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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
What were the first five countries involved in nuclear weapons?
the first five countries that were involved in nuclear weapons are as follows;
- United States
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Russia
- Argentina
What year did the US spend the most money on nuclear bombs?
I don't have the exact year, but it was during Ronald Reagan's term as president.
What makes nuclear weapons different than other weapons?
Nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and chemical weapons (aka, weapons of mass destruction) are different from other weapons because they:
- cause indiscriminate damage, often over wide unpredictable areas outside the intended target area
- produce long term often permanent and disabling injuries to even those with only minor exposure
- survivors usually must go through extensive decontamination procedures before medical personnel can treat the survivors' injuries without endangering their own lives, this will cause more fatalities either due to delay of treatments and/or inadequate or incorrect decontamination procedures
- both nuclear weapons and biological weapons could "run away" under certain conditions and have effects on a global scale, altering the environment and/or causing plagues, affecting both combatant and neutral countries indiscriminately (chemical weapons typically cannot do this)
- etc.
How many nations have used nuclear weapon in an aggressive manner?
One, the US to end WW2.
There has been alot of saberrattling since then with them, but no use.
What was a major fear that people in postwar America had about the use of nuclear weapons?
The Hydrogen bomb was a major fear that people in postwar America had about the use of nuclear weapons.
Why were nuclear weapons even considered to be built?
Fear that someone else would build them first and attack the US or our allies.
During World War 2 the "someone" was Nazi Germany and the nuclear weapon was the atomic fission bomb, during the Cold War the "someone" was the USSR and the nuclear weapon was the hydrogen fusion bomb.
The US clearly won the race with Nazi Germany as their project derailed early due to multiple errors and oversights by their scientists and the work was redirected away from bombs to prototype reactors, however the US and USSR both developed and fielded practical megaton range hydrogen bombs in the same year: 1955, making that race effectively a tie!!!
What is the lifespan of nuclear weapons?
Varies with the design and components used in the bomb.
- The MK-I & MK-III used in WW2 used a neutron source that had a lifespan of less than 6 months.
- The MK-III battery was uncharged when the bomb was assembled in the field. Once assembled and the battery charged it had to be recharged every 3 day if the bomb was not used. If the bomb was not used within 9 days it had to be completely disassembled to replace the dead battery to prevent corrosion.
- It was not until the late 1950s and the development of thermal batteries that fully assembled bombs with batteries ready to go could be stored for long periods.
- Bombs using Tritium boost gas had to have their Tritium tank replaced about every 12 years due to radioactive decay of Tritium.
- Many components in early bombs degraded prematurely due to exposure to radiation. This was especially true of plastic seals & wire insulation. The degradation rate was highly unpredictable.
- The high explosives in many early bombs degraded, often becoming highly unstable with time. This varied dramatically from one type of explosive to another.
- etc.
Which countries used nuclear weapons during the war?
The only country that has ever used nuclear weapons in any war was the US, at the end of WW2.
Who were the first ones to use nuclear weapons in war?
The United States of America used the first nuclear weapon in war, when they bombed Japan.
What 8 countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
Known Nuclear Countries:
The United States of America
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The French Republic
The Russian Federation
The People's Republic of China
The Republic of India
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Unconfirmed Nuclear Countries:
The State of Israel
What is the timeline from the start of the arms race to the end?
The nuclear arms race between the US and USSR ran from about 1943 (early Manhattan project) to 1991 (end of USSR).
However every time a new weapon is created countries usually enter an arms race to make sure they have better weapons of that type than any other country. An example of this was the introduction of war chariots around 2500 BC, which triggered a series of arms races that lasted past AD 600.
Because nukes are the reason why countries aren't attacking each other because they know that they'll just get nuked. So the fear of getting nuked sort of keeps stability in the world.
What to do in the case of a nuclear attack?
Hope you are nowhere near it and out of the fallout path; or hope you are as close to ground zero as possible.
If not I suggest reading Dean Ing's novel Pulling Throughwell before the attack, paying special attention to the contents of the appendices.
What is the warhead challenge?
The Warhead Challenge is a viral internet trend where people try to eat multiple super sour Warhead candies at once and record their reactions. It gained popularity on platforms like YouTube and TikTok as viewers enjoy watching the extreme sour reactions of participants. However, consuming a large amount of sour candies can be harmful to the mouth and stomach due to the high acidity levels.
How powerful is a nuclear bomb compared to the sun?
The power of a nuclear bomb is a very tiny fraction of the power of the sun.
Who made the first nuclear bomb made?
The United States, with its activities through the Manhattan Project in WW2, produced the first nuclear weapons. There were thousands of people on this project, from my grandfather working as a general construction worker at Hanford and totally baffled at the tons of perfectly good equipment the army kept dumping in trenches and burying (he was still baffled when I was a kid in the 1960s and it had long been publicly announced that Hanford had made the plutonium for the Nagasaki bomb), to J. R. Oppenheimer and Leslie R. Groves that managed the project.
By the end of Operation Crossroads in the summer of 1946 at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, we had built a grand total of 9 devices, detonated 5 of them, leaving only 4 in "stockpile".
Is there a nuke in black ops 2?
Sadly, no - nukes were left out of Black Ops 2. However, the Hunter-Killer Swarm bots (paper airplanes with explosives) when achieved as a scorestreak, is a backbreaker itself, and it won't end the game.
Essentially, Treyarch has taken away the ability for any player or team to end a game prematurely or on their own terms. You either play through to the end of the match, or leave.
The only holdover reference to nukes is the Nuclear Killer achievement/playercard, requiring you to get 30 kills in a row without dying (no scorestreak kills; gun, knife, or explosive kills only).
Should you destroy all nuclear weapons?
nuclear weapons should not be destroyed they should be improved by my finding in 2023 there will be an alien attack on the united states of america, #getpussy
