Nuclear Weapons

Atomic Bomb

(fission)

< 1 – 500,000 tons of TNT

Bikini Atoll 1946

Hydrogen Bomb

(fusion)

1,000 x’s power atomic bomb

1st Hydrogen Bomb Test 1952

Hydrogen Bomb test 1950s

Hydrogen Bomb Test 1955

Underground Test1950s

Cannon Test 1956

50,000 kt

15,000 kt

10,400 kt

19 kt

15 kt

1-44 t

Effects (20,000 kt)

• Damage3 miles – Total Destruction10 miles – Most Buildings Destroyed30 miles – Moderate Damage

• Burns18 miles – Conflagration23 miles – 3rd Degree27 miles – 2nd Degree32 miles – 1st Degree

Duck & Cover1952

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