What would happen if you detonated a nuke in space?
If a nuclear weapon is exploded in a vacuum-i. e., in space-the complexion of weapon effects changes drastically: First, in the absence of an atmosphere, blast disappears completely. There is no longer any air for the blast wave to heat and much higher frequency radiation is emitted from the weapon itself.
How many nuclear bombs would it take to destroy America?
New research argues that 100 nuclear weapons is the “pragmatic limit” for any country to have in its arsenal. Any aggressor nation unleashing more than 100 nuclear weapons could ultimately devastate its own society, scientists warn.
What would happen if we nuked Pluto?
Nothing would happen to the planet, per se. Our civilization isn’t capable of really doing any damage on an actual planetary scale with nuclear weapons (scorch the surface a bit perhaps). You’d be better off strapping thrusters onto some nearby planetary body and causing a high speed collision with Pluto.
Can you nuke Jupiter?
Short answer: You’d need about 10 quintillion nukes, which is 4x the mass of the moon, to destroy Jupiter.
What happens if we nuke Saturn?
The explosion would release a lot of radiation which would melt/vaporise the ring material close to it but otherwise do nothing: nuclear weapons rely on blast for a lot of the damage caused and there is no blast in a vacuum.
What happens if we nuke Venus?
One proposed way of altering Venus’ atmosphere is to bomb it with hydrogen. Hydrogen bombs, when reacting with the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, would create graphite and water. This would fall to the planet’s surface and cover 80\% of it with oceans. Venus would only have 10\% the amount of water that Earth has.
How many tons of TNT would destroy Jupiter?
Short answer: You’d need about 10 quintillion nukes, which is 4x the mass of the moon, to destroy Jupiter. That, or, a pile of TNT approximately equal to the mass of the sun should do the trick.
Could we detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon?
Yes, the Air Force actually once wanted to do this. A new video shows what would happen if we detonated a nuclear weapon on the moon. The lack of an atmosphere would make a nuclear explosion on the moon significantly different than one on Earth.
What would happen if we put a nuclear bomb on Earth?
This ‘aerosol’ of particles would reduce the amount of heat reaching the surface from the Sun, producing a so-called nuclear winter with huge environmental impact. The nuclear explosion would also unleash a pulse of electromagnetic energy that would wreck everything from national power grids to microchips around the world.
What would happen if you explode on the Moon?
The lack of an atmosphere on the moon, the video explains, would cause several key differences between an Earth-based explosion and a moon-based one. Not only would there be no mushroom cloud or city-shattering shockwave, but anyone viewing the blast would likely get a fatal dose of ionizing radiation.
How many nuclear weapons are there in the world?
Although exact figures are secret, the Federation of American Scientists estimates there are around 19,000 nuclear warheads, 95 per cent of which are Russian and American – the UK has around 200.