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Nukemap (stylised in all caps) is an interactive map using Mapbox [1] API and declassified nuclear weapons effects data, created by Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology who studies the history of nuclear weapons.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... He is the creator of NUKEMAP. [1] [2] [3] Background
In 2016, Alex Walker of Kotaku called Nuke one of the series' most iconic maps, describing it as a fortress for counter-terrorists. He explained that its one-sided nature, even after the redesign, meant the map "wasn't fun" and was hated by both pro players and low-level matchmaking teams, causing it to be constantly vetoed. [5]
The B61 can be set for airburst or groundburst detonation, and by free fall, retarded free fall or laydown delivery through the use of a parachute to slow down the weapon during release from the delivery aircraft. [1] Only the Mod 0 to 10 versions of the B61 are equipped with a parachute retarder (currently a 24-ft (7.3 m) diameter nylon/Kevlar ...
With the decreased cost and increased capabilities of computers, Nuclear Engineering has implemented computer software (Computer code to Mathematical model) into all facets of this field.
A Mark 17 on display at the Strategic Air Command Memorial in Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at Carswell Field in Fort Worth, Texas. A total of five EC 17 and ten EC 24 bombs subsequently entered stockpile and were added between April and October 1954.
Little Boy was a type of atomic bomb created by the United States as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II.The name is also often used to describe the specific bomb (L-11) used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay on 6 August 1945, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare, and the second nuclear explosion in history ...
where γ is the thermodynamic exponent of a photon gas, E 2 is the prompt energy density of the fuel, α is V n (neutron velocity) / λ mfp tot (total reaction mean free path), R crit is the critical radius and 𝛿 is the excess supercritical radius (R core - R crit) / R crit.