Damage zones radiation zones and likely rescue activities after a nuclear detonation. Damage zones after a nuclear detonation zoned approach to the response. Blast overpressure that characterizes the sd zone is 5 8 psi and greater.
The sd zone may have a radius on the order of a 0 5 mile 0 8 km for a 10 kt detonation. 35 for comparison the largest weapon ever produced by the u s the now decommissioned b41 had a predicted maximum yield of 25 megatons of tnt 100 pj. The tsar bomba is the single most physically powerful device ever deployed on earth.
Red circle total destruction radius 35 kilometers yellow circle fireball radius 3 5 kilometers. A new jersey based historian and former programmer has created two websites to help show users the range and potential damage from the detonation of a nuclear weapon. The united states russia france china and the united kingdom but recent claims by north korea suggest that a sixth country may be on the list.
Only five countries have been confirmed to have built hydrogen bombs. In comparison the nuclear bomb dropped on nagasaki japan caused destruction within a radius of roughly 5 miles 8 km. With the atomic bomb we dropped in nagasaki it killed everybody within a mile radius morse told time on friday adding that a hydrogen bomb s reach would be closer to 5 or 10 miles.
In a 1 km 0 6 mile radius the peak pressure is four times that amount and wind speeds can reach 756 km h 470 mph. Within a 6 km 3 7 mile radius of a 1 megaton bomb blast waves will produce 180 tonnes of force on the walls of all two storey buildings and wind speeds of 255 km h 158 mph. For instance the map of the left illustrates the damage radius if a b61 gravity bomb exploded in some part of delhi while the right aerial map illustrates damage that.
Project damage from nuclear bombs in new delhi. Nuclear weapons cause catastrophic damage but have you ever wondered what would be the actual extent of destruction if atomic bombs of various intensity were dropped on some city. Drag the marker to wherever you d like to target.
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Nuclear bomb destruction radius. Much of the destruction caused by a nuclear explosion is due to blast effects. Most buildings except reinforced or blast resistant structures will suffer moderate damage when subjected to overpressures of only 35 5 kilopascals kpa 5 15 pounds force per square inch or 0 35 atm. Data obtained from the japanese surveys found that 8 psi 55 kpa was sufficient to destroy all wooden and brick. To illustrate that reality nukemap lets you build a hypothetical nuclear bomb and drop it anywhere on earth.
The software uses declassified equations and models about nuclear weapons and their effects fireball size air blast radius radiation zones and more to crunch the numbers then renders the results as graphics inside google maps. Nukemap is a mapping mash up that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.
Nukemap is a mapping mash up that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb. The software uses declassified equations and models about nuclear weapons and their effects fireball size air blast radius radiation zones and more to crunch the numbers then renders the results as graphics inside google maps. To illustrate that reality nukemap lets you build a hypothetical nuclear bomb and drop it anywhere on earth.
Data obtained from the japanese surveys found that 8 psi 55 kpa was sufficient to destroy all wooden and brick. Most buildings except reinforced or blast resistant structures will suffer moderate damage when subjected to overpressures of only 35 5 kilopascals kpa 5 15 pounds force per square inch or 0 35 atm. Much of the destruction caused by a nuclear explosion is due to blast effects.
