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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
Which countries today possess nuclear weapons?
USA, Russia, UK, PRC, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea are known for having nuclear weapon. Israel probably also owns nuclear weapon but never officialy declared it.
Why weren't nuclear weapons used in the Vietnam war?
The US did not want to risk a nuclear confrontation with the communist superpowers.
How many nuclear weapons does the United States have?
The exact number is highly classified. It would be classified as Top Secret information. Both sides kept such things secret, while making it obvious to the other that the number is substantial.
The nuclear arms reduction treaties such as START do not restrict the number of weapons, only the number of vehicles (missiles, bombers) that can deliver them to their target. Many older nuclear weapons and missiles have been removed from service under various treaties.
When was the first nuke bomb invented?
During World War 2, Developed by a team of scientiests in the United States, code named the Manhattan Project.
From 1942 to 1946
How many miles can a nuclear bomb cover?
You have asked a question that though appearing very simple has an enormously complex answer that I can only summarize here. Much of the basic info can be obtained from the book The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, edited by Samuel Gladstone, and has been reprinted in many updated editions by the US government. Some of the variables that must be considered are:
- Yield
- Burst height/depth
- Exact effect being considered (e.g. blast, thermal. radiation, fallout, EMP)
- Weather conditions
- Terrain
- Building construction
- If burst is subsurface, material around burst (e.g. dirt, rock, concrete)
- etc. etc.
Without answers to these variables no actual answers can be given. However to give some ideas, for a low yield bomb just considering prompt radiation effects they might only cover a radius of a couple hundred yards around ground zero (blast and thermal would be larger, EMP would be negligible), while for a high yield bomb exploded in the ionosphere just considering EMP effects they might cover a radius of 1000 to 2000 miles around ground zero (all other effects would be negligible).
Were nuclear weapons used in the cold war?
as you have been getting that message are they the same questions asked well no. you see they ask for countries, and this asks for just were there nuclear weapons? No there was not any nuclear weapons just threatening
Which best describes the nuclear arms race?
The hydrogen bomb was much more powerful than the fission bomb. Sputnik sparked fears of Soviet bombs traveling on rockets. The United States and the Soviet Union both scrambled to make as many bombs as possible.
How many nuclear bombs have been fired?
maybe thousands, except for the two used in WW2, all were tests.
What happened some years ago in Russia from nuclear explosion?
When and what explosion? One of the nuclear test shots. If so which?
Remember Chernobyl was not a nuclear explosion, it was a steam explosion and graphite fire.
What countries in the world today are known to possess nuclear weapons?
- US
- Russia
- UK
- France
- China
- India
- Pakistan
- North Korea
What kind of nuclear weapons did the US and USSR build during the cold war?
Nearly every kind that anyone could think up.
How much does the U.S. spend on nuclear weapons per year?
Over the next decade the U.S. is predicted to spend between $620 billion and $661 billion on nuclear weapons. On average right now they spend about $20 billion per year.
Which places in the UK were Soviet nuclear targets?
The following list of 81 probable targets for nuclear attack was prepared by the Joint Intelligence Committee for the Machinery of Government in War Sub-Committee of the Home Defence Committee in 1967.
Most targets were expected to be attacked by both missiles and aircraft, usually with 4 x 500-kiloton airburst weapons.
London was expected to be targeted with 10 weapons totalling 9 megatons.
Control centres- Government (central) - London, Cheltenham.
- Government (regional) - The 12 former RSG sites were considered as possible targets.
- Military - Northwood, Plymouth, Pitreavie, Fort Southwick, High Wycombe, Ruislip, Bawtry.
- Scampton
- Wittering
- Waddington
- Honiton
- Cottesmore
- Marham
- Coningsby
- St Mawgan
- Lossiemouth
- Macrihanish
- Leeming
- Gaydon
- Finningley
- Valley
- Bedford
- Brawdy
- Yeovilton
- Lynham
- Wyton
- Pershore
- Boscombe Down
- Kinloss
- Manston
- Ballykelly
- Filton
- Leconfield
- Alconbury
- Bentwaters
- Woodbridge
- Wethersfield
- Lakenheath
- Upper Heyford
- Bases
- Garelock(Clyde)
- Holy Loch
- Rosyth
- Portsmouth
- Devonport
- Communications
- Rigby
- Criggion
- Anthorn
- Inskip
- New Waltham
- Londonderry
- Thurso
- Glasgow
- Birmingham
- Liverpool
- Cardiff
- Manchester
- Southampton
- Leeds
- Newcastle
- Bristol
- Sheffield
- Swansea
- Hull
- Middlesborough
- Coventry
- Wolverhampton
- Leicester
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Belfast
- Edinburgh
- Nottingham
- Control centres
- Bentley Priory
- West Drayton
- Fighter bases
- Coltishall
- Leuchars
- Wattisham
- Binbrook
- Surface-to-air missile sites
- Woodhall Spa
- North Coates
- West Raynham
- Radar sites
- Fylingdales
- Boulmer
- Patrington
- Bawdsey
- Neatishead
- Buchan
- Saxa Vord
- Staxton Wold
- Feltwell
What power is each president exercising in the Truman used nuclear weapons?
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
How many Nuclear test by India in 1998?
At Pokhran, May 11 1998 there were 3 tests and on 13 1998 there were 2 tests altogether 5 tests conducted by atal vehare vajpai
How many megatons of nuclear weapons does Russia have?
less than 4000, more than 400, exact number classified.
Yes in fact you can but one way. if you are somehow wearing a anti-radiation suit when the nuke strikes you can survive. it isn't the shockwave or the explosion that kills you, its the radiation and the fallout in the aftermath. if you dont have protection from the radiation you die
How do you get a nuke in mw 2?
Get a 25 kill Streak
And change your kill streak settings so it will give you a nuke on the 25th kill and unlock it
Ten Tactical Nukes to unlock the emblem.
Can you get a nuke from a care package on mw2?
It is possible.
The only way i have ever seen it done before is by a HACK but it is said to be like a 1 to 1 billion chance of getting it in a care package legit.
