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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 do you do if you are caught in a nuclear explosion?
If caught in a nuclear explosion, seek shelter immediately in the nearest building or underground area to protect yourself from radiation and heat. Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth to avoid breathing in radioactive particles, and stay indoors until authorities announce it is safe to go outside. Follow emergency instructions and evacuate the area if directed to do so.
Who controls the nuclear weapons in the US?
The President must authorize any use of them.
This is one of those questions, which, on surface seems deceptively simple, but the reality is much more complex.
In the US, there are three concepts related to the actual use of nuclear weapons:
- Physical custody of the weapon
- Control of the weapon's use
- Launch (use) authorization
The last case is what people typically think of as "controls", but read on, as reality is much less simple.
To use a nuclear weapon, here are the following steps:
- The President must decide that nuclear weapon use is appropriate
- The Secretary of Defense must concur in this decision (i.e must agree that circumstances warrant the use of such weapons)
- The President's AUTHORIZATION codes (along with the SecDef's confirmation) are sent to the military commander in charge of the unit(s) deploying the weapon system(s) chosen to be used.
- If the war plan that the President chose determines that weapon use should happen either immediately or at a specific time, the military commander then transmits the AUTHORIZATION codes, plus that commander's AUTHENTICATION codes, plus the Targeting information to the holder of the actual weapon (the people who have "physical custody" of the weapon - the missile launch controllers, the submarine commander & executive officer, the bomber pilot & co-pilot, etc.)
- The weapon operators check the Authentication codes against a known codebook. If they pass, then then open special safes (using a key or combination unique to each of the pair of operators) which hold other codebooks. They then check the Authorization codes with the codes for the specific plan to be executed. If they match, they then enter the Targeting information into the weapon system, and BOTH of them must then simultaneously initiate the launch.
- If, at #4, the plan the President chooses delegates the launch Authorization to a commander (say, the President authorizes a general to use the weapons if the proper circumstances come up), then the commander in #4 can issue a launch order at their discretion (or, not do it at all).
Theoretically (and, possibly, with some non-trivial effort and help), it would be possible for a rogue military commander (#4) to FAKE the President's Authorization codes, and then give false launch orders to the weapon system owners, and those owners would not be able to tell the fake Authorization from the real Authorization. They would see a perfectly legal launch order.
In addition, there is the possibility of the weapon system owners deciding to launch on their own authority. This is highly unlikely, since most weapons now require an "arming" code to be input into the weapon before it will detonate - that arming code comes along with the Authentication code from their military superior, and does NOT exist at the weapon site itself.
So summarize: the President (and SecDef) control the POLITICAL decision to use nukes, the military commander controls the OPERATIONAL decision about the use of those nukes, and the weapon system operators control the DEPLOYMENT of the actual weapon.
What are all the weapons on zombocalypse?
The weapons in the game include pistol, dual pistol, assault rifle, shotgun, sniper gun,riot shield, flamethrower, and MSG godhand. zombocalypse2.com/zombocalypse-2
if ur a hacker u have to have a burnt disk other wise it cant be stopped
What was the capacity of the Tsar Bomb?
As built and tested its yield was 52 to 58 MTons, depending on method of measurement. It had a maximum blast radius of about 60 miles.
As designed it had the capacity for up to 100 MTons yield.
Why does countries use nuclear weapons?
Power, weakness, greed, control, fear. Did I leave anything out?
Is a dirty bomb a nuclear weapon?
No, a dirty bomb is a radiological weapon. It simply uses conventional explosives to scatter radioisotopes over an area.
Fear that an enemy might create them first or make them more powerful.
There are many objects that can be used as weapons in order to hurt someone. However, traditional weapons include guns, knives, and a persons body, such as a fist or using their leg to kick someone.
Nuclear arms race.
How do you make a nuclear bomb in powder toy?
Go to Electronics then click metal
make a big circle then PAUSE
fill it with any of these radioactive chemicals
ISZS - PHOT
ISOZ - PHOT
DEUT - PLUT
DEUT - PLUT - URAN
Then hollow out the middle and add a circle of thdr (explosives)
WAIT then it will explode
What were the nuclear weapons in the 1950?
fission bombs, fusion bombs, in the late 1950s "clean fusion" bombs.
aerial bombs, artillery shells, missile warheads, you name it they did it. (the DOD did want nuclear hand grenades and mortar shells, but the labs didn't quite get them that small.)
Where was the first large-scale nuclear test site in the us?
The Pacific Test Range starting with Bikini Atoll in 1946 with Operation Crossroads. It eventually expanded to encompass Eniwetok Atoll, Johnston Island, and several other Islands and Atolls. The largest device tested was the Castle Bravo shot in 1954 at 15 Mtons.
The Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas started in 1951 as the official continental test site with Operation Ranger. The largest device tested was the Plumbob Pricilla shot in 1957 at 78 Ktons. The Plumbob series also included a failed underground "safety test" that launched its 4 inch thick steel "manhole cover" at a speed documented at greater than escape velocity, making it the first manmade object to launch from the earth's surface at greater than escape velocity (although it definitely melted from friction before leaving the atmosphere and fell back).
Does Canada have any nuclear weapons?
No. Canada gave it's last nuclear weapon to the United States in the mid 1980's.
Who invented nuclear bomb when?
Leo Szilard invented and patented it in 1934 in London.
The Manhattan Project, involving thousands, developed it between 1942 and 1945. testing the implosion design on July 16, 1945.
