if a nuke hit anywhere

would it hit the whole world? or would it just hit the parts that are near?

because ive seen nukes in games.

but games there not real :P

btw i might of posted stuff before but i like hearing the community :D

but this nuke topic is true would a nuke just wipe out the whole world or just places close to it?

I'm sure it would depend on the size of the nuke.

would it hit the whole world? or would it just hit the parts that are near?

because ive seen nukes in games.

but games there not real :P

btw i might of posted stuff before but i like hearing the community :D

but this nuke topic is true would a nuke just wipe out the whole world or just places close to it?

oldsnake12

If its hits I want it to be on my head..

This, um, was kind of answered back in 1945.

if a nuke hits it should hit the moon so we could watch the fireworks.

A very powerful nuclear warhead has the power to vaporize a small island, and create a pretty large crater in the earth if detonated on the ground. Most nuclear blasts employed would probably be detonated in mid-air as you maximize damage and radiation. What video games have you been playing where a nuke destroyed an entire planet? Or did I fall for some sort of con fangled internet meme?drewtwo99

Depends on the size and nature of the nuke.

Pure fission bombs have a lower yield, and are "dirty" in terms of radiation

fission-fusion-fission bombs (hydrogen bombs) have a higher yield, but lower radiation. These are the big ones (Tzar)

Then there are the theoretical nukes, like cobalt-60 bomb. The cobalt bomb is designed to maximise radioactive output, with its half life allowing for it to cover massive areas of the world in fallout.

To answer your question: No, one nuke will not destroy the planet. It could flatten a city and cover a continent in fallout though. When considering the circumstances of the use of nuclear weapons, this isirrelevant -in the event of a nucleur war more than one (likely dozens, if not hundreds) are going to be launched.

If theoretical nukes are accounted for, a sizeable cobalt bomb detonation could have world wide effects.

This, um, was kind of answered back in 1945.

GabuEx

It depends on the size of the weapon. The Tsar Bomba one of the largest nukes to date have a blast radius of up to 700km away.

No single weapon could have implications world wide.

It depends on the size of the weapon. The Tsar Bomba one of the largest nukes to date have a blast radius of up to 700km away.

No single weapon could have implications world wide.

tomo90

Depends on the size and nature of the nuke.

Pure fission bombs have a lower yield, and are "dirty" in terms of radiation

fission-fusion-fission bombs (hydrogen bombs) have a higher yield, but lower radiation. These are the big ones (Tzar)

Then there are the theoretical nukes, like cobalt-60 bomb. The cobalt bomb is designed to maximise radioactive output, with its half life allowing for it to cover massive areas of the world in fallout.

To answer your question: No, one nuke will not destroy the planet. It could flatten a city and cover a continent in fallout though. When considering the circumstances of the use of nuclear weapons, this isirrelevant -in the event of a nucleur war more than one (likely dozens, if not hundreds) are going to be launched.

If theoretical nukes are accounted for, a sizeable cobalt bomb detonation could have world wide effects.

redwolf22

Well there might be minor effects in other parts of the world due to fallout being carried by the wind but there would have to be multiple detonations for major effects.

No one would build a bomb that blows themselves up too

the USSR's Tsar Bomba broke windows 1000km away from the test site. Apparently released energy equal to 1.4% of the power output of the sun...F1_2004

That's incredible.:o

would it hit the whole world? or would it just hit the parts that are near?

because ive seen nukes in games.

but games there not real :P

btw i might of posted stuff before but i like hearing the community :D

but this nuke topic is true would a nuke just wipe out the whole world or just places close to it?

oldsnake12

the USSR's Tsar Bomba broke windows 1000km away from the test site. Apparently released energy equal to 1.4% of the power output of the sun... imagine if you blew up 100 of those babies at once... ooooooh mammaF1_2004

This, um, was kind of answered back in 1945.

GabuEx

No one would build a bomb that blows themselves up too

Alacoque72

the USSR's Tsar Bomba broke windows 1000km away from the test site. Apparently released energy equal to 1.4% of the power output of the sun... imagine if you blew up 100 of those babies at once... ooooooh mammaF1_2004

No it didn't... I am not saying the Tsar Bomba was small or anything, it was the largest man made explosion ever in history... But it did not break windows 1000km away and it did not put out energy equal to 1.4% of the sun... If that were the case, such energy would literally incenerate our atmosphere which is *over 78% nitrogen - my bad left that out.

Both of those claims are ridiculous.

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To OP... No, no bomb is capable of destroying the entire world... Hydrogen bombs could potentially be able to do such a thing, but you would need so much nuclear material that it is literally impossible... I say hydrogen bombs because unlike fission bombs, hydrogen bombs have no limit, and can potentially be as large as you wamt... The atom division and neutron bombardment is only limited by the amount of enriched material available... So if there was enough material for that chain reaction to go on long enough, potentially a single bomb with enough power to destroy the planet could be made, but it would be a very large bomb... Like the size of a skyscraper... And seeing as how you need hundreds of tons of ore to produce even an oz of unenriched uranium/plutonium, and then hundreds of those oz of unenriched uranium/plutonium to create a single critical mass for a single modern standard warhead... To make a bomb that big would literally require hundreds of millions of tons of ore and hundreds of thousands of tons of enriched Uranium/Plutonium...

[QUOTE="Alacoque72"]

No one would build a bomb that blows themselves up too

Diablo-B

You know how in the 1970s the US and USSR eradicated smallpox from the planet... And only two strains of it remained on Earth... (One in the USA at the CDC, the other in Russia)... Well Russia weaponized it... Why they would do that however is questionable becuase if released, it is not as though the virus would circle the globe back to Russia and stop at the Russian border...

It might affect the world in a negative way but it won't destroy it. It also might lead to the end of the world (2012 jk).

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]the USSR's Tsar Bomba broke windows 1000km away from the test site. Apparently released energy equal to 1.4% of the power output of the sun... imagine if you blew up 100 of those babies at once... ooooooh mammaNVIDIATI

Those crazy Russians.

I don't think technically it would "hit the entire world" But depending where you set it off and altitude and such, then it might effect a whole bunch of area. It's the radiation afterwards that gets you. Not to mention i don't think anyone has ever actually set off a nuclear bomb at a fault line so goodness knows if that will cause any quakes or something.

the USSR's Tsar Bomba broke windows 1000km away from the test site. Apparently released energy equal to 1.4% of the power output of the sun... imagine if you blew up 100 of those babies at once... ooooooh mammaF1_2004

Hide under your desk, it worked in the 60's.

if the next nuke hits japan i would lol in a morbid kinda way japanese: what's that in the sky, oh no not again !weezyfb

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]the USSR's Tsar Bomba broke windows 1000km away from the test site. Apparently released energy equal to 1.4% of the power output of the sun... imagine if you blew up 100 of those babies at once... ooooooh mammaButtons1990

No it didn't... I am not saying the Tsar Bomba was small or anything, it was the largest man made explosion ever in history... But it did not break windows 1000km away and it did not put out energy equal to 1.4% of the sun... If that were the case, such energy would literally incenerate our atmosphere which is *over 78% nitrogen - my bad left that out.

Both of those claims are ridiculous.

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To OP... No, no bomb is capable of destroying the entire world... Hydrogen bombs could potentially be able to do such a thing, but you would need so much nuclear material that it is literally impossible... I say hydrogen bombs because unlike fission bombs, hydrogen bombs have no limit, and can potentially be as large as you wamt... The atom division and neutron bombardment is only limited by the amount of enriched material available... So if there was enough material for that chain reaction to go on long enough, potentially a single bomb with enough power to destroy the planet could be made, but it would be a very large bomb... Like the size of a skyscraper... And seeing as how you need hundreds of tons of ore to produce even an oz of unenriched uranium/plutonium, and then hundreds of those oz of unenriched uranium/plutonium to create a single critical mass for a single modern standard warhead... To make a bomb that big would literally require hundreds of millions of tons of ore and hundreds of thousands of tons of enriched Uranium/Plutonium...