Posted on 09/04/2017 6:00:02 PM PDT by hapnHal
Can North Korean Hydrogen Bomb Evaporate New York in Case of Surface Blast?
How much damage can it cause
Professor of Korean studies at Kookmin University, Seoul, told Al Jazeera that it can completely destroy New York. “Such a device could evaporate the entire city of New York completely – no one would stay alive. With an atomic bomb, you can kill half of Manhattan, at most,” he said. Website Nuclear Secrecy, assesses the damage on New York in case of a blast yielding 50 kilotonnes. Its findings are disturbing.
Effects radii for 50 kiloton surface burst (smallest to largest): Fireball radius: 380 m (0.45 km²) Maximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to lived effects depends on height of detonation.
If it touches the ground, the amount of radioactive fallout is significantly increased. Air blast radius (20 psi): 0.8 km (2.02 km²) At 20 psi overpressure, heavily built concrete buildings are severely damaged or demolished; fatalities approach 100%.
Radiation radius (500 rem): 1.64 km (8.41 km²) 500 rem radiation dose; without medical treatment, there can be expected between 50% and 90% mortality from acute effects alone. Dying takes between several hours and several weeks.
Air blast radius (5 psi): 1.69 km (8.94 km²) At 5 psi overpressure, most residential buildings collapse, injuries are universal, fatalities are widespread. Thermal radiation radius (3rd degree burns): 2.87 km (25.9 km²) Third degree burns extend throughout the layers of skin, and are often painless because they destroy the pain nerves. They can cause severe scarring or disablement, and can require amputation. 100% probability for 3rd degree burns at this yield is 9.5 cal/cm2.
Japanese English language newscast this morning reported the estimated yield of NoKo most recent test was 70 kilotons.
Will depend on yield, detonation height, time of day, weather conditions...the ability to get it on target.
Based on the estimated range of th NORK missiles I’ve seen so far the only way they’ll be able to get deep into California is with really accurate gaydar. /runsaway
Boosted fission or two stage?
The bin Laden Islamic terror attack on the Twin Towers had a damage radius of about 200 meters and cost a Trillion dollars and just about tanked the US economy
A thermonuclear blast over Manhatten would do much more damage, kill perhaps a million people and be devastating to our country’s economy
That’s a very poor showing for a hydrogen weapon...but it does fit the profile of a boosted EMP design.
This sort of journalism is like talking with one of those annoyingly inarticulate people: “I have this ... you know? and I got from my ... right? so I’m just ... whatever ... And it’s cool and all, bur I’m thinking ... how much, you know, damage?”
The real threat is an EMP blast that takes out the grid. A million could starve.
“Professor of Korean studies at Kookmin University, Seoul, told Al Jazeera that it can completely destroy New York.”
And that would completely destroy half the leftist commies, socialists and fascists infesting America.
A LOT more than one million.
A H Bomb EMP attack could destroy this country and indirectly kill HUNDREDS of millions.
They are not interested in hitting California. They are interested in detonating it in the atmosphere over the Pacific and letting the EMP wipe out California.
What about LA and San Fran?
Manhattan isn’t really all that big, is it?
And it’s not ALL of NYC, as it appears they seem to think.
You are quoting a “Professor of Korea” talking to “Al Terrorists”?
Take a deep breath and relax.
Notice no one is talking to anyone from Sandia Labs.
Also think back to 1982 when the MSM was saying Reagan was going to start WW3.
Hollywood even came up with two movies about WW3 to show how it could happen.
Once Reagan was out, the propaganda about WW3 stopped.
Now does NK need to be dealt with...of course but no need to panic.
The Fat Guy is just trying to shake down the West so they send him more free stuff.
Which would be right over Silicone Valley.
“Newt Gingrich: The North Korean EMP threat”
By Newt Gingrich
Published June 02, 2017
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/06/02/newt-gingrich-north-korean-emp-threat.html
The greatest damage a NK nuke can do will be to NK.
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