How powerful is the cobalt bomb?

How powerful is the cobalt bomb? One person can destroy the earth.

If the nuclear bomb has a stage, the cobalt bomb will come second, and other nuclear bombs will not be ranked first.

Cobalt bombs, also known as doomsday weapons, are so powerful that no one dares to build them.

When it comes to nuclear bombs, people will first think of the nuclear weapons that humans put into actual combat for the first time, that is, the "little boy" who exploded over Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.

The power of "little boy" is10.5 million tons of TNT equivalent. This disaster has caused nearly 200,000 people to be affected to varying degrees. However, this destructive power of the "little boy" is simply dwarfed by the cobalt bomb.

196 1 year, the Soviet Union tested and exploded an Ivan with 50 million tons of TNT equivalent over Xindi Island.

The mushroom cloud after the big Ivan test explosion was as high as more than 60 kilometers. There are even rumors that the big Ivan test explosion also shifted Eurasia by 9 mm, which is also the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested by mankind.

However, the appearance of cobalt bombs suddenly eclipsed Ivan, a super nuclear bomb.

Although humans have never made a cobalt bomb, we can know how terrible it is through scientific analysis.

One can destroy the earth, which is not alarmist. It is a kind of cobalt bomb called "doomsday weapon".

1945, the atomic bomb developed by the United States met the world. Eight years later 1953, the first practical hydrogen bomb in human history was successfully tested by the Soviet Union, with a power equivalent to 400,000 tons.

The atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb have been successfully developed, but the research on nuclear weapons has not stopped.

Then two-phase bombs and three-phase bombs appeared. Take the three-phase bomb as an example, that is, the outer layer of the hydrogen bomb is wrapped with depleted uranium 238, thus improving the power of this nuclear bomb.

Under the guidance of this idea, in 1950, physicist Leo Szilard put forward a bold idea, that is, the initial idea of cobalt bomb design.

He believes that replacing depleted uranium 238 with other materials may double the power of nuclear bombs again, and this material is cobalt.

When the hydrogen bomb is covered with a cobalt 59 shell, the neutrons released by the explosion of the hydrogen bomb will turn cobalt 59 into cobalt 60, releasing a lot of gamma rays.

Gamma rays released by cobalt 60 can directly destroy the DNA structure of cells. Moreover, cobalt 60 has a long half-life and strong penetration, and it is not long anywhere, let alone people and animals.

Cobalt bombs are so powerful, why not make them in China?

Extremes must be reversed. Although cobalt bombs are more destructive than hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs, they are far beyond human tolerance.

It is estimated that once the cobalt bomb explodes in the atmosphere, under the action of atmospheric movement, pollution will spread to the whole earth quickly, and no one will be spared.

It is no exaggeration to say that detonating a cobalt bomb is equivalent to mutual destruction, which is not good for anyone.

Just like the contradiction between husband and wife. At best, it is a quarrel, and no one will really do it. In the end, we can only lose both sides.

The research of cobalt bomb is only at the theoretical level. Although it has never appeared, several nuclear powers do not rule out the ability to make it.

The silence of cobalt bombs also shows to some extent that the effect of nuclear deterrence may be weakening.

Polar bears have more than 6000 nuclear bombs, and rabbits dare to fight head-on. Facts have proved that with the development of satellite, precision guidance and other technologies, the value of nuclear bombs is gradually decreasing.

Should all nuclear bombs be destroyed for the long-term stability of mankind?