America will make the most powerful nuclear bomb ever, it will be 24 times more dangerous than ‘Little Boy’, will create devastation up to 100 km

Atomic bomb in the countries of the world, the race to create is not over yet. This competition is still going on. On one hand, Russia is still continuously attacking Ukraine, while on the other hand, the war between Israel and Hamas is intensifying. Meanwhile, there are reports that now America is going to make such a nuclear bomb which will be 24 times more dangerous than the nuclear bomb dropped by America in Japan.

B61-13 will be named

America is preparing to make the most powerful nuclear bomb ever. It is said to be 24 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Its name is B61-13. This will be the 13th variant of the B6] family. This would be a gravity bomb. This means that such a bomb is dropped directly on the target and not launched from a missile. The work of making B61-13 will be under the supervision of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

…So this is why

America has made this announcement at a time when China has recently talked about doubling its nuclear weapons by 2030. And Russia has also come out of the treaty banning nuclear weapons testing. The B61-13 will look similar to the B61-7. But the safety and control features will be better in it. It will also have an upgraded tail kit, which will help it fall straight on the target.

How dangerous will B61-13 be than ‘Little Boy’?

The atomic bomb that America dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during the Second World War in 1945 was named ‘Little Boy’. When this bomb fell on Hiroshima, the population there was 3.20 lakh. By the end of 1945, 1.40 lakh people had died due to this bomb. Little Boy weighed 9,700 pounds, while its diameter was 28 inches. It contained 141 pounds of uranium. Whereas, B61-13 will be plutonium. Its weight will be 360 ​​kilotons. Its diameter will be 13.3 inches.

How much destruction can it cause?

The bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima released a heat of 6650 degrees Celsius. Now imagine that B61-13 is 24 times more powerful than this, so how much heat will it generate. When B61-13 is dropped anywhere, it will cause very strong vibrations. Its fire will spread to a radius of about six and a half kilometers and areas within a radius of 100 kilometers will be completely destroyed. Human rights organization Wedging Peace estimates that when a nuclear bomb weighing more than 300 kilotons is dropped, only fire will continue to burn for at least 6 hours. This will spoil the environment within a radius of 100 kilometers. It is also estimated that when B61-13 falls, there will be more than 10 lakh deaths within a few hours. Whereas, more than 20 lakh people will get badly burnt. The tail kit of the B61-13 will be designed in such a way that it will increase its accuracy.

But why is it being made?

During the Cold War, when there was a nuclear arms race between America and Russia, B61-7 was the most important bomb in the American stockpile. It was built in the 1980s. The US still has some B61-7 bombs in stock. Their shelf life is 12 years. B61-12 was approved during the Obama administration. This was the most expensive project in American history. The B61-13 is stronger and more powerful than the B61-12. It has a guided tail kit. A special thing about B 61-13 is that it can be detonated even in air. However, till now B61-13 has received approval from the US Parliament. Work on it can start only after getting approval.