What is the most powerful bomb in the US arsenal?
B83
The B83 is a variable-yield thermonuclear gravity bomb developed by the United States in the late 1970s and entered service in 1983. With a maximum yield of 1.2 megatons (5.0 PJ), it is the most powerful nuclear weapon in the United States nuclear arsenal. It was designed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
How many nukes does the China have?
China, the fifth country to develop nuclear weapons, now maintains an arsenal of between 250 to 350 nukes. This contrasts to the U.S.’s arsenal of 5,800 weapons, with 1,373 deployed on missiles, bomber bases, or submarines at any one time.
How big is the new nuclear missile in America?
America is building a new weapon of mass destruction, a nuclear missile the length of a bowling lane. It will be able to travel some 6,000 miles, carrying a warhead more than 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Which is nuclear missile would replace the Minuteman 3?
Photograph: Clayton Wear/US Air Force / AFP via Getty Images The GBSD nuclear missile would replace the Minuteman III, pictured, but questions have been raised about its viability in the event of a conflict with Russia. Photograph: Clayton Wear/US Air Force / AFP via Getty Images
How are the nuclear weapons silos connected to one another?
Silos are located several miles from one another. For every 10, there is one staffed launch control facility, to which the silos are connected by steel-encased cables as thick as baguettes. The cables are supposed to be about three feet underground, though some have risen to the surface over the years.
Which is the only country to have renounced nuclear weapons?
South Africa is the only country to have independently developed and then renounced and dismantled its nuclear weapons. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons aims to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons, but its effectiveness has been questioned, and political tensions remained high in the 1970s and 1980s.