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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 nuclear bombs does Russia have versus the US?
Thw U.S. has roughly 9000 missiles, while Russia has roughly 1. However there is an undisclosed number of warheads. Asuming that multi warhead missiles are in the majority then there are at least 9 warheads for every missile. Making around 81000 bombs with a minimum 5 megaton capacity. In terms of missiles that would succesfully hit their targets there are enough nukes and a limited amount of air defense systems that mutual destruction would be assured even in a preemtive strike situation. Efforts to reduce nuclear capacity are thwarted by 3rd party countries with no "constraints" on launching a strike at other countries. In any event nuclear capacity will stagnate and remain until the time comes to use them.
What would the limited test ban treaty eventually do?
The Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 aimed to eventually end contamination of the environment by radioactive substances. The Test Ban Treaty of 1963 prohibits nuclear weapons tests "or any other nuclear explosion" in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water. While not banning tests underground, the Treaty does prohibit nuclear explosions in this environment if they cause "radioactive debris to be present outside the territorial limits of the State under whose jurisdiction or control" the explosions were conducted. In accepting limitations on testing, the nuclear powers accepted as a common goal "an end to the contamination of man's environment by radioactive substances."
What type of uranium is used for a nuclear missile?
In the past, highly enriched uranium (cca. 99 % uranium 235); but now nuclear weapons generally have plutonium.
Where was a nuclear reaction created that led the creation of the atomic bomb in world war 2?
- The first sustained nuclear chain reaction was in the CP-1 reactor in Chicago, IL.
- The X-10 reactor in Oak Ridge, TN was used to develop plutonium production reactor technology.
- Three reactors at Hanford, WA beginning with B reactor produced the plutonium.
A nuclear fall out shelter is anywhere you can hide from the effects of a nuclear detonation. When a nuclear device is detonated above the ground it causes debris to be tossed into the troposphere and sometime stratosphere. This then falls back to earth as radioactive particles. A fall out shelter usually has three feet of soil above it to absorb the gamma radiation that is emitted from these particles. In most cases the radioactive particles dissipate quickly and people have to only be in a fallout shelter for a few weeks. Underground shelters also act against blast and thermal radiation (heat radiation) from a nuclear detonation. http://www.waverage.com has more about this.
Who is the inventor of the nuclear bomb?
Leo Szilard while crossing a London street in 1933, filed patent GB630736 in 1934. It took 11 more years of work to transform the patent description into a practical deliverable bomb.
Leo Szilard in 1933 while crossing a London street. Patented it in 1934: British patent 630,726.
How many people have died over the years from nuclear power?
I don't know if you want to include the effects of bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but I'm sure this is well documented. As far as civil nuclear power stations are concerned, the only deaths I know of have been at Chernobyl. This summary is from Wikipedia.
The 2005 report prepared by the Chernobyl Forum, led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Health Organization (WHO), attributed 56 direct deaths (47 accident workers, and nine children with thyroid cancer), and estimated that there may be 4,000 extra cancer deaths among the approximately 600,000 most highly exposed people. Although the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and certain limited areas will remain off limits, the majority of affected areas are now considered safe for settlement and economic activity.
The 4000 extra cancer deaths mentioned above would occur over a long period, I'm not aware of any published figures to date.
Where did nuclear weapons first start?
The Manhattan Project WW2. First test and use in 1945, test in NewMexico, use at Hiroshima, Japan.
From Wikipedia:
'The Shippingport Atomic Power Station, "the world's first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses," was located near the present-day Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles from Pittsburgh. The reactor first went critical on December 2, 1957, and was in operation until October, 1982. Shippingport was created and operated under the auspices of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, whose authority included a substantial role within the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The reactor was capable of an output of 60 MWe. The reactor was designed with two uses in mind: for powering aircraft carriers, and serving as a prototype for commercial electrical power generation.[2] In 1977, it was converted to a Pressurized Light-Water Breeder Reactor (PLWBR).' UK sources would dispute the above, Calder Hall in England produced power in 1956. One must admit that one of the uses of the Calder and Chapelcross reactors was to produce plutonium for military purposes, though this was not emphasised in PR at the time. However to state that Shippingport was exclusively for peaceful purposes, and then say it was designed partly for powering aircraft carriers seems a little two-faced. However let that lie, it was a long time ago.
What American president almost sent nuclear missiles to Russia during the Cold War?
The closest we came to a nuclear confrontation with Russia that I know of, was under John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Blockade in 1962.
How many nukes does North Korea have?
About 5-8. that is a very little amount America has about 9,600
Initially Weapons were invented for protection.But then later they were heavily used to spread fear and violence.Then they become a symbol of status and Power and now they are being made just for wars and terror and the original meaning of having weapons has been vanished which was protection from unwanted scenarios.
Nuclear bombs in World War II?
Nick name "Fat Man" and "Little boy." were dropped on Japan to end the war.
Where and on what date did the first nuclear test take place?
Jornado del Meurto (inside the Whitesands Missile Range) on July 16, 1945. The Trinity test.
Are there dynamites that can be more dangerous than nuclear bombs?
only if you want to stack up several million tons of dynamite, which would be a pile about the size of a large skyscraper.
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Would the US ever use nuclear weapons?
If provoked again due to a pre-emptive attack on our homeland, the USA would inot hesitate to use nuclear warheads on another country.
