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  2. Nukemap - Wikipedia

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    Wellerstein's creation has garnered some popularity amongst nuclear strategists as an open source tool for calculating the costs of nuclear exchanges. [11] As of October 2024, more than 350.7 million nukes have been "dropped" on the site. [citation needed] The Nukemap was a finalist for the National Science Foundation's Visualization Challenge ...

  3. Nuclear weapon design - Wikipedia

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    The first nuclear explosive devices provided the basic building blocks of future weapons. Pictured is the Gadget device being prepared for the Trinity nuclear test. Nuclear Weapons Design are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package [1] of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There are three existing basic design ...

  4. Thermonuclear weapon - Wikipedia

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    A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs , a more compact size, a lower mass, or a combination of these benefits.

  5. List of military nuclear accidents - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear bomb damaged in crash [34] During a simulated takeoff, a wheel casting failure caused the tail of a USAF B-47 carrying a Mark 36 Mod 1 nuclear bomb to hit the runway, rupturing a fuel tank and sparking a fire which burned for some 7 hours. [35] The weapon used in-flight insertion and the weapon was in its retracted, unarmed state. [36]

  6. Maps show specific impact of a North Korean thermonuclear ...

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    Nuclear weapons may be the world's most terrifying creations, but most people would be hard-pressed to say what such an explosion might do to their home. Maps show specific impact of a North ...

  7. B41 nuclear bomb - Wikipedia

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    Mark 41 thermonuclear bomb casing at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The B-41 (also known as Mk-41) was a thermonuclear weapon deployed by the United States Strategic Air Command in the early 1960s. It was the most powerful nuclear bomb ever developed by the United States, with a maximum yield of 25 megatons of TNT (100 ...

  8. Mark 36 nuclear bomb - Wikipedia

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    The Mark 36 bomb was 56.2 to 59 inches (143 to 150 cm) in diameter, depending on version, and 150 inches (3.8 m) long. It weighed 17,500 or 17,700 pounds (7,900 or 8,000 kg) depending on version. There were two major variants, conventional ("dirty") weapon designated the Y1 and a low fission fraction "clean" Y2 version. [ 3 ]

  9. If a nuclear bomb explodes nearby, here's why you should ...

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    The first thing you'd see if a nuclear bomb exploded nearby is a flood of light so bright, you may think the sun blew up -- but don't try to drive away. If a nuclear bomb explodes nearby, here's ...