Effects of Atomic Weapons

Effects of nuclear weapons

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August, 1945. The energy yields were equivalent to 12 500 tonnes and 20 000 tonnes of high explosive. Yields from thermonuclear weapons (H-bombs) range up to several megatons (Mt). Between 1945 and the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1996, over 2000 nuclear tests were carried out by the USA, USSR, Britain, France and China, plus one by India. Mo...

Weapons Effects Prediction

This study presents two practical approaches to assisting military staff analyse effects produced on the battlefield. First, a calculator tool for the effects of known indirect-fire weapons systems upon targets is provided. The method in which effects are calculated is based on Australian and United States military doctrine. Using this tool, staff are able to evaluate the effects produced upon ...

The Effects of Nuclear Weapons

Employment and Effects of Weapons

8-1. EFFECTIVENESS OF WEAPONS AND DEMOLITIONS The characteristics and nature of combat in built-up areas affect the results and employment of weapons. Leaders at all levels must consider the following factors in various combinations when choosing their weapons. a. Hard, smooth, flat surfaces are characteristic of urban targets. Rarely do rounds impact perpendicular to these flat surfaces but at...

Health effects of nuclear weapons testing.

Nuclear weapons were virtually unknown to the world before Aug 6, 1945, when the first atomic bomb was used against Japan in Hiroshima and the second 3 days later in Nagasaki. The 70th anniversary of this event is marked in the Lancet Series From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Fukushima. 2, 3 The legacy of the atomic bomb extended far beyond Japan with atomic weapons testing programmes conducted wor...