Nuclear Terrorism: What is a Nuclear Bomb?
In this episode, Matthew Bunn, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s JFK School of Government and author of “Securing the Bomb” describes what happens when a nuclear bomb is detonated.
This short film is part of a continuing series based on Graham Allison’s book “Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe”
Produced by George Billard, Edited by Katie Mantell.
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25 Comments
imnazhole on January 7th, 2009
Nuclear Terrorism? Yeah, the other name for it is Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
mikeloyst on January 7th, 2009
thats because before the invention of the nuclear bomb warfare had not evolved past the point of two lines walking directly toward each other shooting.
Piehash on January 7th, 2009
Global Thermonuclear War, A strange game, the only winning move is not to play.
How about a nice game of chess?
Jurassicparkz08 on January 7th, 2009
A single nuclear weapon could do all that? That’s messed up
s6d6j6 on January 7th, 2009
less then the soviet union shilgenvens
s6d6j6 on January 7th, 2009
ya but its not directly because of nuclear bombs
Mephistophilus on January 7th, 2009
We already dropped a uranium & plutonium bomb around 10 kilotons in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They vaporized everything within a 1/2 mile dia & the total dia was 2.8 miles at 1/10 of their capabilities.
Our current variants are 500 kilotons. One would do damage from 25 - 600 miles depending on the blast wave overpressure psi, terrain & delivery method. It’s probable it would create a impact winter globally & would change the planet for decades or centuries depending on the trade winds.
geargemartin on January 7th, 2009
it may be difficult to believe, but there have been far less deaths due to war after the invention of the atom bomb than before the invemtion of it.
ShilgenVens on January 7th, 2009
How many WMDs does the US have?
ssssssssss12 on January 7th, 2009
Cool, i never new how it worked
kainalo3 on January 7th, 2009
i hope we never face a day when USA use nuclear bombs
ododidit on January 7th, 2009
if any nukes go off, people will need to ask who had the power to do it and who was to gain from it!! i certainly dont believe for a minute that a terrorist group or country supporting them would gain anything but hardship and war, i can however think of people much closer to home who would!!
TeHengaGreen on January 7th, 2009
Yep, imagine the devestation if the final stage was in place!? It was never a practical, deliverable weapon though. It was too large for ICBM delivery, and a plane would be brought down easily long before it got near its intended target. Also it was so large if it had been used in any european NATO countries, there was no way of ensuring there would be no damage or fallout within the WARSAW pact countries!! A double edged sword perhaps?
SDMagicMan on January 7th, 2009
nice video
BankaiSweden on January 7th, 2009
I hope we never face a day when terrorists use nuclear bombs
roadkill988 on January 7th, 2009
um uranium bombs are atomic bombs
jibbi4one on January 7th, 2009
I’ll read the book.
Author writes about simplistic security. The ‘backyard’ nuke bomb builders is load of BS. Some nations abandon efforts to build nuke bombs because of cost and complexity spent better on other pursuit.Pound-for-pound nuke WMD is not weapon of choice because (neutron bomb) its ‘rad poisons’ destroys most things in blast radius. Better WMB is one that leaves infrastructure intact.
Anti-nuke bomb or system which renders nuke bomb dis-functional is good. Best is trust treaty.
MasterCheifn343 on January 7th, 2009
The Tsar Bomba had the potential to be brought up to 100MT, but one of the stages was removed for tesing
Hellblazer302 on January 7th, 2009
and Uranim bombs are more powerful than Atomic Bombs.
brothergrice on January 7th, 2009
That’s pretty frightening. (Like the “auto harp master” video) I think the missing briefcase nukes from the USSR are a real threat.
thewseshow on January 7th, 2009
that was da bomb
guerrillap1mp on January 7th, 2009
everyone is aware of the effect it will have,WW3. but if you think that will stop ahmadinejad your wrong, to the contrary. he is part of a group that believes it is their duty to hasten the return of the mahdi and the mahdi can only return when the world is at its worst. so connect the dots. don’t underestimate these religous fanatics they think they are fulfilling gods will
pttn40 on January 7th, 2009
Check The Guinness World Record Books under smallest nuclear weapon. Its a sweet little thing brought to you by the USA. Just like that cannon. LOL!
XextremeX13 on January 7th, 2009
This goes beyond it, mindless destruction.
oOdyerseveOo on January 7th, 2009
maybe because the bombs have been around for 70 years and humans have been warring for 6000