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How heavy was the atomic bomb dropped on japan?
The first Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima was called "Little Boy". It weighted about 9,700 pounds and used about 141 pounds of Uranium-235 to generate an explosive blast roughly equal to about 15,000 tons (or 30 million pounds) of conventional TNT explosive. The second Atom Bomb dropped was on Nagasaki. It was called "Fat Man". It weighed about 10,300 pounds and used about 14 pounds of Plutonium-239 & 240 to generate an explosive blast roughly equal to about 21,000 tons (or 42 million pounds) of conventional TNT explosive.
How many tons of tnt equals the power of a atom bomb?
that varies with yield, which is specified in tons of TNT and would thus be your answer. atomic bombs have been built and tested with yields from 10 tons of TNT to over 50 million tons of TNT.
How much does ammo weigh?
It depends on the kind of ammo. A bomb can weight tons of tons of metric tons. A .50 caliber bullet can weigh around a pound.
How strong was the nuclear bomb in Nagasaki?
It was the equivalent of 20 tons of dynamite.
How did the first atomic bomb compare with conventional bombs?
Typical conventional bombs have explosive yields approximately equal to their physical weight, the largest yield conventional bomb of WW2 was the British Tallboy which weighed 6 tons and had a yield of nearly 3 tons. The first atomic bomb dropped in WW2 the Little Boy weighed just under 5 tons and had a yield of about 15000 tons equivalent. Comparing them, the first atomic bomb had a weight slightly less than the largest conventional bomb used in WW2 but the yield was about 5000 times larger!
What is the largest type of bomb the U.S. have in it's arsenal besides the nuclear bomb?
The GBU-43 (Massive Ordnance Air Blast, usually called a MOAB. Mother Of All Bombs) which is a 21,000 pound bomb with a blast yield of 11 tons. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has stated that a larger version of the MOAB exists, weighing thirteen tons.
How big is a nuclear blast radius?
Little Boy was the nuclear bomb detonated over Hiroshima. It used uranium and had an explosive blast equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. A 1 megaton hydrogen bomb, hypothetically detonated on the earth's surface, has about 80 times the blast power of that 1945 explosion. Considering the tonnage of a bomb to be contant, The blast radius varies dependent on whether it is a ground burst or an airburst. Further, the height of the airburst above ground affects the radius too. At a height of 1900 feet above ground, Little Boy produced a blast radius of 1 mile; an area of some 4.7 square miles.
How heavy is a atomic bomb?
Nuclear explosives have been built weighing as little as 50 pounds to over 500 tons. The two used in WW2 weighed about 5 tons.
Biggest conventional bomb?
The largest conventional bomb is a thermobaric explosive. The largest of these is the Russian ATBIP (Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power) or the Father of all Bombs. Its blast yield is estimated at equal to 44 tons of TNT.
What is 10 megatons?
mega = million. so megaton = million tons. Often used as a comparative power, where the tons referred to are tons of TNT. So, the Hiroshima bomb was about 20kt. = 20 000 tons of TNT. Naturally, this unit ignores effects beyond simple blast, effects such as heat and radiation.
What is the blast radius of a 500 pound bomb?
No. Those sizes may be the most common, but there are smaller bombs and larger ones. 1000-pound, 2000-pound, and 4000-pound bombs were used in WW2. Blockbuster bombs go up to 12,000 pounds. BLU-bombs weigh 15,000 pounds and were used in Nam. 20,000 pound bombs were used in WW2. There is a MOAB type bomb weighing 22,000 pounds but it has yet to be used. Earthquake bunker-busters have been developed (but apparently not yet used), weighing up to 43,600 pounds.
What was the biggest nuclear explosion?
The biggest nuclear explosion in history was a 50 megaton (equivalent to 50 million tons of tnt) bomb tested by the soviet union called the "Tsar Bomb". nobody was killed in the blast. the previous answer was completely false, Chernobyl was one of the smallest nuclear explosions in history, smaller than the Hiroshima bomb, which was only 17 kilotons (17 thousand tons of tnt, almost 3000 times smaller than the Tsar Bomb). People were mainly killed by the radiation. The blast didn't even kill everybody inside the actual plant (I'm not sure how many were killed in the blast, if somebody would like to add to this)
How can a nuclear bomb destroy a whole city?
The bomb would have to have a big enough yield to cover the whole city and be detonated in a spot where the bomb could have a larger reach, such as the center of the city.It destroys a whole city by using an extremely powerful blast, usually measured in megatons (meaning one million tons of TNT). It would completely annihilate anything within the blast radius, and the closer objects would completely disintegrate. The cloud of radiation (that could cause cancer) will spread to a much larger area and contaminate it seriously, rendering habitation in that area impossible for at least two years.
How much does submarines weigh?
There have been many sizes of submarine from the tiny British X-boats weighing about 6 tons to huge 'boomers' weighing over 8,000 tons
What is the strength of 1MT nuclear bomb?
Blast yields are compared to their approximate explosive power equivalent to TNT. A 1 Megaton explosion is equivalent to the explosive power of approximately 1 million tons of TNT.
How much does a nuclear bomb weigh today?
Depends on the bomb, ranging from 100s of pounds to tons. In the 1960s the US had fielded some tactical devices weighing about 50 pounds, but these were recalled in the early 1970s. The actual minimal weight that the US can build is classified Q-Top Secret.
What is the radius of damage that the nuclear bomb can do?
It is not possible to give a sensible answer to this question for a number of reasons. There is no standard nuclear bomb: the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima (Little Boy) had a yield of less than 20,000 tons of TNT. In 1961 the USSR exploded a nuclear bomb (Tsar Bomba) with a yield of 50,000,000 tons of TNT. The damage that a nuclear device can deliver depends on the altitude at which it is detonated. Also, in addition to the immediate effect of the blast, there are long term effects from radioactive debris being blown into the upper atmosphere and coming down later.As an example of the latter, the explosion at the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl led to radioactive rainfall in the UK. Such effects will depend on prevailing winds and other weather conditions.
