Is it possible to make the earth crack in half by exploding multiple nuclear bombs? Say the 25k that exist?

Question

Will it crack down the fault lines in multiple peices and drift away in outer space?
Can it knock us out of orbit?
What effect does every bomb no matter what size have on the earth?
Is it even cool to drop one?

Answer 1

No, The earth's center is extemely compact and dense and in liquid form. I've read that the asteroid that appears to have caused the dinosaur extinction hit the Yucatan Peninsula with the force of 100 million megatons of TNT which is equivalent to approximately 5 billion Hiroshima size atomic bombs and still the Earth remains. So I would say no to the question.

Additionally, mass times velocity equals momentum. The earth's mass is 5.9742 × 10^24 kilograms. It's velocity is 29.8 kilometers/sec. So, do the math. You could blow every nuke in the same spot and the orbit wouldn't be affected at all.

As for what effects a nuclear weapon has. Please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions

You could release enough radiation and fallout to wipe out much of the surface life on Earth. You could kick up enough debris and dust to block enough sun to significantly lower temperatures.

Answer 2

Yes that would crack the earth and pieces won't have any where else to go but outer space. Every bomb releases radiation no matter what it's size. No it's not cool.

Answer 3

The nuclear attempt ban treaty prohibits explosions everywhere different than underground, so there could be no longer something to work out, with a bit of luck. people as a strategies faraway from the attempt website as Las Vegas have felt the floor shake from quite some the greater effective tests. there's no risk-free distance. in simple terms ask the Japs, people who survived.

Answer 4

There have been over 700 above ground nuclear explosions since 1945.

Several thousand more below ground nuclear explosions.

Were still here aren't we.

People worry to much about the number of nuclear warheads we have.

They should be more worried about the number of delivery systems we have.

We can only deliver about 10% of the total warheads we have.

The last trearty we signed with Russia, we are supposed to be going down to 2,000 deliverable warheads on each side.

Answer 5

Don't know if this helps, but I read an article in popular science about the meteor that is supposed to come within 2k miles of earths atmosphere in 2025 and they are thinking about doing the Armaggedon thing to it if it comes closer. Said it was about the size of Delaware and would take 13 of the strongest most durable nukes.

Answer 6

No, because the average hurricane creates the force equal to a half million nuclear explosions per day. With atomic bombs, it's the radiation that makes them so destructive, not just the explosion.

Answer 7

I do not believe that 25,000 nukes would posess the necesseary yeild to cause any major structural damage to the eart itself. Astroids withs HUNDREDS of times that power (all in the same spot, to!) Have failed to even penetrate the earth's crust, much less shatter the planet!