Can a nuke create a tsunami?

Conceivably tsunami waves can also be generated from very large nuclear explosions. However, no tsunami of any significance has ever resulted from the testing of nuclear weapons in the past. Furthermore, such testing is presently prohibited by international treaty.

What happens if a nuke blows up in water?

At the maximum diameter of the first oscillation, a very large nuclear bomb exploded in very deep water creates a bubble about a half-mile (800 m) wide in about one second and then contracts, which also takes about a second. Blast bubbles from deep nuclear explosions have slightly longer oscillations than shallow ones.

Can you survive a nuke in water?

If you're in the pool the pressure wave could crush you depending on strength of blast. Water can't compress, but if you're in the water you'll be crushed. So there's a two fold issue to entertain your idea, heat and pressure. Radiation will be your next concern if you survive the initial blast.

Can a fridge save you from a nuke?

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Where is the safest place on earth if there is a nuclear war?

Antarctica. Antarctica could be the safest place to go in the event of nuclear war because the Antarctic Treaty banned all detonation of nuclear weapons there. It is also far from any major targets.

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What if a nuke went off in the Mariana Trench?

What would happen if you detonated a nuclear bomb in the Mariana Trench? Much wittier than what I was going to say, but in the same regards. Basically a Nuclear bomb would go off and some life would be disrupted. Perhaps depending on how close it was to the sea floor, a crater would also form.

What would happen if a nuke went off in Yellowstone?

So in conclusion, nothing would happen and Yellowstone would not erupt if for some reason a nuclear bomb was detonated near the supervolcano.

Would a nuke hurt?

In a nuclear blast, injury or death may occur as a result of the blast itself or as a result of debris thrown from the blast. People may experience moderate to severe skin burns, depending on their distance from the blast site.

Is Hiroshima still radioactive?

Is there still radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki today is on a par with the extremely low levels of background radiation (natural radioactivity) present anywhere on Earth. It has no effect on human bodies.

How many nukes will end the world?

This is why another study had been conducted in 2018 testing a similar scenario that also concluded that it would take 100 nuclear bombs to end this world. What is scarier is that within this world there are 13,080 ready-to-use nuclear warheads and yet it takes such a small amount.

What if a nuke hits NYC?

According to Outrider, “the fireball forms immediately from the burning bomb residue, and it emits an enormous amount of energy as x-rays, light, and heat, expanding out as it cools. Anything—or anyone—inside the fireball would be vaporized in an instant.” Since Manhattan is so close, you probably won't survive.

Can we nuke a volcano?

Geologists warn that trying to bomb a volcano might actually make things worse. A lot worse. The explosion of the bomb mixed with the build-up of pressure inside a volcano could amplify the eruption.

What would happen if you launched a nuke into the sun?

It's safe to say the nuclear bomb will have no effect at all. But actually it's even harder than that to perturb the sun. The nuclear bomb would be vaporised long before it reached the surface. It could be detonated in space somewhere near the sun.

How far can a nuke destroy?

The volume the weapon's energy spreads into varies as the cube of the distance, but the destroyed area varies at the square of the distance. Thus 1 bomb with a yield of 1 megaton would destroy 80 square miles. While 8 bombs, each with a yield of 125 kilotons, would destroy 160 square miles.

What does a nuclear bomb sound like?

There is at least some testing footage from the era that features sound. It is jarring to hear. The boom is more like a shotgun than a thunderclap, and it's followed by a sustained roar.

Can a metal survive nuclear bomb?

No known material can inherently withstand the heat, radiation, and pressure wave of a nuclear explosion at close range. There is no vibranium or adamantium. All man-made samples of small size would simply shatter, melt, and vaporize.

What will happen if Yellowstone erupts?

The enormous amount of volcanic material in the atmosphere would subsequently rain down toxic ash; across the entire US, but principally in the Northwest. The ash would also kill plants, animals, crush buildings with its weight, block freeways, and ruin the country's farmland for a generation.

What would happen if we nuked Jupiter?

In short: Nuking Jupiter won't do much. As you correctly noted, there is definitely not enough oxygen in Jupiter's atmosphere to support combustion, so the bomb would not ignite the hydrogen.

Can a wormhole exist?

Einstein's theory of general relativity mathematically predicts the existence of wormholes, but none have been discovered to date. A negative mass wormhole might be spotted by the way its gravity affects light that passes by.

Is a white hole real?

The short answer, unfortunately, is no. White holes are really just something scientists have imagined — they could exist, but we've never seen one, or even seen clues that one may exist. For now, they are an idea. To put it simply, you can imagine a white hole as being a black hole in reverse.

Can a Russian nuke reach the US?

New START limits all Russian deployed intercontinental-range nuclear weapons, including every Russian nuclear warhead that is loaded onto an intercontinental-range ballistic missile that can reach the United States in approximately 30 minutes.

Can a nuke be shot down?

The Aegis ballistic missile defense-equipped SM-3 Block II-A missile demonstrated it can shoot down an ICBM target on 16 Nov 2020.