Nuclear Weapons Militaire et armes

What does any country need to destroy, that calls for nuclear weapons?

It is to destroy the will of anyone wanting to attack using nuclear weapons under the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD). We cannot pretend the technology doesn’t exist, and they are SO destructive that we MUST maintain…

What could a normal, non government related person, if they were given the current Nuclear Launch Codes?

Sorry, but you could not do much with them because, as others have mentioned, the codes only allow access to the launch system NOT to actually launch any missiles. One inside the system POTUS must authentic himself to…

What will happen if Trump nukes North Korea?

He won’t, because not only would it spark a regional genocide on both sides of the border, but because the United States would be universally condemned by every nation, president, civil rights leader, or otherwise. As the only…

Which countries are selling the most weapons?

There are two types of Arms suppliers, i.e. to Military and others to non-state actors. Finland is the biggest exporter of illegal weapons to Middle-east. The following article by Bruno Jantti give lots of information. Arms trade with…

Why are countries which advocate world peace butchers while dropping nuclear bombs and destroying generations? Where were the ideals then?

Well, as the only country to use nukes during wartime, I’ll assume you’re talking about the US. It can and has been argued that nuking Japan during WWII actually *saved* Japanese lives. It unquestionably saved American lives. Pre-war…

Is a nuclear weapon that only vaporizes the intended target(s) possible?

To some degree – though whether the weapon is ‘nuclear’ is not too relevant. It’s a matter of putting a large amount of energy on a small target in a short space of time, and this is pretty…

How would each superhero fare against a nuke?

Since you didn’t specify from which universe. Rather than listing out all of the heroes. I’ll just briefly discuss what sort of commonly seen superpower can be used in this situation. For the purpose of this question. Let’s…

Who built the first nuclear power station?

It depends on what you mean by station. Do you mean a power reactor that makes plutonium? Or makes electricity? Well, the first self sustaining reactor was CP-1. 1942.It was born in Chicago. It originally had an output…

Why does Trump want more nukes when the USA already has enough to destroy the world many times over?

Edit- Firstly I’d like to point out that the OP’s assumption that “USA already has enough nukes to destroy the world” is completely incorrect. Factually, all the nuclear weapons in the world can only destroy 1/38th of all…

What if all nuclear weapons were suddenly replaced with copies of the Fat Man nuke?

Well, Fat Boy was a bomb of 21 kiloton yield, so it was pretty explosive. While the nuclear Nations do have several bigger nukes that they would basically use, most of them has made huge stockpiles of smaller,…