nuke carries radiations which contaminate everything for a long time
But that cannot be even compard to the after impact of the asteroid that hit the earth.
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nuke carries radiations which contaminate everything for a long time
But that cannot be even compard to the after impact of the asteroid that hit the earth.
nah
I have not heard the last meteor impact in Russia has caused any aftermath evacuation of people living in the vicinity
The nuke leaks in Chernobyl and now japan are rendering the areas uninhabitable even they have sealed the plant in Chernobyl or having the plant in japan cooled down
Nukes are more devastating and having a long lastingly detrimental effect to the people and environment unless the incoming meteors are composed of radio active materials
The meteor that hit Russia is very powerful but after the impact is gone the livelihood is restored. No cancer causing illnesses sufferiing for the inhabitants after impact
"approximately 500 kilotons of TNT(about 1.8 PJ), 20–30 times more energy than was released from the atomic bomb detonated at Hiroshima."
The meteor hit Russia on 15 February 2013 and the no of casualties is
"The blast caused by the meteor's air burst caused a considerable number of injuries. Russian authorities stated that 1,491 people, including 311 children, sought medical attention in Chelyabinsk Oblast within the first few days. Health officials said 112 people had been hospitalised, with two in serious condition. A 52-year-old woman with a broken spine was flown to Moscow for treatment. Most people were hurt by shattered, falling or blown-in glass The intense light from the meteor, momentarily 30 times brighter than the Sun, led to over 180 cases of eye pain, and 70 people subsequently reported temporary flash blindness.Twenty people reported ultraviolet burns similar to sunburn, possibly intensified by the presence of snow on the ground."
Source for the above: Chelyabinsk meteor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By comparison the casualties of the nuke bomb "little boy" which was dropped in Hiroshima were like this
"According to figures published in 1945, 66,000 people were killed as a direct result of the Hiroshima blast, and 69,000 were injured to varying degrees."
"a 1985 report concluded that the yield was 15 kilotons ± 20%."
" Radiation:
Local fallout is dust and ash from a bomb crater, contaminated with radioactive fission products. It falls to earth downwind of the crater and can produce, with radiation alone, a lethal area much larger than that from blast and fire. With an air burst, the fission products rise into the stratosphere, where they dissipate and become part of the global environment. Because Little Boy was an air burst 580 metres (1,900 ft) above the ground, there was no bomb crater and no local radioactive fallout.
However, a burst of intense neutron and gamma radiation came directly from the fireball. Its lethal radius was 1.3 kilometres (0.8 mi), covering about half of the firestorm area. An estimated 30% of immediate fatalities were people who received lethal doses of this direct radiation, but died in the firestorm before their radiation injuries would have become apparent. Over 6,000 people survived the blast and fire, but died of radiation injuries. Among injured survivors, 30% had radiation injuries from which they recovered, but with a lifelong increase in cancer risk. "
Source: Little Boy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
no doubt the Russian one is not powerful compared to the one that hit the Yucatan Peninsula that killed the dinosaurs and wiped out over 75% of life on earth.
"a 1985 report concluded that the yield was 15 kilotons ± 20%."
That is the same size as one of the atomic bomb that dropped on H&N.
"The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was the Chicxulub asteroid in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The Chicxulub Crater is approximately 180 km in diameter and 10 km deep.
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/36697/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs/#ixzz2wALabkOT"
IN summary, man's most powerful weapons does not even come close to the power of mother nature.
The US ABM was aimed to neutralize China's ICBM threat, since USSR/Russia has too many of them, it is impossible to neutralize it, so they were aiming at China's.
But now with the unsuccessful ABM program and China's growing ICBM force, it will also make impossible for the US to neutralize China's ICBM force.
From the circa 2010-2020, China is largely deploying the DF-41 ICBM, and from the circa 2020-2030, China will again largely deploy the JL-3 SLBM.
This will only further knock the US back to the reality that their ABM technology cannot stop China.