It’s been 80 years since a nuclear bomb was last used in war, but these weapons continue to haunt us due to their frightening destructive capabilities.

As global tensions rise, a horrifying simulation paints a vivid picture of the devastation wrought by a nuclear explosion, ...

The website explains it as: "Maximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to damage on the ground depends on the height of ...

The light blast damage radius would reach over 12 miles in distance, likely resulting in broken windows and potential injuries, despite being the lightest impact of a nuclear bomb explosion in a ...

Within a 6-kilometer radius of a 1 megaton bomb, blast waves would produce 180 metric tons of force on the walls of all two-story buildings, and wind speeds of 255 kilometers/hour (158 mph).

People and buildings would be vaporized by a fireball within a roughy half-mile radius, ... shows a radioactive plume extending into New England from a simulated B61-13 nuclear bomb blast in New ...

Nature suffers too. After the blast, a huge firestorm can start, fed by strong winds. It can burn for hours, using up all the ...

When a nuclear bomb goes off, the blast is only the beginning. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Live Science. Search. ... (3.2 km) radius of ground detonation, ...

A lighter blast radius—which still has the potential to cause damage to buildings and widespread injuries—would extend over Harlem, ... described the B61-13 as "a political nuclear bomb." ...

Amid escalating tensions and fear of World War 3 breaking out, here is what to do in the first 10 minutes of a nuclear bomb ...

Letter: Oppenheimer’s omission has a blast radius thousands of miles wide Jacob T. Dubbs writes, "The fact that so many of us don’t know what actually happens when a nuclear bomb is detonated ...

Blast radius depends on some variables, particularly the altitude at which a bomb is detonated. ... Largest nuclear bomb in current U.S. arsenal. 0. 8.5 miles. Dong Feng-5.