User blog:Mr. Bambu/XCOM Calc: Bipping the Scout

Premise
A Blaster Launcher can, if shot inside, completely destroy dis bad boy. Let's calc the energy needed to achieve that. We're doing this for Colonel Krukov.

Calc
Generally speaking, this UFO is a rectangular prism 9x9x1 meters in size. Accounting for an assumed 80% hollowness for a building, we have 1.620e7 cm^3 of material far more durable than what mankind can muster.

This is clearly totally destroyed leaving behind a small amount of debris. So, for a low-end, we'll use V. Frag, as a high-end, we'll use the top value for Pulverization. As a stand in we'll use Steel even though this material is explicitly stronger than anything Earth has made yet.

Low-End Energy: 9.210e9 Joules, 2.2 Tons of TNT, Large Building level

High-End Energy: 1.620e10 Joules, 3.87 Tons of TNT, Large Building level

Tallies
Blaster Launcher Destroys UFO (Low-End): 2.20 Tons of TNT, Large Building level

Blaster Launcher Destroys UFO (High-End): 3.87 Tons of TNT, Large Building level