How many cities can a nuke destroy?
A nuclear attack on US soil would most likely target one of six cities, according to one expert: New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington, DC. Simulations show how each of the cities would be affected by a 15-kiloton blast — the kind detonated over Hiroshima.
What would happen if a nuke was detonated in space?
If a nuclear weapon is exploded in a vacuum-i. e., in space-the complexion of weapon effects changes drastically: First, in the absence of an atmosphere, blast disappears completely. There is no longer any air for the blast wave to heat and much higher frequency radiation is emitted from the weapon itself.
Why is Sydney not the capital of Australia?
In Australia, curious tourists are often shocked to find Sydney is not actually the capital city, and usually told the inland city of Canberra was built as the “bush capital” as a compromise somewhere between Australia’s largest city and its competitor to the south, Melbourne.
What would happen if Australia was hit by a nuclear explosion?
The National Library, the National Museum and the National Gallery would also likely crumble under the pressure of the air blast. The Australian War Memorial and the Royal Australian Mint would fall just outside the thermal radiation zone. A direct hit on Hobart’s CBD would see a lot of the blast rip across the River Derwent.
Could Australia’s cities have survived the Cold War?
THE US-Australian joint defence installations were almost certainly Russian nuclear targets during the Cold War. However, Australia’s cities might well have survived unscathed if superpower tensions had erupted into a global conflagration, according to a top secret intelligence assessment released by the National Archives of Australia.
What would happen if a nuclear bomb hit Melbourne’s CBD?
Darling Harbour wouldn’t be subjected to quite the same amount of instantly fatal pressure, but anyone in the area would still be badly injured. The size of the nuclear fireball would destroy Melbourne’s CBD and the resulting pressure from the explosion would flatten the land around it.