Chapter 981 Nuclear Age (3)

Yannick took off his goggles and saw that everyone in the observation room had become wooden figures, standing still with their mouths wide open. He couldn't help but laugh in his heart. If he hadn't read a lot of information and videos about nuclear weapons before crossing, he would probably be like them, still not recovered. But to be honest, watching a nuclear explosion at such a close distance is really shocking, much more exciting than watching a 3D movie.

He looked at the mushroom cloud in the distance for a few seconds, clapped his hands, and attracted everyone's attention. "Everyone, mankind has entered the nuclear age. Of course, not today. We have successfully developed this nuclear weapon several years ago, but at that time, its efficiency and size were not satisfactory, and we have been improving it. It was not until recently that it was improved to this small and powerful weapon that can be used in actual combat."

"As for what a nuclear weapon is, you should have heard of Dr. Einstein's E=MC2 theory. Nuclear weapons are based on this theory. With this super weapon, from now on, destroying the world is no longer an exaggerated adjective; human courage and wisdom are no longer the factors that determine war. In front of nuclear weapons, any conspiracy and courage seem vulnerable."

"Even if Napoleon Bonaparte was reborn, could he deal with this super weapon?" Yannick smiled at Prime Minister Pétain, who had a somewhat stiff face, and looked at British Prime Minister Clement. "Can Arthur Wellesley deal with it?" Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, is remembered for defeating Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo. This man who took everything from Napoleon was named the British Field Marshal after his victory, and was awarded the rank of Marshal by seven countries, including Austria, Tsarist Russia, Hanover, Prussia, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. He is the only person in world history to have been awarded the rank of Marshal by eight countries. Tsar Alexander I called him the Conqueror of World Conquerors.

Without waiting for Prime Minister Clement to react, Yannick looked at Timoshenko, Chuikov and others. "Can Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov deal with it?" Suvorov was the last marshal of the Russian Empire, maintaining an invincible record and winning more than 60 victories in his life.

These people had already broken out in cold sweat on their faces, and they obviously thought that if the German scientists had developed the weapon a little faster; or if the Soviet-German War had been delayed until now, then this moment might be the time to test this nuclear weapon in a city in the Soviet Union. It was scary to think about it.

"Everyone, I have said before that this experiment is only 50,000 tons of TNT explosive equivalent, just a small equivalent. If we want, we can make nuclear weapons with tens of thousands of tons, hundreds of thousands of tons, millions of tons, or even tens of millions of tons of TNT explosive equivalent!"

Speaking of nuclear eggs with tens of millions of tons of equivalent, the first one to bear the brunt is the "Tsar Bomb", which is known as the "King of Bombs".

It is the most powerful bomb in terms of volume, weight or power among all types of bombs ever made by humans. Its explosive equivalent was originally equivalent to 100 million tons of TNT explosives, but the Soviet authorities were worried that the nuclear fallout after the test would bring serious environmental pollution and diplomatic disputes, so they reduced the nuclear bomb to 50 million tons of explosive power. But even so, the power of the Tsar Bomb is still 3846 times that of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II.

It was dropped at an altitude of 10,500 meters and decelerated by parachute so that the bomber had enough time to leave the explosion area, which is 50 kilometers away from the center of the explosion. This distance was set very dangerously. The Soviets estimated in advance that the chance of survival of the two bombers (one dropping the bomb and the other taking photos) was only 50%, which was much more dangerous than playing Russian roulette.

The Tsar Bomb exploded in the air 4,200 meters above the ground, and the radius of the fireball formed by the explosion was 4,600 meters. Although the Tu-95 bomber that dropped the bomb flew 45 kilometers at a high speed in 188 seconds, the strong shock wave still caught up and lifted the bomber like a small boat in the stormy sea, falling vertically 1,000 meters, but they miraculously survived. The height of the nuclear explosion mushroom cloud reached 64 kilometers, which is more than 7 times the altitude of Mount Everest, and the diameter of the top cover is 100 kilometers.

Although the Soviet Union successfully completed the test explosion, the Tsar Bomb was never included in the active weapons. The Soviet military only wanted to use the Tsar Bomb as a symbol and display of the Soviet Union's military power.

With the progress of the times, the accuracy of modern missiles and bombs has been greatly improved. Targets that used to require 5 million tons of nuclear weapons to destroy can now be effectively destroyed with only 500,000 tons of nuclear weapons due to the extremely high accuracy of the new missiles. Coupled with the high-precision guidance system, multiple small-yield nuclear weapons can not only cause a sufficiently strong destructive effect by continuously attacking the same target, but can also be dispersed to kill multiple targets at the same time, and the total maintenance cost is lower than the original old-fashioned large-yield nuclear weapons.

Therefore, in later generations, whether it is the large nuclear weapons of millions of tons used in the past, or the Tsar nuclear bombs calculated in tens of millions of tons, they have been sent to the garbage dump of history by the latest generation of micro-nuclear weapons or small nuclear weapons.

At this time, no country will have a cold war with them, and Yannick does not intend to create such an exaggerated big guy to detonate.

"..." After hearing Yannick's words, everyone's faces turned even paler. The power of a bomb with an equivalent of 50,000 tons is already so terrifying. How many more are there with an equivalent of millions or tens of millions of tons? !Sounds like a super bomb can destroy a country? !

Yannick was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. This was the effect he wanted. He used this to strengthen the unity within the EU and deter some wavering forces; he even warned the United States in the distance that it was best to surrender obediently, otherwise they would not be able to bear the consequences.

"You don't have to be afraid. Those who are here today are all friends of Germany. Although our weapons are powerful, they will not fall on friends. They will only be used against enemies. For example, the United States on the other side of the Atlantic. These unknown Anyway, I've given them a chance. If they don't cherish it, don't blame me." Yannick said with a smile. "Today's test explosion is not confidential. If any of you have American friends, you can tell them what you saw."

After saying that, Yannick turned and left. Although nuclear radiation could not affect this place, and the Geiger counter on the operating table did not sound an alarm, he was so scared that it was better to stay away from this place quickly.