Nuclear 'bombs' are real and their 'yields' are correct. They do convert mass into energy.
Almost 100% of the energy created is heat in the form of EM radiation. In many ways it is similar to lightening.
The shockwave is produced by superheating the air around the blast and the pressure produced by the explosion plummets at a rate of PSI = 1/radius^3. It will take very little distance from the center of the blast to have no appreciable force.
A nuclear explosion in the vacuum of space would simply be a ball of very bright light with no shock wave at all.
Expanding gasses make much better bombs, especially if they can be confined. Thermobaric bombs in buildings or valleys make extremely effective explosions.
Nuclear 'bombs' are real and their 'yields' are correct. They do convert mass into energy.
Almost 100% of the energy created is heat in the form of EM radiation. In many ways it is similar to lightening.
The shockwave is produced by superheating the air around the blast and the pressure produced by the explosion plummets at a rate of PSI = 1/radius^3. It will take very little distance from the center of the blast to have no appreciable force.
A nuclear explosion in the vacuum of space would simply be a ball of very bright light with no shock wave at all.
Expanding gasses make much better bombs, especially if they can be confined. Thermobaric bombs in buildings or valleys make extremely effective explosions.