Atomic\nuclear war

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Overview

Worlds_Top_5_Nuclear_Power_Comparison_2015. — Worlds Top 5 Nuclear Power Comparison 2015.

Worlds Top 5 Nuclear Power Comparison 2015.

"Nukes" or nuclear weapons are the name given to all radiological, fusion and fission weapons. War with these weapons is called atomic war and could lead to a nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion (thermonuclear weapon) like the ones used in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The first fission ("atomic") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT at the Trinity nuclear test. They are launched by the use of the military's nuclear launch codes and the authority and authentication of the president's/P.M.'s or defense minister's a Nuclear briefcase (UK) Cheget (USSR), «mobile base» (France) or Nuclear football (USA).

Why were they used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

To avoid an invasion of Japan in which ~5,000,000 Japanese, ~1,000,000 Americans and ~1,500,000 other Allied forces would die.
To shorten the war by ~6 months and thus pre-empting the soviet plans to invade Hokkaido.
To test a new weapon on a city.
To scare the USSR.
To intimidate the rest of the word with.
To get necrophilia high for those who let it be used?
Parts of the US military and government had a racist agenda that was fixated with the mass killing Orientals.

Who can launch them, the ultimate launch control

They are launched by the use of the military's nuclear launch codes and the authority and authentication of the leader's, deputy leader's and/or defense minister. They can be only lanced by the relevant personnel using a 'nuclear briefcase'. the inenty of 4 of them are known: Nuclear briefcase (UK) Cheget (USSR\Russia), «mobile base» (France) or Nuclear football (USA).

Wartime usage

Technically speaking, it war would be any war in which nuclear weapons are used, ranging from a single, small weapon (like a bunker buster or the ones dropped by the United States on Japan in World War II) or a ad-hock terrorist bomb and all the way up to a full-blown assault between nuclear powers using atomic arms and their opponents (including those without nukes).

It would be used in World War 3 if mass death and destruction was needed and may then lead to a nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse. The first fission ("atomic") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT at the Trinity nuclear test. The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 10,000,000 tons of TNT. The Hiroshima bomb was War with these weapons is called atomic war and could lead to a nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse. The Hiroshima bomb released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT and the Davy Crockett Weapon System released the same amount of energy as approximately 20 tons of TNT and the MGM-52 Lance missile could release 1,000 to 100,000 tonnes of TNT equivalent of explosive energy.

Fall out shelters and atomic\nuclear bunkers

Kelvedon Hatch emergency broadcast tower, which would have transmitted official announcements after a nuclear attack on the UK. English: Radio Antenna at Kelvedon Hatch (M. Kenyon), ~31 May 2007.

Government would have limped on from places like Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker and RAF Hack Green. Valuable members of the public, the armed forces and some critical industries would also be protected to a degree, but most would have perished!

No doubt some places would survive and in time form small principality and city states like this S.E. Polish one, The Republic of Mount Tarnica, which I made on another wiki.

The blast comparison list!

The blast power per lb comparison list!

Bang goes the tonnage!

A list of 25 types of explosive.
Explosive.	Nationality.	Era.	% stronger/weaker than TNT.
Gunpowder	Chinese	Medieval	0.45%
Ammonia fertilizer	Various	WW1
Torvex	American	Cold War	0.80%
TNT	German	American Civil War
Amatol	British	WW1	110%
Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO)	American	Cold War
Semtex	Czechoslovak	Cold War
C-4	British	Cold War
Torpex	British	WW2	150%
Cycotol
RDX
PBX
U-235 A-bomb	American	WW2	+11,428.5714%
Plutonium A-bomb	American	WW2	+1,500,000%
IMX-101	American
Nitroglycerin (NG)
Dynamite
Gelignite
Picric acid	British and French
Pure EGDN	Belgian
Ammonite	British

The bomb blast comparison list!

Bombs away!

A list of 27 bombs.
Bomb.	Nationality.	Era.	Warhead.	TNT equivalent.
The Mk 2 "Pine apple" grenade.	American	WW1.	The explosive charge was made of 2 oz of TNT or EC blank fire powder.	2 oz
Soviet F1 "limonka" hand grenade.	Soviet	WW2	60 g of Trinitrotoluene (TNT).	2.12 oz
POMZ, POMZ-2 and POMZ-2M stake mine-	Yugoslavian	Cold War	75 g rod of cast TNT	2.65 oz
7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art (7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.) Feldgranate 96: a 6.8 kilogram (15 lb) high-explosive shell .	German Imperial	WW1	0.19 kg (0.45 lbs) of TNT.	0.45 lb (6.70 oz).
M18 Claymore mine	Amerian	Cold War	680 g (24 oz) of C-4.	32 oz (2 lb)
MON-50 mine	Soviet	Cold War	700g of RDX (PVV-5A)	32.92 oz
RP-3 (Rocket Projectile- 3 inch)	British	WW2	12 lb (5.4 kg) to 60 lb (27 kg) of TNT or TNT/RDX	12 lb to 60 lb (TNT version)
A full RPE “Zarya” 6ZhV corporate polypropylene ammonite powder transportation bag.	Ukranian	New World Order.	40 kg of ammonite powder.	19.98 lb
M112 demolition charge	American.	New World Order	25 lb of C-4	33.33 lb
18 inch Mark XVII torpedo	British	WW2	600 lb (270 kg) Torpex	900 lb
Fritz X missile	Nazi German	WW2	320 kg (705 lb) of amatol	775.5 lb
1980's IRA 'spectacular' bomb	The IRA	Cold War	~1.481 tons of Semtex	~2 tons
Timothy McVeigh's Oklahoma City bombing device.	American far right	New World Order	Just over 4,800 pounds (2,200 kg) of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, nitromethane, and diesel fuel combined as ad mixture.	Just over 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of TNT.
ASM-A-1 Tarzon bomb	American	WW2	5,200 lb (2,400 kg) of Torpex D1	3.9 tons
Talboy bomb	Britsh	WW2	5,200 lb (2,400 kg) of Torpex D1	3.9 tons
Grand slam bomb	British	WW2	4,144 kg (9,136 lb) of Torpex D1	6.5 tons
Mk-54 (Davy Crockett) infantry rocket launcher	American	Cold War	Atomic warhead	10 or 20 tons (AKA: 0.010 kilotons or 0.020 kilotons)
GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB)	American	New World Order	8,500 kg (18,700 lb) of H6	11 tons
Mk-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition device (SADM).	American	Cold War	Atomic warhead	10 tons to 1 kiloton
W48 nuclear artillery shell	American	Cold War	Atomic warhead	72 tons of TNT (0.072 kiloton).
Pluton missile	French	Cold War	Atomic warhead	15 or 25 kilotons.
Little Boy bomb	American	WW2	U-235 atomic warhead	~15-16 kilotons.
Fat Man	American	WW2	Plutonium atomic warhead	~21 kilotons.
Operation Buster test blast	American	Cold War	Atomic warhead	21 kilotons
UGM-27 Polaris missile	American	Cold War	3 atomic warheads	200 kilotons x 3
R-12 (SS-4 Sandal)	Soviet	Cold War	Atomic warhead	2.3 megatons.
Ivy Mike test blast	American	Cold War	Atomic warhead	10.4 megatons.