Does America Really have Enough Nukes to Bomb the World 10 times over?

Question

One of my professors told me this.

Maybe they can sell one of the go arounds and give Dick Chaney hunting lessons /:

Answer 1

Yes,, actually we have a formula to build a Bomb that is a 500 megaton cobalt salted Nuclear weapon that if detonated could crack the core of this planet like a China plate in a shooting gallery, rip away half this plantes atmosphere, and knock this planet out of orbit around the sun,,pretty bad stuff huh?

Answer 2

The United States is one of the five recognized nuclear powers under the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It maintains a current arsenal of around 9,960 intact warheads, of which 5,725 are considered active or operational, and of these only a certain number are deployed at any given time. These break down into around 5,000 "strategic" warheads, 1,050 of which are deployed on land-based missile systems (all on Minuteman ICBMs), 1,955 on bombers (B-52 and B-2), and 2,016 on submarines (Ohio class), according to a 2006 report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Of 500 "tactical"/"nonstrategic" weapons, around 100 are Tomahawk cruise missiles and 400 are B61 bombs (capable of deployment from fighter aircraft such as the F-15). A few hundred of the B61 bombs are located at eight bases in six European NATO countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom), the only such weapons in forward deployment.

Around 4,225 warheads have been removed from deployment but have remained stockpiled as a "responsible reserve force" on inactive status. Under the May 2002 Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions, the U.S. pledged to reduce its stockpile to 2,200 operationally deployed warheads by 2012, and in June 2004 the Department of Energy announced that "almost half" of these warheads would be retired for dismantlement by then.

So yes, the US has a lot of nukes.

Answer 3

Yes they have a few thousands which is enough to destroy the world ten times over but China and Russia have got even more then that.

Answer 4

maybe more than that.i just saw a report on CNN. the United States leads the world with more than 20,000 nukes.the Russians are second with around 10,000.but what really blew my mind was the other countries that have them.like 16 other countries have them including,Syria,Saudi Arabia.Pakistan,China,and more.check it out you will be surprised.

Answer 5

yes, hold overs from the cold war...unfortunately they cannot be put in the recycling bin.

Answer 6

yes but the world can also destroy us many times;;;

Answer 7

yes. obviously. america exists to go to war.

Answer 8

It would not shock me if it were true

Answer 9

i would say yes...