A Question to Those who have Military Knowledge?

Question

It is said that the "Hydrogen Bomb" if exploded on a flat suface area can destroy everything in a radius of 14Km.
But tha Hydrogen Bomb is said to be Environmentally dangerous if 5 or 6 of them ever get Exploded on our planet it may destroy our environment.
The Newest type of Bombs are the "Neutron Bombs"It is said to be a "Clean Bomb" as it does not destroy property it only destroys biological life, so what is the radius destruction of a Neutron Bomb
Also state all the other capabilities of this Bomb.

Answer 1

Before I can answer your question I need to point out a few errors present in your question.

A "Hydrogen Bomb" regardless of what surface it is exploded on will destroy everything in a radius dependant on the size of it's yield. A hydrogen bomb does not come in just one size.

What defines a hydrogen bomb from the other nuclear weapons is that Hydrogen bomb work by fusion, not fission.

Fission is much easier to achieve than fusion. A Hydrogen bomb basically needs an atomic (Fission) bomb as a "spark plug" to set off the Fusion reaction.

Fusion devices are several orders of magnitude more powerful than Fission devices.

the next problem with your question...
ALL Nuclear weapons are environmentally dangerous. not just Hydrogen bombs. and no. if 5 or 6 ever get exploded nothing more worse is going to happen. nearly every test since the mid 50's has been a Fusion or Hydrogen device. thats literally 1000's of bombs that have been tested.

next...
A Neutron bomb is not the "newest type" of bomb nor is it a clean bomb. in fact the whole point of the neutron bomb is the fact that it is the most Dirty bomb as they can make it.
what defines "clean" or "Dirty" when it comes to nuclear weapons is how much radiation and radioactive fallout it produces.
the Neutron bomb attempts to maximize radiation and minumize blast so as to kill the enemy but leave the infrastructure intact.

from globalsecurity.org....
"Neutron Bomb / Enhanced Radiation Weapon

An enhanced radiation (ER) weapon, by special design techniques, has an output in which neutrons and x-rays are made to constitute a substantial portion of the total energy released. For example, a standard fission weapon's total energy output would be partitioned as follows: 50% as blast; 35% as thermal energy; and 15% as nuclear radiation. An ER weapon's total energy would be partitioned as follows: 30% as blast; 20% as thermal; and 50% as nuclear radiation. Thus, a 3-kiloton ER weapon will produce the nuclear radiation of a 10-kiloton fission weapon and the blast and thermal radiation of a 1-kiloton fission device. However, the energy distribution percentages of nuclear weapons are a function of yield. "

here you go. this is a link to a site where you can find out all you want to know about various nuclear designs from Fission to fusion to ER weapons. to safing, fusing, and firing.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/nuke.htm
This site is called Global Security. org and is an offshoot of the FAS.org site
About FAS.org...
"The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) was formed in 1945 by atomic scientists from the Manhattan Project who felt that scientists, engineers and other innovators had an ethical obligation to bring their knowledge and experience to bear on critical national decisions, especially pertaining to the technology they unleashed - the Atomic Bomb.

Endorsed by 67 Nobel Laureates in chemistry, economics, medicine and physics, FAS addresses a broad spectrum of issues in carrying out its mission to promote humanitarian uses of science and technology. FAS members build on an honorable history of insisting that rational, evidence-based arguments be heard.

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UPDATE:
unlike others like "I am a mom" above. I dont just copy/paste wholesale from wikipedia.
I do copy exerpts from other sites but I dont just paste over the whole article.
wikipedia is also not the be-all and end-all of information people claim it to be. it is an open source for anyone to contribute and therefore is rife with inaccuracies. though it is a good starting point in researching a question.

Answer 2

"A neutron bomb is a type of tactical nuclear weapon developed specifically to release a relatively large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation to harm biological tissues and electronic devices that are otherwise relatively protected from the heat blast."
According to this, not only does it destroy with heat and radiation, it also enhances the ability to harm living organisms and armored vehicles which repel the heat of the blast itself.

Answer 3

Newest bomb..I remember readign about it at least 20 years ago.

I did not look into the specific, my guess is that your above information is not 100% correct, but is related to the size of the bomb.

Here ya go..read about it..and was I wrong...it was invented in the 50's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb

Answer 4

What you're asking about is classified.
Your information on the Hydrogen bomg is in error as well.

Answer 5

wow that neutron would make it ideal to make a good size mushroom cloud over there in IR*N

Answer 6

try this link
it tells you the basics about the bomb http://www.manuelsweb.com/neutronbomb.htm

Answer 7

Death, plain & simply a tool of Death.
That's its capabilties, 2 kill 1000's in agony.

Answer 8

A neutron bomb is a type of tactical nuclear weapon developed specifically to release a relatively large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation to harm biological tissues and electronic devices that are otherwise relatively protected from the heat blast.

The neutron bomb is generally credited to Samuel Cohen of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who developed the concept in 1958. Although initially opposed by President John F. Kennedy, its testing was authorized and carried out in 1962 at a Nevada test site. Development was subsequently cancelled by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, but again restarted by President Ronald Reagan in 1981[1]. The weapons were sparsely deployed and no longer exist. Enhanced radiation weapons were also produced by France in the early 1980s, and in 1999 reports indicated that China had gained the ability to produce neutron bombs[2].

Neutron bombs, also called enhanced radiation bombs (ER weapons), are small thermonuclear weapons in which the burst of neutrons generated by the fusion reaction is intentionally not absorbed inside the weapon, but allowed to escape. The X-ray mirrors and shell of the weapon are made of chromium or nickel so that the neutrons are permitted to escape. Contrast this with cobalt bombs, also known as salted bombs.
This intense burst of high-energy neutrons is the principal destructive mechanism.
The term "enhanced radiation" refers only to the burst of ionizing radiation released at the moment of detonation, not to any enhancement of residual radiation in fallout.
A neutron bomb requires considerable amounts of tritium, which has a half-life of 12.3 years. The neutron bombs that existed in the United States arsenal in the past were variants of the W70 and the W79 designs.
Neutron bombs could be used as strategic anti-missile weapons or as tactical weapons intended for use against armored forces.
As an anti-missile weapon, ER weapons were developed to protect United States missile silos from incoming Soviet warheads by damaging their electronic components with the intense neutron flux.
Tactical neutron bombs are primarily intended to kill soldiers who are protected by armor. Armored vehicles are extremely resistant to blast and heat produced by nuclear weapons, so the effective range of a nuclear weapon against tanks is determined by the lethal range of the radiation, although this is also reduced by the armor. By emitting large amounts of lethal radiation of the most penetrating kind, ER warheads maximize the lethal range of a given yield of nuclear warhead against armored targets.
One problem with using radiation as a tactical anti-personnel weapon is that to bring about rapid incapacitation of the target, a radiation dose that is many times the lethal level must be administered. A radiation dose of 6 Gy is normally considered lethal. It will kill at least half of those who are exposed to it, but no effect is noticeable for several hours. Neutron bombs were intended to deliver a dose of 80 Gy to produce immediate and permanent incapacitation. A 1 kt ER warhead can do this to a T-72 tank crew at a range of 690 m, compared to 360 m for a pure fission bomb. For a "mere" 6 Gy dose, the distances are 1100 m and 700 m respectively, and for unprotected soldiers 6 Gy exposures occur at 1350 m and 900 m. The lethal range for tactical neutron bombs exceeds the lethal range for blast and heat even for unprotected troops.
The neutron flux can induce significant amounts of short-lived secondary radioactivity in the environment in the high flux region near the burst point. The alloys used in steel armor can develop radioactivity that is dangerous for 24-48 hours. If a tank exposed to a 1 kt neutron bomb at 690 m (the effective range for immediate crew incapacitation) is immediately occupied by a new crew, they will receive a lethal dose of radiation within 24 hours.
One significant drawback of the weapon is that not all targeted troops will die or be incapacitated immediately. After a brief bout of nausea, many of those hit with about 5-50 Sv of radiation will experience a temporary recovery lasting days to weeks. It has been suggested that these troops, knowing that they are likely to die soon anyway, may fight fanatically, without the usual regard for their own well-being.
Some authorities say that due to the rapid attenuation of neutron energy by the atmosphere (these authorities claim that it drops by a factor of 10 every 500 m due to absorption by the environment, in addition to the effects of three dimensional dispersion) ER weapons are only effective at short ranges, and thus are practical only in relatively low yields. These ER warheads are said to be designed to minimize the amount of fission energy and blast effect produced relative to the neutron yield. The principal reason is said to be to allow their use close to friendly forces.
These same authorities say that the common perception of the neutron bomb as a "landlord bomb" that would kill people but leave buildings undamaged is greatly overstated. At the conventional effective combat range (690 m), the blast from a 1 kt neutron bomb will ruin almost any civilian building. Thus the use of neutron bombs to stop an enemy attack, which requires exploding large numbers of them to blanket the enemy forces, would also destroy all buildings in the area.
Another view of the neutron bomb and its tactics exists. The inventor of the neutron bomb, Samuel Cohen, wrote a book in which he stated that the effective range of a pure neutron bomb exceeded 10 km of altitude. Cohen stated explicitly that "enhanced radiation" weapons deployed in Germany during the cold war were political compromises designed to have substantial blast, with radiation effects deliberately reduced to eliminate any possibility of surviving structures. He also quoted radiation releases of 1 kGy at the ground from pure neutron weapons exploded at 10 km.
The neutron absorption spectrum of air is disputed, and may depend in part on absorption by hydrogen from water vapor. It therefore might vary exponentially with humidity, making high-altitude neutron bombs immensely more deadly in desert climates than in humid ones. This effect also varies with altitude.
According to Cohen, one possible tactic of using such "true" neutron bombs is therefore to launch them as defensive weapons against armored attacks. Civilians enter fallout shelters, and the bomb is exploded 10 km over the armored attack. Portable armor is said to be unable to shield tank and aircraft crews. In such an event, a city's trees and grass would have been killed by radiation, but buildings would remain undamaged for the emerging civilians (who would however have to wait several days for certain short-lived isotopes to decay). Such neutron bombs would be very potent anti-ship weapons. A major supporter of Cohen's research was the U.S. Navy.