The W54 (also known as the Mk54 or B54) was a tactical nuclear warhead developed by the United States in the late 1950s. The weapon is notable for being the smallest nuclear weapon in both size and yield to have entered US service.
Nuclear weapons are the most dangerous weapons on earth. One can destroy a whole city, potentially killing millions, and jeopardizing the natural environment and lives of future generations through its long-term catastrophic effects. The dangers from such weapons arise from their very existence.
| Tsar Bomba |
|---|
| Manufacturer | Soviet Union |
| No. built | 1 |
| Specifications |
| Mass | 27,000 kg (60,000 lb) |
The bombings in the two cities were so devastating, they forced Japan to surrender. But a hydrogen bomb has the potential to be 1,000 times more powerful than an atomic bomb, according to several nuclear experts.
first tested a hydrogen bomb on August 12, 1953, followed by the United Kingdom in May 1957, China (1967), and France (1968). In 1998 India tested a “thermonuclear device,” which was believed to be a hydrogen bomb.
Although the agreement, which seeks to prohibit nuclear weapon tests, has not been ratified by many nations and has not come into effect, most countries have not conducted nuclear tests since. The exceptions are India, Pakistan and North Korea.
Tsar Bomba is the most powerful nuclear bomb ever made. One bomb would be stanched, but a million could easily destroy the Earth.
The radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki today is on a par with the extremely low levels of background radiation (natural radioactivity) present anywhere on Earth. It has no effect on human bodies.
Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons.
| J. Robert Oppenheimer |
|---|
| Doctoral advisor | Max Born |
Khan to General Zia, the capability to detonate a
nuclear bomb using highly enriched uranium as fissile material produced at KRL
had been achieved by KRL in 1984.
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction.
| Pakistan |
|---|
| Peak stockpile | 160 warheads (2020 estimate) |
| Current stockpile | 160 warheads (2020 estimate) |
| Maximum missile range | 2,750 km (Shaheen-III) |
| NPT party | No |
| Prithvi (missile) |
|---|
| Designer | Defence Research and Development Organisation |
| Manufacturer | Bharat Dynamics Limited |
| Produced | February 25, 1988 (Prithvi I) January 27, 1996 (Prithvi II) January 23, 2004 (Prithvi III) |
| No. built | 30 (2017 est.) |
Who invented hydrogen bomb?
Bhabha Atomic Research Center, TrombayThe Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India's primary nuclear research facility. It has a number of nuclear reactors, all of which are used for India's nuclear power and research program.
| List of nuclear weapons tests of India |
|---|
| Information |
|---|
| Test site | Pokhran Test Range, Rajasthan |
| Period | May 1974 - may 1998 |
| Number of tests | 4 (6 Devices fired) |
The Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) of India is the authority responsible for command, control and operational decisions regarding India's nuclear weapons programme.
BrahMos-II is a hyper-sonic cruise missile currently under joint development by Russia and India. It has the ability to be fired from ships, submarines, aircraft, and land, and is a versatile missile that will strike fast.
As of November 2020, India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 6,780 MW. Nuclear power produced a total of 35 TWh and supplied 3.22% of Indian electricity in 2017. In October 2010, India drew up a plan to reach a nuclear power capacity of 63 GW in 2032.
Statistics and force configuration
| Country | Warheads | Tests |
|---|
| Deployed |
|---|
| Non-NPT nuclear powers |
| India | Unknown | 6 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 6 |
TOP 10 MOST POWERFUL WEAPONS OF THE INDIAN MILITARY
- PINAKA MLRS.
- PAD/ AAD BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (BMD) SYSTEM.
- NAMICA (NAG MISSILE CARRIER)
- P-8I NEPTUNE.
- INS VIKRAMADITYA AND KOLKATA CLASS DESTROYERS.
- PHALCON AWACS.
- INS CHAKRA.
- BRAHMOS MISSILE.
1. Russia — 6,500 nuclear warheads, 1,600 of which have been deployed. In 2018, Russia was in possession of roughly 6,850 nuclear warheads.
The United States, Britain, France, Russia (as the Soviet Union) and China are known to have conducted hydrogen weapon tests. All these nations are signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an agreement that seeks to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted atomic raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first on August 6, 1945, and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events were the only times nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by India; the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974.
To make a hydrogen bomb, one would still need uranium or plutonium as well as two other isotopes of hydrogen, called deuterium and tritium. The hydrogen bomb relies on fusion, the process of taking two separate atoms and putting them together to form a third atom.
Therefore, the then US president, Harry Truman, authorised the use of atomic bombs in order to make Japan surrender, which it did. Why was Hiroshima chosen for the attack? Truman decided that only bombing a city would not make an adequate impression. The aim was to destroy Japan's ability to fight wars.
