What happens when a nuclear bomb explodes?
Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert in the last few weeks, citing “aggressive statements” by Nato and tough financial sanctions as a reason.
As of 2019, there were 15,000 nuclear weapons on planet Earth – 90 per cent of which belong to Russia and the United States, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
In the improbable scenario of a full-scale nuclear war, humanity could be wiped out. That’s not just a direct result of the number of deaths but also the aftermath of global cooling.
What actually happens in a nuclear explosion?
There are so many factors to be considered to determine the impact: the time of day, the weather, the exact location and whether it exploded on land or in the air. Clothing is also a surprising aspect as white clothes can reflect some of the energy of a blast, while black clothing can absorb it.
The type and size of the nuclear weapon can also impact the outcome. Modern bombs start by triggering a fission reaction, according to Live Science. They explained: “Fission is the splitting of the nuclei of heavy atoms into lighter atoms — a process that releases neutrons. These neutrons, in turn, can careen into the nuclei of nearby atoms, splitting them and setting off an out-of-control chain reaction.”
That chain reaction occurs so fast, it produces a large amount of energy, which is released in the form of light and heat. Most organic objects in range of the heat-pulse are essentially vaporised.
A fission explosion would be devastating – though many modern weapons have the potential to cause even more damage. Fission bombs, also known as atomic bombs, destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. They were around 13 kilotons yield.
Atom boms are rated in kilotons, one kiloton being the equivalent of a thousand tons of TNT. Hydrogen bombs are rated in megatons, one megaton equalling one million tons of TNT.
Hydrogen bombs take over where atom boms end; there comes a point where atom bombs become too large to be transportable. Hydrogen bombs use the fusion process, which releases much more energy, and are vastly more destructive.
If a nuclear bomb were to explode on land, the explosion would cause instant death. For example, a bomb equivalent to the size of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs would kill 50 per cent of people in a 2-mile radius, according to a report from a Preventive Defense Project workshop. An airburst is said to have a wider blast radius.
There is also an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, which creates high voltages in electrical equipment, usually damaging them beyond repair.
Causes of death go beyond the explosion itself. There would be fires, radiation exposure, collapsed buildings, flying shrapnel in a 0.5-mile (0.8 km) radius of the detonation.
The largest known hydrogen bomb tested was the Soviet Tsar Bomba in October 1961. It had a yield of 58 megatons. It caused total destruction of structures out to 21 miles.
In order to survive a hypothetical nuclear blast, you’d essentially want to avoid countries with access to nuclear weapons and those involved in nuclear agreements.
While worries are understandably high surrounding a nuclear war defence secretary Ben Wallace said Putin’s phrasing was a “battle of rhetoric”.
“This is predominantly about Putin putting it on the table just to remind people, remind the world, that he has a deterrent.”
See more here: msn.com
Header image: The Tsar Bomba fireball, Edward Lengel
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Ken Hughes
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‘didn’t answer the headline question.
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Mark Tapley
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Now with the fake Ukrainian conflict in play to distract the sheep from the fake virus scam, it was inevitable that the fake atomic bomb hoax would be rolled out to go with it. Ever since the fake atomic attacks on Japan over 75 years ago, the specter of nuclear Armageddon has been one of the Zionists favorite boogy men to keep the goyim in constant fear and ever willing to fund more military (For the Yinnon Plan of Greater Israel) spending) and bigger government. This is all part of the Hegelian (George Hegal) dialectic (favorite tool) that was used to build up the wholly dependent USSR (our great Allie) in the contrived WW2. After the war, the Soviets while continuing to get massive agricultural, financial and technical aid from the west (mainly Jewmerica) they had to be flipped from being our stanch allies to our deadly enemy in order to generate the fake Cold War. Once the goyim finally began to discover that U,.S, corporations were funding the massive 5 year programs and building the whole Soviet Military complex, the very costly scam had to be shut down and revamped to the current “War On Terror” launched with 911 to make the :”world safe for democracy” again.
As to Nuclear weapons, why has no country used them (other than in fake tests) since 1945? Because they do not work. Read Akio Nakatani’s “Death Object, The Nuclear Weapons Hoax.” The book includes photos of ground zero areas where flimsy window frames and other light materials were left unscathed. Many trees in the same area subsequently budded out (many still living) and telephone poles left standing. Of the 50 bridges in Hiroshima, only one was destroyed. The train station was back in full service in less than 48 hours. For a thoroughly exhaustive study of the Hiroshima fake atomic attack see Michael Palmer MD “:Hiroshima Revisited.” Here is another good article on fake nuclear tests along with humorous but relevant video:
http://mileswmathis.com/trinity.pdf
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Robert
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There are NO nuclear weapons.
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JFK
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Putin does not bluff.
If there is a direct confrontation of Russia and America, he knows it will lead to use of nuclear weapons.
Every person on earth should know this.
This is about who the next superpower will be.
America won’t let go easily and Russia and China won’t bow down either.
When they enter the conflict they will use their best weapons.
Americans have done it in the past for less vital reasons, and just to show off… Plus, their use of depleted uranium is a clear demonstration that they don’t care about (or maybe even enjoy) the spreading of radiation and its long-tern effects.
So don’t be naïve. Both America and China, know how ruthless America is, and will react accordingly. And America has been reacting like a nation-psychopath since its creation. Not to mention now, that they are under total collapse…
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Mark Tapley
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Hello JFK:
Putin is all bluff. Just like the whole fake Ukrainian conflict. The entire Soviet Union was an artifact of Zionism instigated by the International bankers. The Bolshevik Gov. was almost all Jews, (original controlling body of 486, all Jews but 16) as even half Jew Putin admits. For 70 years, the only thing that kept it going was massive agricultural, financial and technical aid from the west. Read Hoover Institute (Stanford Univ,) Researcher Anthony Sutton’s book “Wall Street and The Bolshevik Revolution. When they finally were aloud to collapse in 1989, Russia was producing less grain than in 1917 under the Czar. In the 1950’s, they had less automobiles than Spain, which was then noted for its backwardness,. I’m not saying the Zionists won’t contrive another conflict. They always do. I’m just saying it it all a scam. Just like the current fake virus. And just like the more well known JFK with his queer live in partner Lem Billings and the fake missile crisis of his puppet administration.
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Stop making sense
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No Nukes, no covid, everything you think you know is a lie. Strawberry Fields forever.
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Andy
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Some of the comments here are beyond ridiculous.
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