Nuclear Bomb Simulator

[Googer]

Enter the bomb size and your nearst large city to see how you may be affected.

http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/hydesim.html

 

[jlee]

I can't get a bomb big enough to reach me..so I suppose that's a good thing.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: CadetLee
I can't get a bomb big enough to reach me..so I suppose that's a good thing.

Did you enter your lattitude and logitude?

 

[Fenixgoon]

also dont forget that the values are in kilotons, so a megaton a 10 megaton bomb would be 10,000 kilotons.

 

[K1052]

"No other effects, such as thermal damage or fallout levels, are included in this tool"

The thermal/radiation effects from a multi-megaton nuclear detonation are quite important IMO. The themal radiation itself can set fire to sructures/people far away from the pressure wave.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: K1052
"No other effects, such as thermal damage or fallout levels, are included in this tool"

The thermal/radiation effects from a multi-megaton nuclear detonation are quite important IMO. The themal radiation itself can set fire to sructures/people far away from the pressure wave.

That would all depend on the weather of that day, it's really hard to predict what the true effects of that would be.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Googer

That would all depend on the weather of that day, it's really hard to predict what the true effects of that would be.

Well one thing's for sure. It would be bad. :Q

 

[Amused]

It also makes no adjustment for geographical issues like mountains that would block shockwaves.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: K1052
"No other effects, such as thermal damage or fallout levels, are included in this tool"

The thermal/radiation effects from a multi-megaton nuclear detonation are quite important IMO. The themal radiation itself can set fire to sructures/people far away from the pressure wave.

That would all depend on the weather of that day, it's really hard to predict what the true effects of that would be.

Fallout would be problematic not knowing the weapon design, detonation altitude, etc..

I would think thermal/prompt radiation damage would be doable.

 

[loic2003]

FYI the North Korea test bomb was in the region of 500 Kilotonnes if you'd like to see what it could do.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: loic2003
FYI the North Korea test bomb was in the region of 500 Kilotonnes if you'd like to see what it could do.

Differing reports at this time SK says 550 tons and the Russians say up to 15 kilotons

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: CadetLee
I can't get a bomb big enough to reach me..so I suppose that's a good thing.

Did you enter your lattitude and logitude?

No -- used Boston as the closest city. I doubt anybody would want to bother with northern NH. Hopefully not, anyway.

 

[Googer]

Miami, Fl coordinates

-80.32106, 25.67399

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: loic2003
FYI the North Korea test bomb was in the region of 500 Kilotonnes if you'd like to see what it could do.

Differing reports at this time SK says 550 tons and the Russians say up to 15 kilotons

I meant 0.5Kt... sorry!

 

[mwmorph]

Hmm, i thought i live pretty close to DC, but it would take a bomb no one has to reach me. It would require about 15megatons to reach me at +1psi and maybe 10 megatons to get me at +.25psi and as of now, i dont think even the US or the old republics of the USSR have any in stock.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
Hmm, i thought i live pretty close to DC, but it would take a bomb no one has to reach me. It would require about 15megatons to reach me at +1psi and maybe 10 megatons to get me at +.25psi and as of now, i dont think even the US or the old republics of the USSR have any in stock.

The Chinese ICBMs mount about a 10Mt single warhead.

 

[sswingle]

So how many KT would we reasonably expect in an attack?

 

[Horus]

Freaky.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Whoa...don't put in -1

End of the world!

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Whoa...don't put in -1

End of the world!

LOL

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: mwmorph
Hmm, i thought i live pretty close to DC, but it would take a bomb no one has to reach me. It would require about 15megatons to reach me at +1psi and maybe 10 megatons to get me at +.25psi and as of now, i dont think even the US or the old republics of the USSR have any in stock.

The Chinese ICBMs mount about a 10Mt single warhead.

you know ignorance is bliss right?

Anyway there is no reason for China to sell their nukes or to hate America(for now anyway). I think the chinese government is pretty stable, Uzbekistan or even Russia on the other hand...

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
Hmm, i thought i live pretty close to DC, but it would take a bomb no one has to reach me. It would require about 15megatons to reach me at +1psi and maybe 10 megatons to get me at +.25psi and as of now, i dont think even the US or the old republics of the USSR have any in stock.

Russia has (or had) 50 Megaton and 100 Megaton warheads. The problem with the 100 Megaton bomb is that they did not have an airplane large enough to carry it.

The Russian AH-124 makes a Boeing 747 look like a baby Cessna and yet they could not fit a 100 Megaton Warhead in it.
http://www.raphoto.com/avbio01.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-124

And was later supplanted by the Antov 225 (still too small for a 100 Megaton Bomb)
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=389
http://www.geocities.com/perry_peterson_1999/225d-large.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225

 

[CaptnKirk]

MX Warhead - 300 KT

What the OP's article doesn't allude to is to 'stacking' or 'pancaking' - where a ground burst is topped
with a one mile high altitude burst - the 'cap' blows the ground burst back down and sideways, increasing the effect 100 fold.
It extends the affected zone around ground zero by more than 10 times the radius of a single warhead.

 

[manlymatt83]

wow...

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
MX Warhead - 300 KT

What the OP's article doesn't allude to is to 'stacking' or 'pancaking' - where a ground burst is topped
with a one mile high altitude burst - the 'cap' blows the ground burst back down and sideways, increasing the effect 100 fold.
It extends the affected zone around ground zero by more than 10 times the radius of a single warhead.

Al Qaeda probably does not have ICBMs so that kind of an attack is most likely a fear of the past.