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Why were tactical nuclear weapons developed, and have they ever been utilized? No one has ever used a tactical nuclear weapon in combat. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union developed them early on during the Cold War as a method of deterrence. The NATO allies had them in Europe as part...
Today, the method used in World War II against Japan — gravity bombs carried by aircraft — remains a viable way to deliver nuclear weapons. But over the years, as warheads have decreased in size, other options have become available. Many countries have stockpiled several ballistic and cruise...
Napalm devastated Japanese cities, especially since many houses were made of wood. A napalm bombing campaign against Tokyo on March 9, 1945, killed an estimated 100,000 people and burned 15 square miles (39 square kilometers) of the city [source: Laney]. Allied forces also used napalm in ...
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is a real. “In the absence of the atmosphere, nuclear radiation will suffer no physical attenuation and the only degradation in intensity will arise from reduction with distance,” the paper says. “As a result the range of significant dosages will be many times greater than is the case at...
I don’t know how many per acre, but that was POOR land. We were at enough altitude I couldn’t grow any flowers, pretty much at all, and our neighbors had landscaped with “native plants” that were spiky and ugly. (And a lot of rocks.) The land behind us was mostly scrub oak...