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How many more times can a nuclear explosions be more powerful than the largest conventional weapon?
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theoretically the yield of nuclear weapons is unlimited.
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How many times more powerful are nuclear explosions than the largest conventional weapon?
Depends on which nuclear device your talking about though the largest conventail weapons is the Russian "Father of All Bombs" which is 8 tons and has the equivilent explosive strength of 44 tons of TNT. It is more powerful then the American MOAB which is the same weight accept only yeilds 11 tons TNT since the russians have some advanced fuel which is significantly more explosive then the american counterpart. Probably the smallest nuke is the American M-28 and M-29 it was 40kg and had the equivilent explosive strength of about 10 tons of TNT. The largest nuclear missiles in USA service now are generally above 50 tons (with the nuclear fuel being probably only 1% of the weight, thats a guess) and have an equivilent explosive strength of about 1200000 tons of TNT or 1.2 Mt The largest ever nuclear bomb has Tsar Bomba (early hydrogen bomb) which was 26 tons (10 tons nuclear fuel) and was the equivilent of 5700000 tons of TNT or 57Mt, to put this in perspective it had a fireball with a diameter of 5.3 km, if you were 100 kms away you would still get third degree burns and had the power of all explosives used in WWII times by ten. So the simplest answer is the largest conventional weapon FOAB about as strong as a small tactical nuke, with current high yield USA missiles being about 30,000 times more powerful, and Tsar Bomba being about 1710000 times more powerful.
Where was the largest Russian bomb detonated?
I assume you mean "Soviet bomb" - The Tsar Bomba (Царь-бомба) was detonated on October 30, 1961, in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. It was the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.
What was Eisenhower's attitude about military power?
the conventional military is less important than nuclear weapons
What was the soviet atomic threat?
A large-scale nuclear exchange followed by a conventional war which itself would involve heavy use of tactical nuclear weapons.
Who developed the term 'Thermonuclear war' and how does it differ from conventional nuclear war?
"Thermonuclear" is a term derived from the science of physics, and was not developed by any one person, to describe a type of weapon and the type of war the use of such a weapon would create. All the ready-to-fire nuclear weapons in the world today are thermonuclear weapons -- there is no difference.Therefore the type of 'war' their use would create would be no different.Also, there is no such thing as a 'conventional nuclear war'; the term makes no sense whatsoever. Conventionalmeans non-nuclear conflict (tanks, planes, men, etc.), nuclear means use of nuclear weapons. The moment a conventional war escalates to the use of nuclear weapons, it ceases to be conventional.So remember, thermonuclear war is the same as nuclear war; they do not differ.
Is an bomb or a nuclear weapon more powerful?
If by "bomb" you mean a conventional explosive weapon, then the nuclear weapon is more powerful.
How many times more powerful are nuclear explosions than the largest conventional weapon?
Depends on which nuclear device your talking about though the largest conventail weapons is the Russian "Father of All Bombs" which is 8 tons and has the equivilent explosive strength of 44 tons of TNT. It is more powerful then the American MOAB which is the same weight accept only yeilds 11 tons TNT since the russians have some advanced fuel which is significantly more explosive then the american counterpart. Probably the smallest nuke is the American M-28 and M-29 it was 40kg and had the equivilent explosive strength of about 10 tons of TNT. The largest nuclear missiles in USA service now are generally above 50 tons (with the nuclear fuel being probably only 1% of the weight, thats a guess) and have an equivilent explosive strength of about 1200000 tons of TNT or 1.2 Mt The largest ever nuclear bomb has Tsar Bomba (early hydrogen bomb) which was 26 tons (10 tons nuclear fuel) and was the equivilent of 5700000 tons of TNT or 57Mt, to put this in perspective it had a fireball with a diameter of 5.3 km, if you were 100 kms away you would still get third degree burns and had the power of all explosives used in WWII times by ten. So the simplest answer is the largest conventional weapon FOAB about as strong as a small tactical nuke, with current high yield USA missiles being about 30,000 times more powerful, and Tsar Bomba being about 1710000 times more powerful.
What is the name given to the cloud that forms after an atomic bomb explodes?
Mushroom cloud as the shape resembles an ever growing mushroom.Note that this cloud is in no way unique to nuclear explosions, it is produced by all explosions. The degree and duration of the phenomena is directly proportional to yield, as nuclear explosions have yields several orders of magnitude higher than conventional explosions their mushroom clouds are orders of magnitude more dramatic and memorable.
What kind of explosions are used in nuclear bombs?
nuclear
What fuel stars?
Nuclear fusion, the same reaction that takes place in nuclear warheads, only in conventional warheads it's caused by powerful conventional explosives directed inward to cause heavy elements to fuse together, and in the cores of suns (stars) it is caused by the much more powerful force of the star's gravity.
What is the name for the term defining the competition to possess the most powerful and largest arsenal of nuclear weapons?
A nuclear arms race.
What is the term defining the competition to possess the most powerful and largest arsenal of nuclear weapons called?
nuclear arms race.
What processes fuels stars?
Nuclear fusion, the same reaction that takes place in nuclear warheads, only in conventional warheads it's caused by powerful conventional explosives directed inward to cause heavy elements to fuse together, and in the cores of suns (stars) it is caused by the much more powerful force of the star's gravity.
Would the nuclear explosions in Chernobyl and Japan affect the Ozone and climate?
Very unlikely. Also neither were nuclear explosions:Chernobyl was a massive steam explosion in the cooling system, and Japan was a combination of steam explosions and maybe hydrogen/oxygen explosions. The nuclear releases in both cases were due to breaches of the containment by these explosions. If they had been nuclear explosions many miles from the plants would have been leveled and that did not happen.
How big is the largest nuclear bomb?
The largest nuclear bomb ever detonated was the Soviet Union's Tsar Bomba in 1961, which had a yield of 50 megatons. It was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested.
Is the nuclear bomb the most powerful bomb?
nuclear weapons of the fission fusion type, the so called H-Bomb, are the most powerful of all weapons but their ouput can be tailored for specific purposes. Whatever their size they are inevitably more powerful than any conventional explosive.
What is the nuclear test ban treaty?
Prohibits nuclear weapon test explosions and any other nuclear explosions in three environments: in the atmosphere, in outer space and underwater, but does not prohibit underground nuclear explosions
