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Depends on yield and height/depth of burst. If subsurface also depends on material around them (soil, rock, water). Effects equations are not easy to solve and are highly empirical based on data from actual tests along with alot of interpolation and extrapolation where data did not exist.

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How far can nuclear missile travel?

Depends on how it is transported. There are different types of missiles with different ranges. Also you can carry nuclear bombs on airplanes, so literally everywhere in that case.


How far can a nuclear bomb travel?

A gravity dropped nuclear bomb could fall several tens of thousands of feet from bomber to detonation. A ballistic missile's warhead could travel tens of thousands of miles from launch site to detonation.


How are nuclear weapons destroyed?

The only way that how are nuclear weapons are destroyed that these anti-nuclear working group stay together and work together to get these powerful nuclear weapons destroyed. It's possible to destroy nuclear weapons but it is a very hard and dangerous job. Want to know how nuclear weapons are destroyed? These people work as a team by staying together, they also disable nuclear missile launching systems to prevent the nuclear weapons from being launched. They work very carefully to make sure that the nuclear weapon cannot make wide explosions. They destroy the missile very carefully so that the missile cannot make very huge nuke explosion. They also stop nuclear bombs from being dropped by making sure that the bomb is destroyed but they have to place something to destroy the nuclear bomb and they must be very careful because nuclear missiles and nuclear bombs are very powerful. There should be a time bomb to destroy these weapons and don't let these weapons create big explosions. If there is then they place the time bomb on nuclear weapon, they also have to move very far away from the weapon to make sure that they are safe and can't get killed. To destroy nuclear weapons, these nukes have to be sent very far away from the city or from the town so people can't get killed by the nukes.


How far can nuclear weapons travel?

Gravity bombs, or bombs that fall straight down to the ground, are immobile and must be dropped by a bomber aircraft. Some ballistic missiles may travel for about tens to hundreds of miles, while larger ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missile) can travel up to thousands of miles in a sub-orbital spaceflight. For more, better info than mine, refer to this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_deliveryTHANK YOU WIKIPEDIA!!


What is the speed of a cruise missile?

Bramhos 2.6mach speed.. developed by india. by far the fasted crusie missile in the world.

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How far can nuclear missile travel?

Depends on how it is transported. There are different types of missiles with different ranges. Also you can carry nuclear bombs on airplanes, so literally everywhere in that case.


How far can an SS-4 nuclear missile travel?

The SS-4 is a Russian medium range ballistic missile with capacity to carry a nuclear payload 1630 kg or warhead of 1-1.3 MT or 2-2.3 MT.The missile can travel upto 2000 k.m (1234 miles) to hit soft targets like cities and military bases.It was deployed by the Russians in the Cuban missile crisis.


How far can a nuclear bomb travel?

A gravity dropped nuclear bomb could fall several tens of thousands of feet from bomber to detonation. A ballistic missile's warhead could travel tens of thousands of miles from launch site to detonation.


How far can a missile go?

Primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery, an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) can reach a minimum of 3,400 miles (5500 km).


How are nuclear weapons destroyed?

The only way that how are nuclear weapons are destroyed that these anti-nuclear working group stay together and work together to get these powerful nuclear weapons destroyed. It's possible to destroy nuclear weapons but it is a very hard and dangerous job. Want to know how nuclear weapons are destroyed? These people work as a team by staying together, they also disable nuclear missile launching systems to prevent the nuclear weapons from being launched. They work very carefully to make sure that the nuclear weapon cannot make wide explosions. They destroy the missile very carefully so that the missile cannot make very huge nuke explosion. They also stop nuclear bombs from being dropped by making sure that the bomb is destroyed but they have to place something to destroy the nuclear bomb and they must be very careful because nuclear missiles and nuclear bombs are very powerful. There should be a time bomb to destroy these weapons and don't let these weapons create big explosions. If there is then they place the time bomb on nuclear weapon, they also have to move very far away from the weapon to make sure that they are safe and can't get killed. To destroy nuclear weapons, these nukes have to be sent very far away from the city or from the town so people can't get killed by the nukes.


How fast is an interstellar missile?

Interstellar would mean about "from Star to Star". We don't have anything that can travel that far.


How far can a submarine travel?

A nuclear submarine is only limited by food it can travel as long as there foods


How far do missiles reach?

An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) can reach distances greater that 5500kms and can deliver one or more nuclear warheads


How far can a nuclear bomb go?

It can't go any where it can travel in an aeroplane.


How far can aircraft carrier travel on one gallon?

THey are nuclear powered, the fuel they carry is for the airplanes


How far can a nuclear bomb go before running out of fuel?

The processes (fission and fusion) that release energy in nuclear explosions complete in from about 10 microseconds to about 50 microseconds depending on the exact design used. How far a falling bomb might move in that time will depend on its velocity, but this distance will be insignificant compared to the diameter of the fireball.


Can a north Korean nuclear ballistic missile reach the US?

No. So far the missiles they have are duds. They go up and then fizz out. I think they have a ways to go before they could reach the US.