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Nuclear Weapons
This category is for questions about weapons that use nuclear fission or fusion to gain explosive power.
3,869 Questions
How much money has the US spent on Nuclear weapons?
4 trillion dollars
Answer 2:
Between 1940 and 1996 the estimated Minimum incurred costs of the US Nuclear Weapons programs is 5.821 Trillion dollars (source: Atomic Audit: The Costs of US Nuclear Weapons since 1940). Maintenance of the Nuclear Weapons alone cost 25 Billion dollars per year (not including guarding them, or secrets etc).
When was the Avro Arrow reconized?
Development of the Avro Arrow was killed before final acceptance test. All prototypes and spare parts were ordered cut up and scrapped. There is some evidence that in exchange for this the US sold a SAGE air defense computer system and a large supply of Bomark missiles to Canada. This effectively killed Avro as an aircraft manufacturer.
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Did Franklin D Roosevelt intend to launch the Nuclear bombs?
we cannot say for sure, but the answer is probably yes. FDR had approved the building of the bomb, and had been President throughout the war- including the very long period when it was not certain that the Allies would win.
Did the Nulcear Test-Ban Treaty stop the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere?
The Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963.
Did the nuclear bomb cause any birth defects in Japan?
That's what they say...
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Why did China make nuclear weapons?
They had originally had an agreement with the USSR that the USSR would provide them with atomic bombs. However when the USSR failed to do that, China decided they had to make the bombs themselves.
Who and why was Bikini atoll chosen for nuclear testing?
Who I don't know (yet).
Why, most likely because the U.S. had control of them after WW2 and they seemed safely away from anyone that could be hurt.
Similar reasons France chose their colonies in Sahara desert, and Britain chose desert in outback of Australia.
The reaction of the Chinese Communist Party on the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was antagonistic. They cited the new treaty as more evidence that the Soviets and the Americans were in an alliance against the principles of Marxism-Leninism and the struggles of workers world wide.
What is the likelihood of Iran using a first strike nuclear weapon on Israel?
The actual answer may surprise even you: ID 1667019371. If Iran ever used a nuclear weapon on any country, let alone Israel, Iran would be destroyed.
Is nitrogen in an atomic bomb?
Possibly and possibly not. It would depend on design. If it was used the most likely use would be as dry nitrogen to prevent corrosion.
What caused the U.S. to make nuclear bombs?
The U.S. began work on making nuclear bombs (atomic bombs) in WW2 out of fear that Nazi Germany might be working on them and use them to win the war, we needed to 1) determine if they could be made and 2) if they could try to make them before Nazi Germany did.
After WW2 the U.S. continued making them and began work on hydrogen bombs out of fear that the USSR might attack the U.S. and/or western Europe.
Which is more powerful napalm bomb or nuclear bomb?
Nuclear. Napalm is simply gelled gasoline fire bomb.
What are the products of nuclear fusion in a hydrogen bomb?
The nuclear fusion uses Hydrogen to produce Helium. The fusion also releases a lot of energy, which is what causes the explosion.
According to Wikipedia, the Tzar Bomba was 26 feet long and 6.9 feet in diameter, the yield was about 50MTons.
For comparison the 1883 eruption of the volcano Krakatoa was 200MTons.
What was the type of the nuclear core of hiroshima?
It derived its explosive power from the nuclear fission of uranium 235.
Who as the nuclear bomb that can destroy the human race?
Nobody has a bomb big enough to destroy the earth.
The problem is, if one person detonates a nuke, there will be retaliation by other countries. This will lead to nuclear war, and ultimately the extinction of the human race and most other species of animals.
Does a nuclear bomb knock out electronic systems?
Detonated at a high enough altitude (~400 km ASL), a nuclear weapon can create an electromagnetic pulse which can disable many types of electrical systems. A large nuclear device detonated at around 500 kilometers above Kansas could in theory produce an EMP pulse large enough to cover the continental US.
The EMP effects were studied and observed in various American nuclear tests. In the related links box below, I posted a link where you can see the figures.
Dupont was a prime contractor of the World War 2 Manhattan Project and what was their profit?
Because they sought an early release from their contract in 1946 they were forced to return 33 cents to the Federal Government on the contract which was based on cost plus one US Dollar. They wrote a check.
