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Could you nuke the moon out of orbit?
So could we actually blast the moon out of its orbit? According to the military’s study, it would take somewhere in the range of 10 billion and 10 trillion megatons of TNT to cause the Moon to leave its orbit. If we detonated every single nuclear bomb on the planet we would still only generate 7,000 megatons.
What does nuke from orbit mean?
The phrase nuke it from orbit basically means to wipe your system and start from a clean slate.
What would happen if you nuked the poles?
The idea is that we would explode thermonuclear bombs in the sky over the planet’s two poles. This would heat up the ice caps, and release carbon dioxide and water from the poles. Then, the greenhouse effect would take place.
Can you drop a nuke from space?
If a nuclear weapon is exploded in a vacuum-i. e., in space-the complexion of weapon effects changes drastically: First, in the absence of an atmosphere, blast disappears completely. There is no longer any air for the blast wave to heat and much higher frequency radiation is emitted from the weapon itself.
What would happen if we set off a nuke on the moon?
The explosion would also likely create a shotgun-like blast of moon debris, as lower gravity makes it easier for moon rocks and dust to easily escape the moon’s gravity. This would be ejected into space, but also strike Earth, creating micrometeor showers visible in the night sky.
What would happen if you dropped a nuke in the ocean?
Underwater nuclear tests close to the surface can disperse radioactive water and steam over a large area, with severe effects on marine life, nearby infrastructures and humans.
What does nuke stand for?
NUKE
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| NUKE | Nuclear (weapon) |
Who said nuke the site from orbit?
Ellen Ripley
It’s the only way to be sure.” (Ellen Ripley)”
What if we nuke a black hole?
Detonate a nuclear bomb inside the event horizon, and you only make the black hole more massive. Fire your forward phasers at the black hole, and that’ll still make it even more massive. Within the event horizon, energy and matter are one, and those very same black holes can convert that energy into mass.
What would happen if we nuked the Earth’s core?
If you set off nukes inside the Earth’s core the pressure waves would primarily be P waves, that would spread out evenly towards the surface. Using David Hammen’s 7 x 1018 joules of energy and Earth’s surface area of 5.1 x 1014 square meters.
What happens if a nuke goes off underwater?
Unless it breaks the water surface while still a hot gas bubble, an underwater nuclear explosion leaves no trace at the surface but hot, radioactive water rising from below. Vast amounts of energy are absorbed by phase change (water becomes steam at the fireball boundary).
Will a nuke explode if you shoot it?
Short answer: It’s very unlikely. As you read above, causing a nuclear bomb to detonate requires a precise orchestration of events, without which the chain reaction does not initiate and the bomb doesn’t detonate. You see, causing a nuclear explosion (intentionally) is a fairly complicated process.