25 interesting facts about nuclear weapons in pictures

1. The radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki h3>



Today, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the radiation level is normal, because the bombs dropped on the cities exploded above the ground.

2. Lucky Yamaguchi h3>



Tsutomu Yamaguchi - Japanese who survived both explosions, both in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

3. Marathon Tanaka h3>



Shigeki Tanaka, another person who survived the bombing of Hiroshima, won the Boston Marathon in 1951.

4. Fat Man and Little Boy h3>



Two bombs that were dropped on Japan, called "Fat Man" and "The Kid».

5. Kokura h3>



The bomb that destroyed Nagasaki, had to be dropped on the Japanese city of Kokura, but clouds and fog completely concealed in Kokure Ordnance Factory, which was the original intent. Therefore, the bomber went to the spare target - Nagasaki.

6. Bonsai 1626 h3>



Bonsai tree, which was planted in 1626, survived the explosion in Hiroshima. At present, it is stored in an American museum.

7. Tsunami after the bombing h3> A month after the bombing of Hiroshima hit tsunami that claimed the lives of another 2,000.

8. Conversion nuclear bombs h3>



10% of US electricity is generated from the conversion of nuclear bombs.

9. Explosion in space h3>



In 1962 the United States detonated the bomb, which was 100 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Japan. It was blown up in space, at an altitude of nearly 400 km over the Pacific Ocean.

10. $ 2 billion for the war h3> Until 1988, the US government filed a $ 2 billion on the project "Mount Pony" in the event of nuclear war.

11. Attraction in Las Vegas h3>



In the 1950s ground nuclear tests were a major attraction in Las Vegas.

12. The explosion on the Moon h3> United States during the Cold War developed the project of the explosion of the atomic bomb on the moon to show its military might.

13. Normal clip h3> The amount of active substance that caused the explosion in Hiroshima, was no more than an ordinary paper clip.

14. The number of atomic bombs h3>



Russia now has 8,400 nuclear warheads, the United States - 7650. All other countries possess ten times fewer nuclear bombs. In France they are 300 in the UK - 225, and in China - 240.

15. Lost Hell h3> As a result of the accident were lost 11 US nuclear bombs. They were never found.

16. Panama Canal 2 h3>



Dr. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, developed a terrible weapon for peaceful purposes. In particular, he suggested that a series of carefully drawn explosions can create a channel, like Panama.

17. The loss in 1958 h3> Somewhere off the coast of Georgia, the United States has a nuclear bomb, which had lost the US Air Force in 1958.

18. Computed tomography h3>



During the CT scan the patient's body is irradiated with the same amount of radiation as if he was standing in 2, 5 km from the explosion in Hiroshima.

19. Atomic Bomb Museum h3>



In New Mexico, there is a museum of the atomic bomb at the site of the world's first nuclear test. Trinity Site is working only 12 hours a year.

20. Neutron Bomb h3> neutron bomb - atomic bombs, specifically designed not to create a big bang. Instead, they create an enormous radioactivity.

21. Tsar Bomb h3>



Tsar Bomb - the largest nuclear bomb tests which were carried out by means of detonation. The explosion was so powerful that the seismic wave after him three times circled the globe.

22. Geography NATO h3> In the framework of exchange programs weapon NATO US nuclear warheads are stored in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.

23. Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 h3>



One way to check out whether a nuclear test is the detection of cesium-137 and strontium-90. These isotopes existed in nature before the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945.

24. Reset over North Carolina h3> In 1961, a US Air Force aircraft accident were dropped two atomic bombs over North Carolina. Fortunately, they did not explode.

25. "Vela Incident» h3>



Of the more than 2,000 nuclear tests were carried out one by someone unknown. "Vela Incident" - registered 3-kiloton explosion of a bomb in the Indian Ocean in 1979 of unknown origin.



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