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How big of an explosion does a nuke make?
Thus, a 1 kiloton nuclear weapon is one which produces the same amount of energy in an explosion as does 1 kiloton (1,000 tons) of TNT. Similarly, a 1 megaton weapon would have the energy equivalent of 1 million tons of TNT. One megaton is equivalent to 4.18 x 1015 joules.
What is the biggest nuclear bomb you can make?
| Tsar Bomba | |
|---|---|
| Length | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Diameter | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Detonation mechanism | barometric sensor |
| Blast yield | 50–58 megatons of TNT (210–240 PJ) |
What is the destruction radius of a nuclear bomb?
Nearly everything was heavily damaged up to a radius of 3 miles from the blast, and beyond this distance damage, although comparatively light, extended for several more miles. Glass was broken up to 12 miles.
What happens if a nuke hits DC?
Here’s what we could expect: Most people in a half-mile radius outside the blast wouldn’t survive. Between a half-mile and a mile, survival would depend on what kind of shelter people were taking cover in. Cars would be overturned at a mile radius, and light structures would be damaged.
How big is a 50 megaton explosion?
The Soviet Union built the largest thermonuclear bomb in human history. The name of the bomb was Tsar Bomba. It had a yield of 50 megatons of TNT. Fireball radius was 2.3 km or covering 16.61 square kilometers.
What was Hiroshima before the bomb?
Hiroshima had long been a key transportation hub. At the beginning of the Showa Era, the population had reached 200,000, and the city was the political and economic center of the Chugoku Region.
How hot is a nuclear bomb compared to the sun?
Initially, most of this energy goes into heating the bomb materials and the air in the vicinity of the blast. Temperatures of a nuclear explosion reach those in the interior of the sun, about 100,000,000° Celsius, and produce a brilliant fireball.