Bomb Test Sites 10.3 TESTING SITE IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS Bikini and Enewetak Atolls were used as sites for tests related to nuclear weapons by the USA between 1946 and 1958 (see map in Fig. 10.12 for the location of Marshall Islands and vicinity). Sign in to download full-size image Fig...
The first,Missilemap, lets users precisely calculate the range, accuracy and warhead size of a nuclear weapon, launched from anywhere in the world, and with a target anywhere in the world. Missilemap was designed to make it easy to see the relationship between missile range, accuracy, and wa...
NUKEMAP The effects of a nuclear bomb aren't something the majority of people fully grasp. It's all a bit of a mystery really. We certainly grasp the destructive power of nuclear weapons, but outside of the point of impact, there are numerous other dangerous and deadly effects. For instan...
The disturbing number of nuclear bombs that humans have detonated throughout historyAlex Kuzoian
Organized into the 9th and 11th Squadrons ("Griffins" and "Arrows" respectively), these aircraft have a range of 1,600 km (extendable when equipped with drop tanks) and most likely are equipped to each carry a single nuclear bomb on the centerline pylon. If the F-16s have a nuclear ...
Australia has a unique relationship and history with nuclear technology. Between 1952 and 1963 the British government, with support from the Australian government, conducted atomic bomb testing in South and Western Australian Indigenous lands, knowing they were occupied by Indigenous communities (LoweCitat...
Target map of Kyoto, June 1945, with atomic bomb aiming point indicated, from General Groves’ files — a sign of how far along the plans were for Kyoto to be the first target of the atomic bomb. For more on the non-bombing of Kyoto, see my2020 article. ...
Apr 5: Scripps Howard News Service, "Group Links Nevada Bomb Test to Nuclear Plans." Apr 5: Las Vegas Sun, "Scientists Say Planned Blast a Part of Nuclear Testing." Apr 4: United Press International, "Desert Explosion to Simulate Mini-Nuke." Apr 4: Global Security Newswire, "U.S. Tes...
It's important to note that what happened here was a conventional explosion that threw radioactive material high into the air: it wasn't anything like a nuclear bomb. Pictures by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory courtesy of US Department of Energy. Nuclear power—good or bad? There are ...
Target map of Kyoto, June 1945, with atomic bomb aiming point indicated, from General Groves’ files — a sign of how far along the plans were for Kyoto to be the first target of the atomic bomb. For more on the non-bombing of Kyoto, see my2020 article. ...