What if all nukes on Earth exploded?

What if all nukes on Earth exploded?

But assuming every warhead had a megatonne rating, the energy released by their simultaneous detonation wouldn’t destroy the Earth. The nuclear explosion would also unleash a pulse of electromagnetic energy that would wreck everything from national power grids to microchips around the world.

How many nuclear missiles would it take to destroy the world?

It would take just three nuclear warheads to destroy one of the 4,500 cities on Earth, meaning 13,500 bombs in total, which would leave 1,500 left. 15,000 warheads are the equivalent of 3 billions tons of TNT and 15x the energy of the Krakatoa volcano, the most powerful volcanic eruption ever.

How much TNT would it take to destroy Jupiter?

Short answer: You’d need about 10 quintillion nukes, which is 4x the mass of the moon, to destroy Jupiter. That, or, a pile of TNT approximately equal to the mass of the sun should do the trick.

Is anything on earth hotter than the sun?

Originally Answered: What is hotter than the Sun on Earth? Nothing on Earth is as hot as the core of the Sun, though as Craig pointed out, there are several examples of hotter things created by mankind. Many things are as hot as the surface of the Sun, however, including lightning and the core of the Earth.

Why can’t we just launch missiles at the Sun?

Launching so many missiles at the Sun – they all have to reach not just escape velocity, but also need to counter the huge 30 km / sec orbital velocity of the Earth around the sun. With existing technology, they’d be doing repeated flybys of Earth Venus, Jupiter and so on before they eventually lose enough delta v to hit the sun.

What would happen if we put a nuclear bomb on Earth?

This ‘aerosol’ of particles would reduce the amount of heat reaching the surface from the Sun, producing a so-called nuclear winter with huge environmental impact. The nuclear explosion would also unleash a pulse of electromagnetic energy that would wreck everything from national power grids to microchips around the world.

How many nuclear explosions are there in the Sun?

In other words there are hundreds of Nuclear Explosions going on inside the Sun every single hour because the sun’s energy engine is essentially a perpetual thermonuclear explosion. To put things in perspective, the Tsar Bomb (most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested on Earth) released about 2.1×1017 Joules of energy.

Why is North Korea firing multiple missiles at the same time?

In recent weapons tests and military drills, North Korea has practiced firing off multiple missiles in rapid succession or simultaneously to overwhelm enemy missile defense systems. “This is a tactic called ‘salvo fire,’ which is designed to place greater stress on all types of ballistic missile defenses.