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Nuclear Weapons
This category is for questions about weapons that use nuclear fission or fusion to gain explosive power.
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What is the max depth of nuclear submarine?
Television will tell you the figure (History & Military Channels) but those are the numbers that the military gives them. The actual max depth is classified. Same with aircraft speeds & altitudes. We'll tell you what you "WANT TO HEAR." But it won't be the real thing.
What was Oppenheimer's statement about the first atomic bomb test?
A quotation of Lord Krishna in the Hindu Bhagavad Gita: "I am become death. The destroyer of worlds.".
The lenses combine a low velocity explosive and a high velocity explosive. The Low VoD was Baratol (aka Barytol) consisting of TNT and Barium Nitrate. The High VOD was Composition B, a mix of RDX and TNT.
How much uranium 235 was used in fat boy?
Not "Fat boy" but "Fat man'; "Fat man" had putonium, not uranium 235.
You are probably referring to photos of the 1946 underwater Crossroads Baker shot in the lagoon of Bikini atoll. Those ships were either facing directly towards or away surface zero. The water shock wave from the blast hit them head on and lifted them vertically to stand on end for a few moments. Many more ships were hit broadsides and some of them simply flipped over and sank. The vertical ships fell in random directions, probably most of them sank. There were also submerged submarines and disarmed naval mines in the lagoon, all were crushed in the blast and sank.
The vertical smoke trails next to the mushroom cloud in photos are smoke rocket trails, the rockets were launched a few seconds prior to detonation so they could measure the force and timing of the blast wave by how much the smoke trails were pushed aside. This data was used in calculating yield.
Which country on the the continent of Africa once had a nuclear weapons?
South Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Aerial reconnaissance photos, mostly from U-2s.
A nuclear explosive device can be any size at all. The smallest are roughly 5 inches in diameter and a foot long, the largest built was the Ivy Mike "Sausage" device in 1952, which was 20 feet in diameter and 80 feet tall weighing 82 tons. Ivy Mike also needed roughly another 100 tons of cryogenic refrigeration equipment to keep its liquid deuterium/tritium fuel cold.
Check your starter. The insulating bushing could be worn or damaged causing a huge drain on battery when you try to start the engine.
It could also be a short with one of your lights or seat
What are some of the economic issues surrounding the Soviets Nuclear Legacy?
There are many effects of the passed still felt by the Soviet Union's defense expenditures and nuclear arsenal as inherited by the Russian Federation. The core economic issue to their nuclear and conventional stockpiles was a per capita defense expenditure so high the economy was devastated by being placed into a unwinnable competition with Western markets. This economic weakness continues today with weak Russian economic infrastructure and an economy based on oil and natural gas exports.
First submarine was built where?
The first submarine may have been built by Dutchman Cornelius Drebbel in England in 1623. He certainly designed one, however it is not certain he ever built it. Sometime between 1690 and 1692, French physicist Denis Papin designed and built two submarines, apparently in Marburg, Germany.The history is a bit sketchy, but, depending on who you believe, the first sub was built either in England, or in Germany, but, in either case, not by people who were native to those lands.
Deploy the weapon by swinging it upward, over your shoulder. At this point, the Asp is fully extended and held overhead; it can now be used just like any baton to strike nerve areas and to apply controls.
Is the hydrogen bomb a source of mechanical energy?
Any explosion is an example of mechanical engery even though it is initiated by a chemical or nuclearreaction. The explanding gases generated by the initial reaction exerts a force that destroys buildings and such.
Is death from nuclear blast painful?
That is complex to answer as the blast itself can kill, blast effects can kill, the thermal flash can kill, and the radiation can kill.
- If you are close enough the thermal flash will cook (or even vaporize) you before the blast reaches you, this happens so fast that the pain signals could not make it to the brain before you died. Further out you get various levels of burns, which will certainly hurt unless something else kills you.
- Very close the blast can be intense enough to compress your body and kill you before the pain signals could reach your brain. Further out you will feel pain and you may or may not die.
- The blast effects will probably NOT be able to kill you fast enough and will be quite painful. In fact there are movies of animals restrained during nuclear tests where they were exposed to flying blast debris (not the direct blast) actually jumping out of the restraints bellowing in pain and running off with pieces of the debris (e.g. glass shards, wood splinters) sticking out of their body.
- The radiation is even more complicated: very close but protected from the thermal flash you might receive 10000 REM or more which kills the brain instantly, but lower doses further out (or from fallout) will almost certainly be very painful and can take weeks to months of suffering before you either die or recover.
What is the two signatories for the nuclear non proliferation treaty?
There are two non-signatories that have developed nuclear weapons. Those are India and Pakistan. A total of 189 countries are party to the NPT.
How is steam used to power a nuclear submarine?
Steam from the nuclear reactor turns turbines. These turbines either turn the propeller directly or turn generators that produce electricity to power electric motors which turn the propellor.
