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 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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

The circles below show the blast radius of the Hiroshima atomic bomb compared with a modern hydrogen bomb. The Hiroshima bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, ...

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.