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How far can nuclear missile travel?

Depends on how it is transported. There are different types of missiles with different ranges. Also you can carry nuclear bombs on airplanes, so literally everywhere in that case.


How far can a nuclear bomb travel?

A gravity dropped nuclear bomb could fall several tens of thousands of feet from bomber to detonation. A ballistic missile's warhead could travel tens of thousands of miles from launch site to detonation.


What is the difference between a conventional bomb and an atomic bomb?

A standard bomb relies on the explosive power of chemical energy, like TNT for example. The size of the blast will depend on the amount of explosives packed into the bomb. After the blast, there will be the "usual" damage, which will be proportionate to the size of the bomb. Destruction and casualties will present as they always have from the blast of a weapon. With a nuclear weapon, the energy is derived from the nuclei of atoms (using either fission or fusion). It is nuclear energy, and nuclear weapons are, by tapping into this type of energy, able to deliver a much larger blast and broader blast effects than conventional weapons. The blast can be thousands or millions of times more devastating than any conventional bomb blast. And in addition to killing in the way chemical explosives do, it can also severely burn and can irradiate victims, and they can die weeks, months or even years after surviving the initial blast. There is also the element of nuclear "residue" from the nuclear blast. Radioactive contaminants will be found on the ground and in the air. And the airborne ones will circulate according to local weather patterns. This will create what is called fallout, and the radioactive materials can be deposited many miles from ground zero. This ends up creating health damaging effects far from the site of the blast.


How far can sound travel through air?

Sound conduction through air is dependent on temperature and the strength of the sound, but sound can travel extremely far in the air. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa volcano (Level 6 on the Volcanic Scale. The eruption was equivalent to a 200 megaton blast, or 13,000 times that of the Hiroshima bomb, and 4 times that of the largest nuclear device ever detonated, the Tsar Bomba, at 50 megatons. The eruption was heard over 3,000 miles away.


How far does the blast from a nuclear weapon travel?

There are too many factors to give you one simple answer. It will depend on the yield (size) of the weapon, where it is detonated (on ground, low airburst, high airburst) etc. A 150 kiloton weapon, low airburst, would cause 3rd degree burns at about 5.4 kilometers, and cause total destruction of ordinary buildings (from blast) out to 4 kilometers. Current day nuclear weapon are LESS powerful than the VERY large weapons from the 50s and 60s- better guidance systems can place the weapon on target within a matter of feet- in the 1960s, it was a matter of miles.

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Why do people think nuclear testing above ground was eventually banned?

They learned about how far fallout can travel and affect people outside blast zones.


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THey are nuclear powered, the fuel they carry is for the airplanes


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How far can nuclear missile travel?

Depends on how it is transported. There are different types of missiles with different ranges. Also you can carry nuclear bombs on airplanes, so literally everywhere in that case.


How far can a nuclear bomb travel?

A gravity dropped nuclear bomb could fall several tens of thousands of feet from bomber to detonation. A ballistic missile's warhead could travel tens of thousands of miles from launch site to detonation.


How far can a submarine travel before the gas emptys?

It Runs On Nuclear So it could go for about 20 years or so


What is the difference between a conventional bomb and an atomic bomb?

A standard bomb relies on the explosive power of chemical energy, like TNT for example. The size of the blast will depend on the amount of explosives packed into the bomb. After the blast, there will be the "usual" damage, which will be proportionate to the size of the bomb. Destruction and casualties will present as they always have from the blast of a weapon. With a nuclear weapon, the energy is derived from the nuclei of atoms (using either fission or fusion). It is nuclear energy, and nuclear weapons are, by tapping into this type of energy, able to deliver a much larger blast and broader blast effects than conventional weapons. The blast can be thousands or millions of times more devastating than any conventional bomb blast. And in addition to killing in the way chemical explosives do, it can also severely burn and can irradiate victims, and they can die weeks, months or even years after surviving the initial blast. There is also the element of nuclear "residue" from the nuclear blast. Radioactive contaminants will be found on the ground and in the air. And the airborne ones will circulate according to local weather patterns. This will create what is called fallout, and the radioactive materials can be deposited many miles from ground zero. This ends up creating health damaging effects far from the site of the blast.


How far could the nuclear missiles in Cuba travel?

They could have hit targets in roughly half the territory of the 48 contiguous states.