If you had 5 nuclear bombs...

[ChefChiTown]

First of all, a dropped nuclear bomb doesn't "blow up" anything. The force of a dropped nuclear bomb comes from above and from the side, not from within or underneath.

Really? A nuclear bomb doesn't "blow up" anything? Blow up, as in explosions?

I must be crazy for thinking that THIS is an explosion then.

First, a pure fission primary is inefficient since the plutonium pit will blow itself apart before much of the available plutonium-239 fissions. To reduce the amount of plutonium needed, the fission reaction can be "boosted" so that a higher fraction of the plutonium fissions. For boosted primaries, hydrogen gas (con*sisting of the isotopes deuterium and tritium, which have one and two neutrons, respectively, in addition to the one proton that all hydrogen atoms have) is placed inside the hollow center of the pit. As the plutonium fissions, enough heat is produced to cause the "boost" gas to undergo fusion, releasing a burst of high-energy neutrons that, in turn, induce additional fissions in the pit.

The fusion fuel in the secondary takes the form of lithium deuteride (a solid compound of lithium and deuterium). Inside the layer of fusion fuel is a fission "spark plug" consisting of either plutonium-239 or uranium-235. As the primary explosion compresses the fusion fuel from the outside, the spark plug material becomes supercritical and fissions, heating the fusion fuel from the inside and helping to initiate the fusion reactions. Finally, a layer of uranium that surrounds the fusion fuel undergoes fission in response to the neutrons released by the fusion reactions, generally contributing more than half of the total explosive yield of a thermonuclear weapon.

http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_weapo...echnical_issues/nuclear-weapons-how-they.html

That's just a small portion of the article. There are plenty of other points in which explosions are referenced.

Also, here is another good explanation as to how nuclear bombs work. If you keep clicking "Next Page" until you reach the "Consequences and Health Risks" page, you will see what happens (physically) when a nuclear bomb explodes.

The detonation of a nuclear bomb over a target such as a populated city causes immense damage. The degree of damage depends upon the distance from the center of the bomb blast, which is called the hypocenter or ground zero. The closer one is to the hypocenter, the more severe the damage. The damage is caused by several things:

- A wave of intense heat from the explosion
- Pressure from the shock wave created by the blast
- Radiation
- Radioactive fallout (clouds of fine radioactive particles of dust and bomb debris that fall back to the ground)

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm

What exactly kind of research have you been doing? Of course nuclear bombs "blow up" stuff. The bomb detonates, sending a massive amount of heat, energy and pressure through the surrounding atmosphere, destroying all in it's path that surrender to it's power. That's how ALL bombs work.

But you're the next bigshot behind your computer screen who probably can't even get a word out if someone confronts you in real life.

You do realize that you're behind a computer screen too, right? You're just throwing a boomerang when you say that and, eventually, it's going to come back in your direction.

:2 cents:

 

[Torre82]

I'd sell them to another country for an assload of cash.

Buy myself a tiny house nearby, buy a handgun and plenty of ammo and start fortifying the place from the inside. The looters arent gonna shoot themselves!

... actually they might. I should be patient and create dissention in the ranks.

 

[Shindekudasai]

Really? A nuclear bomb doesn't "blow up" anything? Blow up, as in explosions?

You really don't have to quote anything for me. I know exactly how any existing nuclear weapons design and its respective detonation and explosion works (there aren't that many). And the quoted article describes just one existing design. There are different characteristics by which a nuclear bomb can be categorized. The bombs are differentiated by their designs and detonating mechanisms (from simple U235 fission in the gun assembly design of the early uraniumbombs to the plutonium239 FFF (fission fusion fission) in the implosion design of modern thermonuclear bombs).

And although I'm not an English language native, I chose my words very carefully in that sentence.
I said, that a dropped nuclear bomb doesn't blow up anything. Of course a nuclear bomb explodes when detonated, or else it would just be a really expensive wrecking ball. A nuclear bomb, when dropped or rigged (to a rack), in warfare as well as in a test, is detonated at least 50 feet above ground (mostly more than 100 feet above ground). Thus the surroundings of the bomb are not "blown up", they are burned/melted down/vaporized and blasted to the side away from the hypocenter of the explosion. The mushroom cloud is hot/burning air, fume, rubble and dust sucked upwards, it's not "blown up". Only nuclear devices detonated underground actually "blow up" anything.

I don't mean to insult you here, but I don't know where you get the idea, that you can question my whole research just because you can throw an article at me that you found online (and on whose contents I could give you an ad hoc presentation). There are hundreds of these pages on the internet. None of them shows you the full picture or explains every design, detonation, explosion or test, much less their cultural, political, sociological, religious or scientific aftermaths, effects and results. Reading one page on the internet doesn't make you an expert.

 

[ChefChiTown]

You really don't have to quote anyting for me. I know exactly how any existing nuclear weapons design and its respective detonation and explosion works. And the quoted article describes just one existing design. There are different characteristics by which a nuclear bomb can be categorized. The bombs are differentiated by their designs and detonating mechanisms (from simple U235 fission in the gun assembly design of uraniumbombs to the plutonium239 FFF (fission fusion fission) in the implosion design of thermonuclear bombs).

If you would've looked at the article, you would see that they explain various types of nuclear bombs. They're different in design, yet, they're still bombs and they still blow things up.

And although I'm not an English language native, I chose my words very carefully in that sentance.
I said, that a dropped nuclear bomb doesn't blow up anything. Of course a nuclear bomb explodes when detonated, or else it would just be a really expensive wrecking ball. A nuclear bomb, when dropped or rigged (to a rack), in war as well as in a test, is detonated at least 100 feet above ground. Thus the surroundings of the bomb are not "blown up", they are burned/melted down/vaporized and blasted to the side away from the hypocenter of the explosion. Only nuclear devices detonated underground actually "blow up" anything.

Are you trying to say that the bomb doesn't force things to blow UP, as in the direction of "up"...??? If so, then why does a huge portion of the explosion go in the direction of the sky? I would say that's blowing things up.

So, the bomb works differently if it's detonated underground? I don't understand what you're saying.

The bomb detonates, it explodes, blowing things up in the process. I don't know what you're trying to say by claiming that nuclear bombs don't "blow up" anything.

I don't mean to insult you here, but I don't know where you get the idea, that you can question my whole research just because you can throw an article at me that you found online (and on whose contents I could give you an ad hoc presentation). There are hundreds of these pages on the internet. None of them shows you the full picture or explains every design, detonation, explosion or test, much less their cultural, political, sociological, religious or scientific aftermaths, effects and results. Reading one page on the internet doesn't make you an expert.

Who said that the one article I referenced explains everything there is to know about nuclear bombs? It simply explains how they detonate and what happens after detonation.

And, who said I was an expert? In fact, I'm not, yet, I still know that nuclear bombs blow things up when they detonate. Things don't get destroyed when a nuclear bomb detonates because of some magical occurance. They get destroyed because of the destructive force, which is caused by the bomb's detonation.

Hence, they blow shit up.

 

[General Warcock]

If I had 5 nuclear bombs I'd give them to Iran so the U.S. will finally have that evidence they need to start WWIII and annihilate this virus known as humanity.

 

[Shindekudasai]

If you would've looked at the article, you would see that they explain various types of nuclear bombs.

Chef, I looked at both websites. The "howstuffworks" page is actually pretty good for people who would want to get the basic knowledge. But still, they just scratch the surface. Really.

Are you trying to say that the bomb doesn't force things to blow UP, as in the direction of "up"...??? If so, then why does a huge portion of the explosion go in the direction of the sky? I would say that's blowing things up.

Ok, I'll quote myself and make it a bit more understandable. Maybe I was misunderstood or didn't express myself correctly:
A dropped nuclear bomb doesn't blow up it's surrounding. A nuclear bomb, when dropped or rigged, is detonated at least 50 feet above ground (mostly more than 100 feet above ground). Thus the surroundings of the bomb are not "blown up", they are burned/melted down/vaporized and blasted to the side, away from the hypocenter of the explosion. The mushroom cloud is hot/burning air, fume, rubble and dust sucked upwards, it's not "blown up". You could say, that the explosion of a dropped nuclear bomb burnes down, presses down, blows away and sucks up, but it doesn't "blow up" in the usual, restricted meaning of the word (for example like a stick of dynamite in the ground does).
I hope it's a little bit more clear now, what I meant.

So, the bomb works differently if it's detonated underground? I don't understand what you're saying.

The bomb itself (the mechanism) works the same way. Just the result and the effects of the detonation and the explosion are different. Underground tests work under different parameters and fullfill different purposes. An underground detonation doesn't produce for example as much fallout or as big a mushroom cloud (which mostly go hand in hand). It does however direct the main force of the explosion upwards because there is less density and resistance. An effect a detonation in the air above ground does not have. But underground testing nowadays works a little but different yet again, because the "blowing up" aspect of the explosion is becoming less and less important. Controlled detonation and explosion with a maximum of usable data is the key to a successfull underground test. Blowing anything up in the process (except the bomb itself) is not important.

 

[rwill25]

Ok, I'll quote myself and make it a bit more understandable. Maybe I was misunderstood or didn't express myself correctly:
A dropped nuclear bomb doesn't blow up it's surrounding. A nuclear bomb, when dropped or rigged, is detonated at least 50 feet above ground (mostly more than 100 feet above ground). Thus the surroundings of the bomb are not "blown up", they are burned/melted down/vaporized and blasted to the side, away from the hypocenter of the explosion. The mushroom cloud is hot/burning air, fume, rubble and dust sucked upwards, it's not "blown up". You could say, that the explosion of a dropped nuclear bomb burnes down, presses down, blows away and sucks up, but it doesn't "blow up" in the usual, restricted meaning of the word (for example like a stick of dynamite in the ground does).
I hope it's a little bit more clear now, what I meant.



The bomb itself (the mechanism) works the same way. Just the result and the effects of the detonation and the explosion are different. Underground tests work under different parameters and fullfill different purposes. An underground detonation doesn't produce for example as much fallout or as big a mushroom cloud (which mostly go hand in hand). It does however direct the main force of the explosion upwards because there is less density and resistance. An effect a detonation in the air above ground does not have. But underground testing nowadays works a little but different yet again, because the "blowing up" aspect of the explosion is becoming less and less important. Controlled detonation and explosion with a maximum of usable data is the key to a successfull underground test. Blowing anything up in the process (except the bomb itself) is not important.

Ahhhh! Too much thinking!!!
:brain explodes: :spump: