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They do not have to be, but launching an ICBM that could only destroy a single city block with a conventional warhead would generally be considered a waste of the expensive missile that launched it.
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Who has the strongest nuclear weapons in the world?
If by strongest you mean highest yield, I believe this would be Russia. Current treaties allow them higher yield weapons because their ICBMs are somewhat less accurate than US ICBMs.
Does Russia still have nuclear weapons today?
Actually Russia now has 500 to 1000 more nuclear weapons than the USA due to limits set in the START treaty and they are higher yield, based on the fact that their ICBMs are less accurate than US ICBMs.
Was America overreacting when they began nuclear attack awareness?
I do not believe we can know this until the USSR's archives are fully opened to historians, that will probably not happen for some time. However that said it is known that the US nuclear stockpile was significantly larger than the USSR nuclear stockpile until the late 1970s (this was not known by the US at the time) and the US ICBMs have been and still are more accurate than the USSR ICBMs.
Why were ICBMs created?
ICBMs were developed by both the United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war in insure mutually assured destruction if either country were to be attacked. Basically, the Soviets threatened the United States, and the United States responded by threatening to level Russia with nukes (ICBMs) if they attacked. The Soviets responded likewise, and therefore, not shots were ever fired because both nations feared a nuclear reprisal by the other.
What was the nuclear triad?
A nuclear triad refers to a nuclear arsenal which consists of three components, traditionally strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The purpose of having a three-branched nuclear capability is to significantly reduce the possibility that an enemy could destroy all of a nation's nuclear forces in a first-strike attack; this, in turn, ensures a credible threat of a second strike, and thus increases a nation's nuclear deterrence.[1][2][3]
Where are some located?
I found ICBMs in California on Google earth. I found ICBMs in California on Google earth.
Do you have to prepare for the nuclear war?
One should not use a definite article when describing a nuclear war. There could be many nuclear wars or none at all. You do not have to do anything because you can simply allow the nuclear bombs to fall and kill a large amount of people. However, to help prevent large amounts of casualties, a country may wish to have a large amount of patriot missiles to shoot down ICBMs and many bomb shelters for people to hide in.
Where are some rockets located?
I found ICBMs in California on Google earth. I found ICBMs in California on Google earth.
What was a result of H-bomb test in the 1950s?
Both the US and USSR had deliverable nuclear weapons in the 10+ megaton range by 1955.
Have ICBMs ever been used in wars?
No. The only nuclear weapon used in a war was when America dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and then shortly after on Nagasaki, there have been many tests since however.
How much of nuclear fission is available?
a lot, so we can use thermonuclier weapons of mass destruction, and launch medium range ICBMs at other countries and cause massive destruction and terror. and light connor on fire
What nuclear structures help to form ribosomes?
Nuclear missiles, And ICBMs very of course please. Please to be. careful and no nuke me thank you very goodly.
