Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
^Specifically the US B83 nuclear bomb, with a yield of up to 1.2 Megatons. ^ a b c d e f The best overall printed sources on nuclear weapons design are: Hansen, Chuck.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia, the free ...
Nagasaki had never been subjected to large-scale bombing prior to the explosion of a nuclear weapon there. On August 1, 1945, however, a number of conventional high-explosive bombs ...
Nuclear Weapon Effects
Nuclear Weapon Effects Nuclear detonations are the most devastating of the weapons of mass destruction. To make this point one need only recall the pictures from Hiroshima or the ...
Nuclear Bombs
Nuclear Bombs A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. As a result, even a nuclear weapon with a small yield is ...
The Nuclear Weapon Archive - A Guide to Nuclear Weapons
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Nuclear Information (new upgrades in progress) The Internet and the Bomb: A Research Guide to Policy and Information about Nuclear Weapons ...
List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons. Last changed 14 October 2006. If a weapon name is an active link, click on it to see a picture of the weapon, or a page on it (if one ...
How Much Damage Can a Nuclear Bomb Cause?
Nuclear weapons cause catastrophic damage but have you ever wondered what would be the actual extent of this destruction if atomic bombs of various intensity were dropped on some ...
For 50 Years, Nuclear Bomb Lost in Watery Grave : NPR
Fifty years ago, a B-47 bomber dropped a 7,000-pound nuclear bomb into the waters off Tybee Island, Ga., after a mid-air collision. The bomb has never been found, but historians ...
Mushroom Cloud Picture Gallery
If you have any nuclear blast picture that is not here or you think something is not ... 03/01/54, Bravo H-Bomb - 15,000 Kt.(1280x814 95Kb) 03/26/54, Romeo H-Bomb - 11,000 Kt ...
Atomic Bomb
By the mid-1950s, the U.S. had upped the ante of the nuclear arms race, with the introduction of the hydrogen bomb and the thermonuclear bomb, which exponentially increased the ...
YouTube - Nuclear Bomb - First H Bomb test
Ivy Mike was the first H Bomb test, it was exploded at 7.15 am local time on November 1st 1952. The mushroom cloud was 8 miles across and 27 miles high.
Nuclear Weapons
Thermonuclear Explosions. Because of the high temperatures required to initiate a nuclear fusion reaction, such devices are often called thermonuclear devices.
Nuclear Weapons in the Strategic Air Command Arsenal
This chart describes all of the Strategic Nuclear Bombs designed to be carried by aircraft. It does not include those carried by the various missiles ...
