blocks while unleashing significant fallout material, contaminating a much larger area for an extended period. The primary effect would be economic, not merely physical loss of life. Imagine the economic implications to the nation of shutting down a major metropolitan area such as NYC. No doubt the deep state would love to dump this crisis in Trump's lap.
The most obvious detonation location for such devices to cause maximum damage for a city would be at the ROOFTOPS of high-rise buildings. Anyone involved in law enforcement or national defense against terrorism should take special note about rooftop access, especially on the taller buildings. (1/2)
I'll cover all this tomorrow in my broadcast.

Brighteon Broadcast News, Dec 17, 2024 - Exo-tech radar-invisible DRONES have been flying over US military nuclear assets for EIGHT YEARS
https://www.brighteon.com/6d746f6d-5a02-446b-a3ae-349e9522716e