Nukemap is a mapping mash up that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb. The b83 thermonuclear weapon is a variable yield unguided bomb developed by the united states in the late 1970s entering service in 1983 with a maximum yield of 1 2 megatons 5 0 pj 80 times the 15 kt yield of the atomic bomb little boy dropped on hiroshima on 6 august 1945 it is the most powerful nuclear free fall weapon currently in the united states arsenal. Tested on 30 october 1961 as an experimental verification of calculation principles and multi stage thermonuclear weapon designs it.
Tsar bomb was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. The soviet rds 220 hydrogen bomb code name ivan or vanya known to the western nations as tsar bomba russian. The ton of tnt is a unit of energy defined by that convention to be 4 184 gigajoules which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton 1 000 kilograms of tnt in other words for each gram of tnt exploded 4184 joules or one large calorie 1 000.
Tnt equivalent is a convention for expressing energy typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. The hydrogen bomb has a potentially higher yield and. Both types of nuclear weapons release vast quantities of energy from a small amount of matter and release most of their energy from fission and produce radioactive fallout.
The tsar bomba the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated was a hydrogen bomb with a 50 megaton yield. It is supposed to be cobalt bomb instead of colbat at 0 58. It is indeed a terrifying true scale of nuclear weapons.
Its not just nvkes but supervolcano eruptions meteor impacts as well. We take a look at the size and power of explosions created from a hand grenade to the tsar bomba and beyond. Most artificial non nuclear explosions are considerably smaller than even what are considered to be very small nuclear weapons.
As a comparison the blast yield of the gbu 43 massive ordnance air blast bomb is 0 011 kt and that of the oklahoma city bombing using a truck based fertilizer bomb was 0 002 kt. 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. Nuclear weapons surveillance program budget 2015 2020 timeline of successful and failed ballistic missile.
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Nuclear bomb yield comparison. As a comparison the blast yield of the gbu 43 massive ordnance air blast bomb is 0 011 kt and that of the oklahoma city bombing using a truck based fertilizer bomb was 0 002 kt most artificial non nuclear explosions are considerably smaller than even what are considered to be very small nuclear weapons. The yield to weight ratio is the amount of weapon yield compared to the. Share of people who approve of u s.
Share of people who approve of u s. The yield to weight ratio is the amount of weapon yield compared to the. As a comparison the blast yield of the gbu 43 massive ordnance air blast bomb is 0 011 kt and that of the oklahoma city bombing using a truck based fertilizer bomb was 0 002 kt most artificial non nuclear explosions are considerably smaller than even what are considered to be very small nuclear weapons.
