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1. Cobalt bomb - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_bomb
Description: WebA cobalt bomb is a type of "salted bomb": a nuclear weapon designed to produce enhanced amounts of radioactive fallout, intended to contaminate a large area with radioactive material, potentially for the purpose of radiological warfare, mutual assured destruction or as doomsday devices.
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2. Soviet Doomsday Device Still Armed and Ready | WIRED
Link: https://www.wired.com/2007/09/soviet-doomsday/
Description: WebSep 7, 2007 · The Soviet doomsday device — a giant cobalt bomb rigged to explode were Russia ever nuked, rendering the earth’s surface uninhabitable — gained fictional fame in Dr. Strangelove. However, P.D....
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3. Doomsday device - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Device
Description: WebMost hypothetical constructions rely on hydrogen bombs being made arbitrarily large, assuming there are no concerns about delivering them to a target (see Teller–Ulam design) or that they can be "salted" with materials designed to create long-lasting and hazardous fallout (e.g., a cobalt bomb ).
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4. 40 YEARS AGO, THE BOMB: THE QUESTIONS CAME LATER
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/16/science/40-years-ago-the-bomb-the-questions-came-later.html
Description: WebJul 16, 1985 · It was detonated 40 years ago today, before dawn on July 16, 1945, in the darkness of the central New Mexico desert. Its force was nearly equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT. All A-bombs, known as...
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5. Salted bomb - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salted_bomb
Description: WebNo intentionally salted bomb has ever been atmospherically tested, and as far as is publicly known, none has ever been built. However, the UK tested a one-kiloton bomb incorporating a small amount of cobalt as an experimental radiochemical tracer at their Tadje testing site in Maralinga range, Australia, on September 14, 1957.
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6. Section 1.0 Types of Nuclear Weapons
Link: https://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq1.html
Description: WebMay 1, 1998 · No cobalt or other salted bomb has ever been atmospherically tested, and as far as is publicly known none have ever been built. In light of the ready availability of fission-fusion-fission bombs, it is unlikely any special-purpose fallout contamination weapon will ever be developed.
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7. How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a ‘dirty bomb’
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/how-isis-nearly-stumbled-on-the-ingredients-for-a-dirty-bomb/2017/07/22/6a966746-6e31-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html
Description: WebJul 22, 2017 · In terrorists’ hands, it is the core ingredient of a “dirty bomb,” a weapon that could be used to spread radiation and panic. Western intelligence agencies were aware of the cobalt and ...
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8. Cobalt bomb | Detailed Pedia
Link: https://www.detailedpedia.com/wiki-Cobalt_bomb
Description: WebA cobalt bomb is a type of "salted bomb": a nuclear weapon designed to produce enhanced amounts of radioactive fallout, intended to contaminate a large area with radioactive material, potentially for the purpose of radiological warfare, mutual assured destruction or as doomsday devices.
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9. Cobalt Bomb: The Ultimate Doomsday Weapon Explained
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmOH7H3mZQc
Description: WebApr 16, 2024 · In this video, we delve into the terrifying concept of the cobalt bomb, a hypothetical type of nuclear weapon designed to produce significant amounts of radioactive fallout. Learn about the...
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10. Mankind's strange love of superweapons | Nature
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/448868a
Description: WebAug 22, 2007 · In the end, the cobalt bomb was never very attractive to even the most bloody-minded of strategists because it would not have been destructive enough: the longer the half-life, the less intense...
