[primeval patriot]

From one of the first websites I ever visited.

A fairly easy read for students.

Much, much more at the link.

[MindBender26]

Great catch.

Have been to Chernobyl twice as a journalist and can tell you, this was very well written.

[G8 Diplomat]

Cool. Nukes 101: Everything you ever wanted to know and more about nuclear explosions. (I mean the ones caused by bombs, not Hillary after her bean burrito ;) )

[OeOeO]

I'm not a student,just curious

• Is it theoretically possible to split any element other than uranium or plutonium?
• Has there ever been experiments?
• How much nuclear material is burned daily in an average power plant?
• Is there a danger of shortage of uranium or plutonium?

Thanks in advance.

[RayChuang88]

There's a reason why they chose air burst over surface burst for most nuclear attacks--air burst causes more destruction over a wider area, necessary for attacking cities, above-ground industrial sites and large military formations. Ground burst (or very near ground burst where the warhead detonates maybe 100-200 meters above the ground) is used primarily to destroy fixed ICBM missile silos and underground command centers like the old SAC headquarters near Omaha, NE.

Interestingly enough, the now-mothballed NORAD command center at Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, CO would likely survive even a very close hit from a 1 MT nuclear blast, since it was built so deeply into the mountain and the fact the command center had extensive shock-proofing to resist the shock wave of a nuclear blast. That's why the Russians developed the gigantic R-36M (SS-18) missile that could deliver a 20 MT nuclear warhead--it was specifically designed to take out the Cheyenne Mountain facility.

[TheLion]

Bump for a later long read.

[Jeff Head]

HIROSHIMNA

NAGASAKI

[Centurion2000]

Good post. :)

[familyop]

Under “Delayed Radiation,” we see that we’re all really dead from the many nuclear weapons detonated in the USA (”hazard for centuries”). We’re only imagining our lives now. Reading that stuff is funnier than watching “The Day After.” All who are gullible enough to digest the implications (implications, implications,...) and fail to find the omissions will simply give up during the nuclear exchanges we’ll probably see before long (re. national cowardice regarding Iran, Syria, Sudan, North Korea,...).

[DCPatriot]

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[familyop]

BTW, Tsar Bomba was reportedly tested by the Russians at about 50 megatons (originally designed for 100 Mt) and our US Castle Bravo at about 5 megatons (designed for 25 Mt).

[SunkenCiv]

:')