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Let's hope we never find out. The Soviet Union was shown not to have as many weapons as they boasted after the fall of communism. It is reasonable to assume the current weapons stocks of Russia are not as deep as those of the United States, who pours money into such things.
Tests on nuclear weapons have been banned for some time now both below, and above ground. So there's not much room for improvement in terms of making a more potent bomb or warhead.
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∙ 11y agoAt this time START allows Russia higher yield weapons than the US because Russian ICBMs are somewhat less accurate.
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What is a thermonuclear bomb?
The Teller-Ulam design is the nuclear weapon design concept used in most of the world's nuclear weapons. Colloquially referred to as "the secret of thehydrogen bomb", because it employs hydrogen fusion to generate neutrons, in most applications the bulk of its destructive energy comes from uranium fission, nothydrogen fusion. It is named for its two chief contributors, Edward Teller and Stanisław Ulam, who developed it in 1951 for the United States. It was first used in multi-megaton-range thermonuclear weapons. As it is also the most efficient design concept for small nuclear weapons, today virtually all the nuclear weapons deployed by the five major nuclear-armed nations use the Teller-Ulam design.Its essential features, which officially remained secret for nearly three decades, are: 1) separation of stages into a triggering "primary" explosive and a much more powerful "secondary" explosive, 2) compression of the secondary by X-rays coming from nuclear fission in the primary, a process called the "radiation implosion" of the secondary, and 3) heating of the secondary, after cold compression, by a second fission explosion inside the secondary.The radiation implosion mechanism is a heat engine exploiting the temperature difference between the hot radiation channel, surrounding the secondary, and the relatively cool interior of the secondary. This temperature difference is briefly maintained by a massive heat barrier called the "pusher". The pusher is also an implosion tamper, increasing and prolonging the compression of the secondary, and, if made of uranium, which it usually is, it undergoes fission by capturing theneutrons produced by fusion. In most Teller-Ulam weapons, fission of the pusher dominates the explosion and produces radioactive fission product fallout.The first test of this principle was the "Ivy Mike" nuclear test in 1952, conducted by the United States. In the Soviet Union, the design was known as Andrei Sakharov's "Third Idea", first tested in 1955. Similar devices were developed by the United Kingdom, China, and France, though no specific code names are known for their designs.-Courtesy of Wikipedia 'Teller-Ulam design'
Why won't a compass work near a magnet?
The compass needle is itself a magnet which is why it always points north according to the earth's magnetic field. If you place a magnet (Whose magnetic power is stronger than the earth's) close to the compass its needle will be attracted t the magnet and not to the North Pole.
What involves fission?
nuclear bombs dropped in WWII splitting the atom, and chain reaction.
How much does nuclear power cost consumers?
I'm no expert on this, but some ideas: Defense - the Government pays for all warships, some of which have nuclear reactors, including submarines. The Government supports the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission so I guess they pay their costs. The Government is also concerned with dealing with nuclear waste, and cleanup of old facilities like Hanford. What this amounts to in dollars I'm afraid I have no figures for.
Whose scientist and invented of 200-500?
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What will happen if nuclear weapons fall into the wrong hands?
That depends on whose wrong hands.
How do you dispose of aging nuclear weapons?
They are taken to a plant that manufactures nuclear weapons (in the U.S. the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas) where they are carefully dismantled and those parts whose materials can be reused to make new nuclear weapons are recycled. The chemical explosives are usually burned to safely dispose of them.
Which type of nuclear reaction is used in modern-day nuclear reactors?
Nuclear fission is used in nuclear weapons to create what some might call an atomic blast (nuclear blast). Nuclear fission used this way can also be applied in special complex designs to generate enough thermal energy (heat) to initiate a fusion reaction. This creates an even bigger nuclear blast.
Whose memory is stronger camels or monkeys?
CAMEL
Whose stronger then Superman?
Colyn Niese aka BEAST
Whose legs are stronger a horse or kangaroo?
Kangaroos have more powerful hind legs, but horses have stronger forelegs.
Capitol of the Scandinavian nation whose country is Russia?
Helsinki
Whose was the first democratic elected leader of Russia?
Yeltsin
Whose stronger anakin or Darth Vader?
none because they are the same person
What is the name of river in Russia whose first letter is U?
· Ural
What is the name of a city in Russia whose name rhymes with ice?
Kroznjsk.
Whose country's currency is gnnet gahka poccnn?
Russia (rubal)
