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Nantuko Joe · 01-29-2003, 09:29 PM

An atom bomb is NOT a nuclear weapon. The bombs we have today have over 15 times the force of the bomb we dropped on Hiroshima. The atom bomb splits a hydrogen atom (I think), while a nuclear weapon uses uranium: which is MUCH stronger and MUCH more unstable than hydrogen. Nuclear weapons have much longer half-lives than atom bombs for the radiation to decay. Nuclear and atom bombs may have devastating results, but they're classified by the amount of damage that they cause. Besides, the effects of a scud missle are also "devastating nonetheless" (a scud could level my entire development). It's not classified as nuclear because aside from not splitting atoms, it has nowhere near the force of an atom bomb. Atom bombs have nowhere near the force of our weakest nuclear weapon.

01-29-2003, 09:29 PM	#14
Nantuko Joe Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Right behind you... Posts: 1,479 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	An atom bomb is NOT a nuclear weapon. The bombs we have today have over 15 times the force of the bomb we dropped on Hiroshima. The atom bomb splits a hydrogen atom (I think), while a nuclear weapon uses uranium: which is MUCH stronger and MUCH more unstable than hydrogen. Nuclear weapons have much longer half-lives than atom bombs for the radiation to decay. Nuclear and atom bombs may have devastating results, but they're classified by the amount of damage that they cause. Besides, the effects of a scud missle are also "devastating nonetheless" (a scud could level my entire development). It's not classified as nuclear because aside from not splitting atoms, it has nowhere near the force of an atom bomb. Atom bombs have nowhere near the force of our weakest nuclear weapon.