Why are nuclear bombs so powerful?

Today's weapons could easily rival the destructive power of the bombs dropped on Japan. In 2009, North Korea successfully tested a nuclear weapon as powerful as the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The underground explosion was so significant that it created an earthquake with a magnitude of 4. read more

According to Einstein’s equation E=MC2 energy and matter are inter-convertible i.e. energy can become matter and matter can become energy. There is a huge amount of energy trapped within the nuclei of atoms (they can be considered as matter). read more

There are nuclear fission and nuclear fusion bombs which work slightly differently. Nuclear fission compresses enriched uranium forming atomic bombs (A-bombs) and nuclear fusion is like the Hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) and is based on the fusion of different types of hydrogen. read more

Today's weapons could easily rival the destructive power of the bombs dropped on Japan. In 2009, North Korea successfully tested a nuclear weapon as powerful as the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The underground explosion was so significant that it created an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 [source: McCurry]. read more