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The effects of a nuclear explosion on its immediate vicinity are typically much more destructive and multifaceted than those caused by conventional explosives.In most cases, the energy released from a nuclear weapon detonated within the lower atmosphere can be approximately divided into four basic categories: [1]
Peter Kuran's Nukes in Space: The Rainbow Bombs Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine – documentary film from 1999; United States high-altitude test experiences – A Review Emphasizing the Impact on the Environment; Measured EMP waveform data and actual effects from high-altitude nuclear weapons tests by America and Russia
A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction.The driving reaction may be nuclear fission or nuclear fusion or a multi-stage cascading combination of the two, though to date all fusion-based weapons have used a fission device to initiate fusion, and a pure fusion weapon remains a hypothetical device.
In the cinematic version of this heroic scenario, Bruce Willis et. al opt for the method of sticking a nuke inside an Earth-annihilating asteroid the size of Texas.
A nuclear electromagnetic pulse (nuclear EMP or NEMP) is a burst of electromagnetic radiation created by a nuclear explosion.The resulting rapidly varying electric and magnetic fields may couple with electrical and electronic systems to produce damaging current and voltage surges.
STORY: North Korea says it’s successfully test-fired cruise missiles that can carry nuclear weapons. State media reported on Thursday (October 13), leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of two ...
The second, a full-scale nuclear war, could consist of large numbers of nuclear weapons used in an attack aimed at an entire country, including military, economic, and civilian targets. Such an attack would almost certainly destroy the entire economic, social, and military infrastructure of the target nation, and would likely have a devastating ...
A thermonuclear device whose fusion secondary did not successfully ignite, with only low-level fusion burning taking place. Short Granite Dropped by the United Kingdom over Malden Island in the Pacific on May 15, 1957, during Operation Grapple 1 , this bomb had an expected yield of over 1 megaton, but only exploded with a force of a quarter of ...