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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-09-2017, 01:53 PM
A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
The "power" of a nuclear weapon is described as yield.
There are three main types of nuclear weapons.
Atom bomb: A fission weapon. Relatively low yield. Nagasaki "Fat Man".
Hydrogen bomb: Otherwise known as a thermonuclear weapon. Uses fission to produce a fusion reaction. Relatively high yield.
Neutron bomb: Relatively low yield, but uniquely produces a lethal neutron burst.
A nuclear weapon is actually a machine. If the machine is not precisely designed and manufactured, it will destroy itself before all the nuclear fuel is consumed, limiting its actual yield.
Therefore, unlike a conventional bomb, adding more fuel does not directly result in a higher yield nuclear weapon.
A skilled design team and a moderate-technology industrial base are required to produce a nuclear weapon of significant yield.
A very skilled design team and a high-technology modern industrial base are required to produce a miniaturized nuclear weapon of significant yield.
This is a technical presentation only. Nuclear weapons are broadly misunderstood.
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-09-2017, 03:23 PM
How about some knowledgeable info on fallout and long-term effects of "modern" nukes.
Say a nuke is dropped on city X. How long until X is re-habitable? Nuclear winter, how realistic are we talking?
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-09-2017, 04:55 PM
Quote: (08-09-2017 03:23 PM)Atomic Wrote:
How about some knowledgeable info on fallout and long-term effects of "modern" nukes.
Say a nuke is dropped on city X. How long until X is re-habitable? Nuclear winter, how realistic are we talking?
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-09-2017, 10:27 PM
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-11-2017, 07:17 PM
It takes about two weeks hiding in a bunker to wait for the radiation levels to drop. The real threat is the possibility of one or two years of crop failure due to the nuclear winter caused by a massive exchange, leading to mass starvation. Countries that depend on food aid will have massive casualties from famine even without any bombs dropping on them.
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-11-2017, 07:34 PM
One more argument for having a pet zebra in your backyard. When the SHTF, there's 1,000lbs of meat at your disposal.
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-12-2017, 12:27 AM
I don't buy NK's capabilities of hitting mainland USA. They've only tested rockets a couple hundred miles. To get one like 6,000 miles to the U.S. would take incredible talent on their part. Unless the Chinese gave them all the technical knowhow I think theyre just blowing smoke. And frankly why would kim jong want to go down swinging by nuking some shitty island.
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-12-2017, 02:52 PM
Types of nuclear weapons:
1st Generation:
- Radiological weapons (Dirty bomb)
- Semi fission or Atomic fizzle bomb
- The pure fission or atomic bomb
2nd Generation:
- Boosted fission weapons
- Fission-fusion or full Hydrogen bomb
- The neutron bomb
- The salted or Doomsday bomb
3rd Generation:
- Pure fusion bomb or pure Hydrogen bomb
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A 3-Minute Briefing On Nuclear Weapons
08-19-2017, 06:21 AM
Quote: (08-12-2017 12:27 AM)Disco_Volante Wrote:
I don't buy NK's capabilities of hitting mainland USA. They've only tested rockets a couple hundred miles. To get one like 6,000 miles to the U.S. would take incredible talent on their part. Unless the Chinese gave them all the technical knowhow I think theyre just blowing smoke. And frankly why would kim jong want to go down swinging by nuking some shitty island.
They don't need to 'hit' anything to achieve a result. In order to get an effective EMP they just need to lob one high enough into the air - which is what they've been testing.
McKenzie Institute - EMP Threat
Have not read this yet, but it is on my reading list:
Pulse Attack - Anthony Furey
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