The conventional looking white bomb is a b 83 a dial a yield nuke with a yield up to 1 2megatons. It was designed for cruise missile use. About 30 long and maybe 13 in diameter.
This silver thing is a w80 warhead. If a bomb is detonated on the ground the soil absorbs more of that energy. An aerial detonation maximises a nuclear bomb s destructive power since it allows the blast s energy to spread out.
By default nukemap assumed a 150 kiloton yield warhead would explode 1 03 miles 1 65 km above the city. Indeed the bomb has a maximum yield of just 50 kilotons the equivalent of 50 000. In terms of sheer destructive capability the b61 12 is nowhere near america s most dangerous nuclear weapon.
The bomb that fell on hiroshima ironically called little boy. Nuclear weapons are straight up terrifying and one of those brutal facts of life most of us try to forget for our own sanity. A nuclear weapon also called an atom bomb nuke atomic bomb nuclear warhead a bomb or nuclear bomb is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions either fission fission bomb or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions thermonuclear bomb both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.
The really huge megaton bombs tested in the 1950 s and 60 s aren t part of today s arsenal. Here s a list of all the us nuclear warheads list of nuclear weapons wikipedia they range in size from 6 kilotons to 20 000 kilotons. 70 years since nearly 2 000 nuclear tests have been performed and about 125 000 nuclear bombs have been built.
The trinity test yielded about 20 000 tons of tnt enough to cover an estimated area of about five square miles in radioactivity. America detonated the first ever nuclear weapon in a new mexico desert on july 16 1945. Nuclear weapons of mass destruction.
Enhanced radiation neutron bomb version 2 yield options slightly less than 1 kt and slightly more than 1 kt both 60 fusion and 40 fission.
Modern nuclear warhead size. Bomb yield notes kt tnt tj davy crockett. 0 02 0 084 variable yield tactical nuclear weapon mass only 23 kg 51 lb lightest ever deployed by the united states same warhead as special atomic demolition munition and gar 11 nuclear falcon missile. 1 5 6 3 an unguided air to air rocket armed with a w25 nuclear warhead developed to intercept bomber squadrons. The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated the tsar bomba set off by the soviet union in 1961 produced an insane 50 megaton blast about 3 333 times more powerful than the little boy bomb that.
Lrl successor to w 63 design. Mods 0 1 2. Tn warhead with 3 yield settings 1 100 kt mod 1 had improved selection of yields.
Tn warhead with 3 yield settings 1 100 kt mod 1 had improved selection of yields. Mods 0 1 2. Lrl successor to w 63 design.
The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated the tsar bomba set off by the soviet union in 1961 produced an insane 50 megaton blast about 3 333 times more powerful than the little boy bomb that. 1 5 6 3 an unguided air to air rocket armed with a w25 nuclear warhead developed to intercept bomber squadrons. 0 02 0 084 variable yield tactical nuclear weapon mass only 23 kg 51 lb lightest ever deployed by the united states same warhead as special atomic demolition munition and gar 11 nuclear falcon missile.
Bomb yield notes kt tnt tj davy crockett.
