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Edward Teller proposed building a 10 gigaton fusion bomb. Such a bomb could easily destroy everything in any of one of the small eastern states (e.g. Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey, Vermont). A 5 to 10 megaton fusion bomb could destroy large cities like New York, Chicago, Oakland. Even the ~20 kiloton fission bombs of WW2 destroyed typical cities (except their outskirts) in Japan.
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Can a hydrogen bomb destroy a city?
It certainly can. peopls say that it can destroy a whole country
How many people can a nuclaer bomb kill?
A nuclear bomb can destroy a city and the surrounding area. Think if New York City was bomb with an atom bomb. 8 million plus people would be killed instantly and milions more would die from the fallout or burns or other injuries. Injuries would be in the millions too.
How long does it take to an atomic bomb to destroy a city?
It takes less than a minute.
What country did the bomb Fat Man hit?
The Fat man was the nuclear bomb dropped in the city of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9 1945.
What bomb they use to destroy Nagasaki?
An atomic bomb codenamed "Fat Man", an plutonium bomb guided by gravity. Casualties of the atomic bomb range in the several hundred thousands; further casualties by uranium poisoning often vary. With a power of 18 kilotons (in TNT terms), it created a 1km radius fireball, causing total destruction for several kilometers in circumference. Unfortuneately however, this destruction is only a FRACTION of the total energy output by the nuclear fission of plutonium atoms; the full output would be several 10 times stronger. Ironically, Nagasaki was never meant to be a primary target of American Nuclear bombs; the American army intended to use the "fat man" bomb against the great arsenal city Kokura. However, foggy weather cause the pilot to avoid Kokuro and launched the nuclear bomb at the secondary target city (Nagasaki)
Would one nuclear bomb destroy a city like New York?
Yes, a fusion bomb (hydrogen bomb) would destroy New York City.
Which is more damaging Atom bomb or megaton bomb?
Well there is no "Megaton" bombs, but there are hydrogen bombs in the megaton range and they are a lot more powerful. An Atomic bomb can destroy a city. A Hydrogen bomb can destroy a country.
Advantages of a nuclear bomb?
If you want to destroy a city and kill thousands of people, it is the quickest way of doing so.
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.
Why are nuclear weapons bad?
They can destroy from a big city to half the world, depending how powerful it is.
What is most destructive weapon in earth?
The most destructive weapon on earth is the hydrogen bomb. These weapons are potentially thousands of times more powerful than ordinary atom bombs (which use nuclear fission rather than fusion) and could easily destroy a city in seconds.
Can a hydrogen bomb destroy a city?
It certainly can. peopls say that it can destroy a whole country
How many people can a nuclaer bomb kill?
A nuclear bomb can destroy a city and the surrounding area. Think if New York City was bomb with an atom bomb. 8 million plus people would be killed instantly and milions more would die from the fallout or burns or other injuries. Injuries would be in the millions too.
Is hydrogen bomb deadly?
Extremely. Hydrogen bombs are far more powerful than conventional atomic bombs. One could easily destroy an entire city.
On what Japanese city was the first nuclear bomb dropped?
The first Japanese city to be attacked by a nuclear weapon is Hiroshima.
Which part of nagasaki was bombed?
The bomb had the power to destroy the city completly.
Is there more than one kind of atomic bomb?
Actually there are several types of atomic bomb, which include your basic fission bomb, the more powerful hydrogen bomb, the enhanced radiation or neutron bomb, the high-fallout cobalt bomb for maximum toxicity, and the pocket-nuke, to smuggle in your luggage in order to clandestinely destroy some enemy city.
