The power of nuclear weapons is truly chilling, but beyond the footage, the photographs, the tests, and the declassified projects, it becomes difficult for a person to visualize their destructive reach. That's where sites like Bomb Blast come in: a simulator of atomic detonations. Choose the location, the type of bomb... and observe.
If Little Boy detonated over Manhattan Island with the airburst configuration, it could kill 160,000 people and injure another 430–520 thousand. In contrast, an explosion closer to the surface reduces the death toll by half, but the number of injured remains around 190,000. From weather to population density, through the delivery method, the original parameters of the device, and even the date can greatly modify the "lethal yield" of a nuclear bomb.
Now, the only atomic attacks during open war were Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Anyone would think we don't have enough data to estimate a death toll, but to those two bombings we add thousands of tests carried out over the last 70+ years. Our calculations aren't so bad.
Bomb Blast: Become a "World Destroyer" by simulating nuclear bombs
And so we arrive at Bomb Blast, a portal that lets us see the devastation of a nuclear bomb if it exploded in our city. Basically, it's a special version of the classic site Nukemap developed by Alex Wellerstein, and the essential data is drawn from there. Bomb Blast only gives us four bombs to choose from in the simulations (Little Boy, a North Korean 240-kiloton bomb, the American W-87, and the Soviet Tsar Bomba), but it compensates for that limit with an excellent format that takes us to a series of auxiliary articles if we click on the properties of the detonation, such as the blast wave, the fireball, and the radiation.
When you enter the Bomb Blast menu, you'll see links to recommended articles and very valuable educational material, starting with a timeline dedicated to nuclear history, content focused on the major atomic powers, and data on mistakes and accidents. In short, if you're interested in the development of nuclear weapons or need a source that goes beyond Wikipedia, Bomb Blast will serve you.
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