Day of the Bomb

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Day of the Bomb
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Three Things Necessary to Build an Atomic Bomb

1. Knowledge of how it works.
2. Amount of Uranium 235 or Plutonium 239.
3. Way to bring it together where you want it
   (delivery system).

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Defense

• Conquest
• First Strike
• Problem is Second Strike

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Defense

• Intimidation
• M.A.D.

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Defense

• Fortification
• Missile Shield (Star Wars)

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Defense

• Friendship
• Detente

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Effects of 5 Megaton Device

• 5 million tons of TNT
• Blast Wave- 12.5 miles per minute (overpressure),
  80 structural damage within 15 mile radius, rest
  will burn.
• Thermal Wave- 186,000 miles per second, fatal
  burns for up to 15-20 miles, firestorm over 500
  square miles
• ½ life of Plutonium 239 24,400 years, one speck
  less than grain of sand can cause lung and bone
  tumors
• REM- Roentgen Equivalent Man for every 100 REMS
  of TOTAL exposure 15 fatality in 30 days
• Ground Zero- crater 200 feet deep and 1000 feet
  across
• Flash- will blind anyone who sees it within 20
  miles
• EMP- no electronic device will operate within a
  30 mile radius and pipes and wires will become
  electrified.

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20 miles
12 Miles
Zero
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Dose-rem Effects
5-20 Possible late effects possible chromosomal damage.
20-100 Temporary reduction in white blood cells.
100-200 Mild radiation sickness within a few hours vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue reduction in resistance to infection.
200-300 Serious radiation sickness effects as in 100-200 rem and hemorrhage exposure is a Lethal Dose to 10-35 of the population after 30 days (LD 10-35/30).
300-400 Serious radiation sickness also marrow and intestine destruction LD 50-70/30.
400-1000 Acute illness, early death LD 60-95/30.
1000-5000 Acute illness, early death in days LD 100/10.

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Peak overpressure Maximum Wind Speed
50 psi 934 mph
20 psi 502 mph
10 psi 294 mph
5 psi 163 mph
2 psi 70 mph
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Current company that sells bomb shelters
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