A chimera or chimeric virus is a virus that contains genetic material derived from two or more distinct viruses. For example, the Soviet union attempted to combine the Ebola virus and the smallpox virus during the late 1980s and early 90s.
The agni missile is a family of medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles developed by India, named after one of the five elements of nature. Agni missiles are long range, nuclear weapons capable, surface to surface ballistic missiles.
The trident missile is a submarine launched ballistic missile. Originally developed by Lockheed missiles and space corporation, the missile is armed with thermonuclear warheads. The trident is named after the mythological trident of Neptune.
An InterContinental Ballistic Missile is a missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometres primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery.
The MOAB (Mother Of All Bombs) is a large yield bomb, developed by the United States military. At the time of development, it was said to be the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the American arsenal.
The FOAB (Father Of All Bombs) is a Russian designed, bomber delivered thermobaric weapon. This bomb is similar to MOAB but more powerful making FOAB the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the world.
The B53 was a high yield bunker buster thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the cold war. Deployed on strategic Air command bombers, the B53 with a yield of 9 megatons, was the most powerful weapon in the U.S arsenal after the last b41 bombs were retired.
If you have heard of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings then you might be familiar with these bombs, as these were the ones that caused the mass destruction. Little boy (dropped on Hiroshima) released energy equal to 15 kilotons of TNT and fat man (dropped on Nagasaki) released 21 kilotons of TNT.
Castle bravo was in series of high yield thermonuclear tests. Castle bravo's yield was 15 megatons of TNT and at the time was the most powerful artificial explosion in history.
The Tsar Bomba, also known by the alphanumerical designation "AN602", was a hydrogen aerial bomb, and the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested. The tsar's yield was 50 to 58 megatons of TNT.
