Nuclear Weapons

The B-29. In WW2 there were only 2 planes available with the capacity to carry a bomb the size and weight of the atomic bombs: the american B-29 and the british Lancaster. But since the bomb was american, the plane had to be american. The Lancaster might have been a better choice as it had a longer bomb-bay, permitting a more stable tail fin design, but the B-29 was american.

Nuclear weapons (both Hydrogen & atomic) made total wars unacceptable; it was referred to as MAD during the 1960s. MAD=Mutually Assured Destruction.

Therefore...since man couldn't fight total wars anymore; he had to fight limited wars (limited to conventional weapons).

About the same as the effects on man.

That is why pigs dressed in customized military uniforms were common effects test subjects at the Nevada Test Site. In one test shot a group of such pigs were placed behind a glass picture window. When the blast wave shattered the glass it solved the one remaining test requirement that nobody had been able to implement before the test, the pigs were to be standing on 2 legs like men. Startled in pain as hundreds of glass shards from the window was driven into each of their bodies, they all stood up on their hind legs!

There are three standard types of Fencing weapons a light and heavy thrusting weapons (a foil and an Epee) and a light cutting and thrusting weapon (a sabre).

"There are several types of fencing weapons, but the main one is called a foil, which has a thin, rounded blade and scores points through a thrusting motion."

The main reason that could prevent the US and Russia from using nuclear weapons in a conflict is the principle of mutually assured destruction (MAD). Both countries possess enough nuclear weapons to completely destroy each other, which acts as a powerful deterrent against their use. Additionally, international laws and agreements discourage the use of nuclear weapons due to the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences.

indiscriminate weapons are weapons that are aimed at a group of people but are hard to control and often lead to civilian fatalities. a gun is a discriminate weapon, you point it at someone and you shoot. but a land mine is an indiscriminate weapon, they can and often do kill civilians.

A nuclear bomb has the potential to cause massive destruction and loss of life through its explosive power and radiation effects. The blast creates a powerful shockwave and heat, causing widespread damage. The resulting radiation can also have long-term health consequences for those exposed.

The weight of a nuclear bomb can vary depending on its size and design, but they typically range from a few hundred pounds to several tons. The length of a nuclear bomb also varies based on the specific model, but they can be several feet long.

The heat of a nuclear weapon is determined by the rate of decay of fissile material in the core.

For example the smallest amount of Plutonium capable of being used with a neutron reflector at natural critical mass is about 4 kilograms of 93% 239Pu.

Unfortunately a small portion of the remaining 7% will be Plutonium 240 which decays at a faster rate and thus generates heat from it's decay.

In a 4 kilogram mass of Weapons Grade (93% 239Pu) Plutonium, every 937,440 seconds it will generate 0.769 MeV. That's a reasonable amount of energy like having it wrapped by a warm electric blanket.

Over time, this degrades the Plutonium and eventually renders it useless for a nuclear weapon. Every now and then approximately every 15 years the Plutonium in a warhead needs changing.

Heat also makes a nuclear warhead less potent and reduces the yield.

The impact of 10 Titan 2 nuclear missiles would cause widespread devastation, with immediate blast effects and subsequent radiation exposure affecting a large area. While it would not completely wipe out mankind, the destruction and radiation fallout would have severe consequences on human life, infrastructure, and the environment. Recovery would be difficult and long-term effects could be significant.

Approx. 4 000 US $ for weapon-grade plutonium.

A direct nuclear blast - nothing. However it is said that cockroaches would possibly survive radiation where other animals would be killed.

Ballistic Missiles can have conventional or nuclear warheads. Iraq's Scud missiles during the Gulf War is a good example of a cheap conventional BM.

Ballistic Missiles are launched from a land or sea based launcher into a sub-orbital trajectory towards its intended target. Many nuclear BM's are MIRV'ed - Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles, or multiple warheads. As the warhead descends from its apex, the MIRV's are separated and head for their independent targets. This can be done with conventional weapons as well.

A lot of development into ABM weapons has had a lot of success - Boeing recently tested its Airborne Laser system, which uses a tracking, targeting and destruction laser to kill BM's in its boost phase where it's most vulnerable, though it can conceivably nail warheads as well (Google it and you can watch the video). It uses radar tracking from land, sea and orbital sources to track targets, and is mounted on a 747. The Air Force also has successfully tested an ABM interception missile.

The first nuclear bomb was tested on July 15, 1945. Bombs were detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 & August 9, 1945.

Early experiments in the 1930's showed nuclear fission was possible, but the "bomb" development wasn't started until the beginning of World War II.

The Americans, Germans, and even the Japanese were working on separate Atomic Bomb projects during World War II. The Americans were the only ones to actually complete a working and deliverable bomb during the war.

I've read that there were a huge group of people working on the bomb development in the USA. Perhaps headed by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Many of the people, especially lower level employees would have been on a "need to know" basis, and so many people probably had no idea what they were working with, or how dangerous the materials that they were working with actually were.

There is more information on the Wikipedia page on the Manhattan Project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project

They had not fully developed nuclear bombs.

The Neutrality Acts of the 30s

That depends upon how close the people are to the explosion, but nuclear bombs produce very powerful explosions that can kill people in large numbers. And because the explosions also produce a lot of radioactivity, even people who are not killed by the explosion may later die from radiation sickness or from cancer caused by the radiation.

China, France, India, Pakistan, Israel,Russia, the UK, and the US.

North Korea is said to possess some too.

The placement of U.S. nuclear missiles in Turkey is thought to have provoked the Cuban Missile Crisis. Missiles in Turkey were close enough to strike Moscow, so Russia placed armaments in Cuba, which was within striking distance of U.S. soil.

The Missile Crisis, began on October 14th 1962. Robert Kennedy said, during negotiations with the Russians that the missiles would be removed within a short time after the crisis ended. The Missile Crisis ended on October 28th of 62 and the missiles were quietly taken out of turkey some time after April 24th 1963.

Surprisingly, grenades are older than guns- the first was probably from around the year 750 AD. Not 1750, but 750. See the link below.

the cuban missile crisis.