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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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Russia has the most Nuclear Warheads. They have over double the Americans who have the second largest amount.
P.s America = 18000 nukes
Russia = 38000
Which atomic bomb used uranium and which used plutonium?
Hiroshima bomb: uranium
Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
Was the invention of the atomic bomb a accident?
No, the invention of the atomic bomb was not an accident. It was a deliberate and purposeful effort by scientists working on the Manhattan Project during World War II to develop a powerful weapon for the United States.
Small amounts of matter change to immense quantities of energy in nuclear weapons?
Nuclear weapons rely on a process called nuclear fission or fusion, where small amounts of matter are converted into huge amounts of energy. This process releases energy stored within atomic nuclei, leading to powerful explosions. The famous equation E=mc^2, proposed by Albert Einstein, describes this conversion of matter into energy.
When did china developed nuclear weapons?
China's first nuclear test was on October 16, 1964.
The project began in June 1959 when thee USSR withdrew support for China's nuclear development.
Did they use any nuclear power in World War 2?
yes they did they made the nuclear explotion in hiroshima and nagazaki in japan.
Can bugs like insects such as cockroaches survive nuclear bombs?
There is a possibility for a cockroach to live and die.
A cockroach will die from the initial blast, meaning the cockroach will die from the fiery explosion.
A cockroach will survive the radiation of the blast, but not the actual blast itself.
Is it fair for the US to have nuclear weapons but not other countries?
First of all, other countries do have nuclear weapons. Just to get that straight.
Second, in world politics, striving for "fairness" can have extremely dangerous ramifications, as other countries may, and will not be, like-minded. Though this is really a question that depends on your personal opinion, I would say that yes, it is fair, provided we (the US) do not abuse the privilege. Some countries do not have the technology for nuclear weapons. Should we give up our technology, and thus part of our global standing, for their lack?
During World War 2 by the Americans. See the Manhattan Project
World War 2 nuclear weapons and atomic bombs?
All of the nuclear weapons available in WW2 were owned by the US and were pure fission atomic bombs:
- 'Gadget', MK-III prototype plutonium implosion assembly design, tested on a 100 foot tower at Trinity site, NM on July 16, 1945
- 'Little Boy', MK-I uranium gun assembly design, dropped by the B-29 Enola Gay on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
- 'Fatman', MK-III plutonium implosion assembly design, dropped by the B-29 Bockscar on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945
- unnamed, MK-III plutonium implosion assembly design, arrived in San Francisco on August 18, 1945 to be flown to Tinian then dropped on Japan in late August 1945 but was returned to Los Alamos
Had the war not ended the US had plans and the industrial capacity to make 20 more atomic bombs and drop them on Japan:
- 3 MK-III plutonium implosion assembly design for September 1945
- 3 MK-III plutonium implosion assembly design for October 1945
- 7 modified MK-III composite plutonium/uranium implosion assembly design for November 1945
- 7 modified MK-III composite plutonium/uranium implosion assembly design for December 1945
Early planning had proposed additional production of the MK-I uranium gun assembly design, but after the successful July 16, 1945 Trinity test shot this was canceled, as it was decided the uranium could be used more efficiently in the modified MK-III composite plutonium/uranium core design. The 'Little Boy' was already in transit to Tinian aboard the Indianapolis at the time of this test, so it was used.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear weapons?
I hate nuclear weapons. There are only disadvantages. Ever heard of Chernobyl? Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Sellafield? Three Mile Island, a.k.a Harrisburg? Nukes suck! So many poor babies born with birth defects due to idiotic humans! Ugg!
Thanks for ur Q though! :-)
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What Nuclear Weapons were used in World War II?
In WWII the United States used only two Atomic Bombs agains Japan. The first bomb was a gun-type fission bomb known as "Little Boy". "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The second bomb was an implosion-type fission bomb known as "Fat Man". "Fat Man" was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
Where were the two times nuclear weapons were used in the past?
- August 6, 1945: Hiroshima MK-I (Little Boy) Uranium gun mechanism
- August 9, 1945: Nagasaki MK-III (Fat Man) Plutonium implosion mechanism
21 more bombs of the MK-III type were scheduled for production in 1945, one of which was completed 4 days after the Japanese surrender and so was not used (it probably became the first atomic bomb in the US stockpile).
alpha or beta radiation
You can create a weapon in many ways. You can make weapons out of rocks, steel, metal, and other starting materials. You may need to have some sharpening tools to make an actual weapon, however.
Who invented the first nuclear bomb and when?
The first nuclear bomb was created by the United States in 1945. No one person invented it. It was developed under a secret effort named the Manhattan Project. The project was under the direction of a theoretical physicist named Robert Oppenheimer but Enrico Fermi and several other of the nation's top physicists lent their knowledge and ingenuity to the project.
He is noted for saying when he saw the first nuclear explosion, words from the Bhagavad Gita came into his mind. "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," .
Guns,knife,rocks,your hands and legs,bombs, almost anything u can kill someone with
I suggest reading Richard Rhodes books: The Making Of The Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun. They can explain it more clearly than can be done here.
Who was the inventor of first nuclear bomb?
The nuclear bomb was developed by a team of more than 160 scientists working on related projects, and partly based on work of many others.
That was development, Leo Szilard is the legal inventor of the fission bomb. He came up with the idea while crossing a street in London in 1933 and filed a patent for it in 1934 (British patent 630,726). Implementing the patent did not become practical until 1938 when Otto Hahn discovered the isotope Uranium-235 was fissile.
