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The most destructive weapon
In 1963, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the international community that the Soviet Union, a new weapon of terrible destructive force - the hydrogen bomb. Today overview of the most destructive weapons.
Hydrogen "Tsar Bomb»
The most powerful in the history of mankind hydrogen bomb was detonated in the Novaya Zemlya about 1, 5 years before the official statement about the presence of Khrushchev's Soviet 100-megaton hydrogen bomb. The main purpose of the tests - demonstration of military power of the USSR. While thermonuclear bomb, established in the United States, was almost 4 times weaker.
"Tsar-bomb" exploded at an altitude of 4200 m above sea level through 188 seconds after discharge from the bomber. Mushroom cloud explosion rose to an altitude of 67 km, and the radius of the fireball gap was 4, 6 km. The shock wave from the explosion three times circled the globe, and the ionization of the atmosphere created during the 40-minute radio interference in a radius of hundreds of kilometers. The temperature at the surface of the earth under the epicenter of the explosion was so high that the stones were turned into ashes. It is worth noting that the "Tsar-bomb", or as it is called, "gruel" was quite clear - 97% of the capacity necessary for the fusion reaction, which practically does not create radioactive contamination.
The atomic bomb
July 16, 1945 in the United States in the desert under the Alamogordo tested the first nuclear explosive device - a single-stage bomb «Gadget» based on plutonium.
In August 1945, the Americans demonstrated the power of new weapons all over the world: American bombers dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Soviet Union officially announced the availability of the atomic bomb March 8, 1950, marking the end of US monopoly on the world's most destructive weapons.
Chemical weapons
The first case in the history of the use of chemical weapons in the war can be considered April 22, 1915, the year when the Belgian town of Ypres Germany applied chlorine against Russian soldiers. From a huge cloud of chlorine released from cylinders mounted on the forefront of the German positions, severe poisoning received 15 thousand. People, of which 5 thousand. Killed.
In World War II, Japan many times to use chemical weapons during the conflict with China. During the bombing of the Chinese city Votsyuy Japanese chemical shells dropped in 1000, and later - in 2500 more bombs under Dinsyanom. Chemical weapons were used by the Japanese until the end of the war. Total of toxic chemicals killed 50 thousand. Man among military and civilian casualties.
The next step in the use of chemical weapons did the Americans. During the Vietnam War, they are very actively used poison gas, leaving the civilian population no chance of escape. Since 1963, over Vietnam sprayed 72 million. Liters of defoliants. They were used for the destruction of forests, which hides the Vietnamese guerrillas, and the bombing of settlements. Dioxin, which is present in all mixtures, settles in the body and cause liver disease, blood malformations in newborns. According to statistics, from chemical attacks affected about 4, 8 million people, most of them after the war.
Laser weapons
Laser Cannon
In 2010, the Americans said they conducted a successful test of laser weapons. According to reports which have appeared in the media, not far from the coast of California beam laser gun capacity of 32 megawatts were shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles. Planes were shot down from a distance of more than three kilometers. Earlier, the Americans reported that successfully tested laser airborne, destroying in the boost phase trajectory ballistic missile.
Agency for the US Missile Defense notes that laser weapons will be very popular because it can be used to strike on several targets at the speed of light at a distance of several hundred kilometers.
Biological weapons
Letter with white powder anthrax
Start of biological warfare refers to the ancient world, when in 1500 BC Hittites didst send a plague on the enemy territory. Virtue of biological weapons understood many of the army and left the fortress of the enemy infested corpses. It is believed that the 10 biblical plagues - not vengeful divine acts, and biological warfare campaign. One of the world's most dangerous viruses is anthrax. In 2001, the offices of the US Senate began receiving letters with white powder. Went a rumor that it disputes the deadly bacteria Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax. Were infected 22 people, 5 killed. Deadly bacteria live in the soil. A person can become infected with anthrax spores if touches, inhales or swallow it.
MLRS "Smerch»
Multiple launch rocket systems "Smerch»
Multiple launch rocket systems "Smerch" experts call the most terrible weapons after a nuclear bomb. For the preparation of the 12-barreled "Smerch" is necessary to fight just 3 minutes on a full volley - 38 seconds. "Smerch" allows you to effectively combat modern tanks and other armored vehicles. Launches rockets can be made from the cockpit combat vehicle or using the keypad. Their combat characteristics "Smerch" saves in a wide temperature range - from +50 C to -50 ° C and at any time of the day.
Missile complex "Topol-M»
Modernized missile complex "Topol-M" is the core of the entire group of strategic rocket forces. Intercontinental strategic complex "Topol-M" - a 3-stage solid-fuel rocket monoblock, "packaged" in the transport and launch container. In such a package, it may be 15 years. The service life of the missile system, which is available both in the mine and in the ground version - more than 20 years. Piece of the head of the "Topol-M" can be replaced with multiple warheads carrying just three independent warheads. This makes it invulnerable to missile defense systems. Existing agreement that Russia will not allow, but it is possible that the situation may change.
Specifications:
length of the body with the head part - 22, 7 m,
diameter - 1, 86 m,
starting weight - 47, 2 t,
throw-weight of 1200 kg payload,
range - 11 thousand km.
Neutron bomb
Neutron bomb Samuel Cohen
The neutron bomb, created by the American scientist Samuel Cohen, destroys only living organisms and causes minimal disruption. The shock wave from the neutron bomb is only 10-20% of the energy released, whereas in conventional atomic explosion at it accounts for about 50% of the energy.
Cohen said that his child is "the most moral weapon that has ever been created." In 1978, the Soviet Union made a proposal to ban the production of neutron weapons, but in the West support this project not found. In 1981, the United States began producing neutron charges, but today they do not consist in service.
Intercontinental ballistic missile RS-20 "Voivod» (Satana)
Intercontinental ballistic missiles "Voivod", created in 1970, bringing terror to the probable enemy only by the fact of its existence. SS-18 (model 5), classified as "Voivod" hit the Guinness Book of Records as the most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. She carries a charge capacity of 10,750 kilotons of independent homing warheads. Foreign counterparts "Satan" is not created until now.
Specifications:
length of the body with the head part - 34, 3 m,
diameter - 3 m,
throw-weight of 8800 kg payload,
range - more than 11 thousand km.
Rocket "Sarmat»
In 2018 - 2020 years of Russian army were armed with the latest heavy ballistic missile "Sarmat". Technical data rockets were not disclosed, but according to military experts, the new missile outperforms complex with heavy missiles "Voivod".
Hydrogen "Tsar Bomb»
The most powerful in the history of mankind hydrogen bomb was detonated in the Novaya Zemlya about 1, 5 years before the official statement about the presence of Khrushchev's Soviet 100-megaton hydrogen bomb. The main purpose of the tests - demonstration of military power of the USSR. While thermonuclear bomb, established in the United States, was almost 4 times weaker.
"Tsar-bomb" exploded at an altitude of 4200 m above sea level through 188 seconds after discharge from the bomber. Mushroom cloud explosion rose to an altitude of 67 km, and the radius of the fireball gap was 4, 6 km. The shock wave from the explosion three times circled the globe, and the ionization of the atmosphere created during the 40-minute radio interference in a radius of hundreds of kilometers. The temperature at the surface of the earth under the epicenter of the explosion was so high that the stones were turned into ashes. It is worth noting that the "Tsar-bomb", or as it is called, "gruel" was quite clear - 97% of the capacity necessary for the fusion reaction, which practically does not create radioactive contamination.
The atomic bomb
July 16, 1945 in the United States in the desert under the Alamogordo tested the first nuclear explosive device - a single-stage bomb «Gadget» based on plutonium.
In August 1945, the Americans demonstrated the power of new weapons all over the world: American bombers dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Soviet Union officially announced the availability of the atomic bomb March 8, 1950, marking the end of US monopoly on the world's most destructive weapons.
Chemical weapons
The first case in the history of the use of chemical weapons in the war can be considered April 22, 1915, the year when the Belgian town of Ypres Germany applied chlorine against Russian soldiers. From a huge cloud of chlorine released from cylinders mounted on the forefront of the German positions, severe poisoning received 15 thousand. People, of which 5 thousand. Killed.
In World War II, Japan many times to use chemical weapons during the conflict with China. During the bombing of the Chinese city Votsyuy Japanese chemical shells dropped in 1000, and later - in 2500 more bombs under Dinsyanom. Chemical weapons were used by the Japanese until the end of the war. Total of toxic chemicals killed 50 thousand. Man among military and civilian casualties.
The next step in the use of chemical weapons did the Americans. During the Vietnam War, they are very actively used poison gas, leaving the civilian population no chance of escape. Since 1963, over Vietnam sprayed 72 million. Liters of defoliants. They were used for the destruction of forests, which hides the Vietnamese guerrillas, and the bombing of settlements. Dioxin, which is present in all mixtures, settles in the body and cause liver disease, blood malformations in newborns. According to statistics, from chemical attacks affected about 4, 8 million people, most of them after the war.
Laser weapons
Laser Cannon
In 2010, the Americans said they conducted a successful test of laser weapons. According to reports which have appeared in the media, not far from the coast of California beam laser gun capacity of 32 megawatts were shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles. Planes were shot down from a distance of more than three kilometers. Earlier, the Americans reported that successfully tested laser airborne, destroying in the boost phase trajectory ballistic missile.
Agency for the US Missile Defense notes that laser weapons will be very popular because it can be used to strike on several targets at the speed of light at a distance of several hundred kilometers.
Biological weapons
Letter with white powder anthrax
Start of biological warfare refers to the ancient world, when in 1500 BC Hittites didst send a plague on the enemy territory. Virtue of biological weapons understood many of the army and left the fortress of the enemy infested corpses. It is believed that the 10 biblical plagues - not vengeful divine acts, and biological warfare campaign. One of the world's most dangerous viruses is anthrax. In 2001, the offices of the US Senate began receiving letters with white powder. Went a rumor that it disputes the deadly bacteria Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax. Were infected 22 people, 5 killed. Deadly bacteria live in the soil. A person can become infected with anthrax spores if touches, inhales or swallow it.
MLRS "Smerch»
Multiple launch rocket systems "Smerch»
Multiple launch rocket systems "Smerch" experts call the most terrible weapons after a nuclear bomb. For the preparation of the 12-barreled "Smerch" is necessary to fight just 3 minutes on a full volley - 38 seconds. "Smerch" allows you to effectively combat modern tanks and other armored vehicles. Launches rockets can be made from the cockpit combat vehicle or using the keypad. Their combat characteristics "Smerch" saves in a wide temperature range - from +50 C to -50 ° C and at any time of the day.
Missile complex "Topol-M»
Modernized missile complex "Topol-M" is the core of the entire group of strategic rocket forces. Intercontinental strategic complex "Topol-M" - a 3-stage solid-fuel rocket monoblock, "packaged" in the transport and launch container. In such a package, it may be 15 years. The service life of the missile system, which is available both in the mine and in the ground version - more than 20 years. Piece of the head of the "Topol-M" can be replaced with multiple warheads carrying just three independent warheads. This makes it invulnerable to missile defense systems. Existing agreement that Russia will not allow, but it is possible that the situation may change.
Specifications:
length of the body with the head part - 22, 7 m,
diameter - 1, 86 m,
starting weight - 47, 2 t,
throw-weight of 1200 kg payload,
range - 11 thousand km.
Neutron bomb
Neutron bomb Samuel Cohen
The neutron bomb, created by the American scientist Samuel Cohen, destroys only living organisms and causes minimal disruption. The shock wave from the neutron bomb is only 10-20% of the energy released, whereas in conventional atomic explosion at it accounts for about 50% of the energy.
Cohen said that his child is "the most moral weapon that has ever been created." In 1978, the Soviet Union made a proposal to ban the production of neutron weapons, but in the West support this project not found. In 1981, the United States began producing neutron charges, but today they do not consist in service.
Intercontinental ballistic missile RS-20 "Voivod» (Satana)
Intercontinental ballistic missiles "Voivod", created in 1970, bringing terror to the probable enemy only by the fact of its existence. SS-18 (model 5), classified as "Voivod" hit the Guinness Book of Records as the most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. She carries a charge capacity of 10,750 kilotons of independent homing warheads. Foreign counterparts "Satan" is not created until now.
Specifications:
length of the body with the head part - 34, 3 m,
diameter - 3 m,
throw-weight of 8800 kg payload,
range - more than 11 thousand km.
Rocket "Sarmat»
In 2018 - 2020 years of Russian army were armed with the latest heavy ballistic missile "Sarmat". Technical data rockets were not disclosed, but according to military experts, the new missile outperforms complex with heavy missiles "Voivod".
