The explosion of a nuclear bomb in the center of Ukraine could reach the Iberian Peninsula, as reported by the Radioactivity Laboratory of the University of Coimbra to ‘CNN Portugal’, although it warned that only an explosion would not “we will have a nuclear winter.”
In this way, everything will depend on the number of bombs that could explode, although even so the arrival of particles would be probable. Despite this, “A specific explosion,” as the expert told the Portuguese media, will not cause notable damage in the country.
Currently there are ten countries that have nuclear weapons in their possession, although 90% of the world’s arsenal is concentrated United States and Russia. The rest of the nations that make up this list are Pakistan, India, Israel, North Korea, France, China and the United Kingdom.
Number of nuclear warheads per country
- Russia: 5,580.
- USA: 5.044.
- China: 500.
- France: 290.
- United Kingdom: 225.
- India: 172.
- Pakistan: 170.
- Israel: 90.
- North Korea: 50.
What are nuclear warheads?
Nuclear warheads are weapons of mass destruction whose impact continues many years after the explosion. If it is fission, it uses plutonium or uranium as an explosive element, while if it is fusion, it also uses hydrogen (hence the nickname “H bomb”). He Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty It prohibits their international sale or transfer, so countries that have them can only do so through their own production.
The first time a nuclear weapon was used in a conflict It was August 6, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima (Japan). Three days later it carried out another launch on Nagasaki.
