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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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How many types of nuclear weapon are there in the world?
There are essentially three different basic types of nuclear weapons:
- Gun Type Uranium Fission: Weapon consists of two subcritical pieces of U-235 fired at each other at a specific speed to product the supercritical reaction and often time a yield of 10-15 Kt based on amount of fissile material used, and level of design. (Hiroshima Type Design)
- Plutonium Implosion Design: Weapon consists of normally a sphere of subcritical P-239 that is surrounded by explosives. Upon carefully timed detonation of these explosives surrounding the Plutonium sphere, the Plutonium compresses to a supercritical state and the full yield nuclear detonation occurs. (Nagasaki Type Design)
- Multi-Stage Thermonuclear Weapon: This design uses the Teller-Ulam design principle. All modern nuclear weapons in the United States Arsenal consist of this design. This weapon utilizes a Fission weapon to detonate a secondary Fusion stage. (Operation Castle Shot Bravo Test Weapon)
This is a basic overview of the three different primary weapons, there are many variations and offshoots of these designs.
Specific details on all of these weapons designs are still highly classified.
What are the types of radiation protection used by the military?
The military are very aware of the risks of radiation both from nuclear explosions and also from "dirty bombs" that spread radioactive material. The NBC suit is the military's primary line of protection.
What are the pros and cons of a nuclear weapon?
Nuclear weapons are extremely dangerous but there are pros and cons to the use of these weapons. The pros are that it can be the answer to terrorism as these can wipe out entire cities or countries. The cons are that these weapons are highly immoral and dangerous and the effects can last for decades.
Where can someone find and download pictures about nukes?
There are several websites that one can go to find and download pictures of nukes. These websites include GoogleImages, YahooImages, MenzelPhoto, and Gizmodo.
What does the company Dot Net Nuke offer?
Dot Net Duke offers web content management. They will host the content so that the owner of the site is free to manage their business knowing the maintenance and upkeep of their date is sorted.
Which department oversees nuclear weapons?
- right after World War 2 it was still the Manhattan Project
- when the Atomic Energy Commision was established in 1947 this responsibility was transferred to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
- in 1958 this responsibility was transferred to the Defense Atomic Support Agency
- in 1971 this responsibility was transferred to the Defense Nuclear Agency
- in 1996 this responsibility was transferred to the Defense Special Weapons Agency
- in 1998 this responsibility was transferred to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Why don't we nuke North Korea?
Why would we want to:
1- Waste a multi-million dollar weapon on a country that doesn't represent a threat to the US?
2- Have a cloud of radioactive debris contaminate the world?
3- Have to explain to the other countries why we killed millions of mostly poor, malnourished people?
Basically, there's nothing to be gained by doing so.
What three types of weapons were used during the cold war?
Nuclear weapons, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons.
What is more stronger a comet explosion or a nuke explosion?
a comet explosion is more stronger and bigger than a nuke explosion and atomic bomb but not a hydrogen if you want something to be mor bigger than a hydrogen explosion call in a asteroid that's bigger than a hydrogen explosion and some meteors. ps I am the maker of the awnsers web site
Why doesn't the sun blow up like a hydrogen bomb?
There is a temperature-pressure equilibrium that needs to be maintained. As more reactions take place the heat forces the interior of the sun to expand against the force of gravity, which is what keeps the explosion from moving outward. However, as the interior expands, the temperature cools until it is no longer hot enough for subsequent reactions to occur, leading to a collapse (because the gravity has not changed). As it begins to collapse, pressure and temperature increase, leading to increased reactions. This repeats as an equilibrium.
A hydrogen bomb does not have a secondary constraint on the explosion like uniform pressure from gravity, which allows it to consume all of its resources on an initial expansion.
Could you build a nuclear bomb shelter?
Yes,
A nuclear shelter can be made.
It is to make up of a variety of of elements melted down.
It can also be that you can build a cockroach suit with many cockroaches!
because they are the one who can bear the nuclear explosions even if they were just 100 cm away from it.
How did families prepare for a possible nuclear attack in the 1950s?
Many people built fallout shelters at their homes, and took classes to learn about radiation.
How can you make a homemade atom bomb?
You don't have access to the money, the mechanical skill, the devices,
or the materials you'd need.
If there were an answer to that question, they would be everywhere.
How many nuclear weapons were tested at the Bikini Atoll?
There were 23 total nuclear weapons tested at Bikini Atoll between the years of 1946 and 1958. These nuclear weapons caused a great amount of radiation to be leaked into the surrounding areas.
The Gadget was detonated July 16, 1945 at the Trinity test site on a 100 foot tall steel tower.
Why does North Korea want to nuke the US?
They're angry that US troops are in South Korea, they want to reunite with their neighbors so that they can go back to the way they were before WWII. To understand them better, you would have to know full Korean context and history.
Did Cuba threaten to release nuclear bomb?
No, Cuba never had control of a large amount of nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union placed them their in reaction to the US placing Nuclear weapons on West Germany, Greece, Turkey, and some pacific island. The US threatened a huge invasion or nuclear strike against Cuba after they discovered the Nuclear weapons in Cuba
Who has authority to launch UK nuclear weapons?
Any decision by the UK to go to war, or to launch nuclear weapons, would have to be made by Parliament.
Where was the first nuke built?
All nuclear bombs from the first ones in 1945 until 1949 (when the USSR built their first) were made at Los Alamos, NM. The materials and parts for them were made at hundreds of facilities spread across the United States (most of the companies having no idea what the things they manufactured were being used in or how) then shipped to Los Alamos. These early bombs were "kit bombs" coming in two large wooden crates of parts and a separate metal "birdcage" containing the fissile core material (not fully assembled as modern ones are) with final assembly in the field over a period of 3 days.
When was the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed?
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed by 43 members between 1 July 1968 and 5 March 1970.
