![]() ![]() ( TNG: " Encounter at Farpoint" Star Trek: First Contact)īy the mid 23rd century, advances in hull materials technology led to nuclear weapons losing their tactical significance in ship-to-ship combat. But in a great irony, Zefram Cochrane's first successful faster-than-light vessel manned by Humans was launched using the remnants of a nuclear missile. ( Star Trek: First Contact DIS: " New Eden") In the aftermath, there was the post-atomic horror, and radioactive isotopes resulting from the conflict remained in the atmosphere a decade later. Six hundred million were killed, most major cities were destroyed, and there were few governments left. The Third World War was described as a nuclear cataclysm. In the 1950s, some Earth powers developed another type of nuclear weapon known as hydrogen bombs. In the real world, the Nevada Test Site began nuclear bomb testing in 1951. The Ferengi never tested atomic weapons on their own planet, much less actually used them in combat, and Quark was shocked at the "stupidity" of Humans for polluting their own planet with atomic testing. There they harnessed the beta radiation released by an atomic bomb test in the Nevada desert to return to the 24th century. Quark, Rom, Nog, and Odo were able to experience a test of an atomic weapon when they were accidentally transported to 1947 Earth. ![]() ( ENT: " In a Mirror, Darkly" opening credits)Ī nuclear explosion in the mirror universe Terrans also developed atomic weapons in the mirror universe. ( Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)Ī detonation of a nuclear weapon in Nevada A song of the 1980s expounded upon this notion, stating that, in such a nuclear exchange, the only choice the public would have would be "how many megatons". ( TOS: " Assignment: Earth" ENT: " Carbon Creek") A colloquial phrase during this time was to "push the button", meaning that government powers had the ability to instantly launch nuclear weapons at each other, annihilating civilization in the process, without the population even realizing it until the nuclear exchange had already occurred. ( ENT: " Proving Ground")ĭuring this period, which became known as the Cold War, mankind was constantly on the brink of self-annihilation through, among other atomic weapon delivery systems, orbiting nuclear devices. Because of the weapon's destructive power, though, countless amounts of nuclear weapons were produced and tested (such as at Bikini Atoll) between 1945-1990, mostly by the US and the Soviet Union. Combat usage was at first confined for over one hundred years to only two nuclear weapons used by the United States of America on Japan at the end of the Second World War, including the bomb, code-named, " Fat Man". ( TOS: " Elaan of Troyius")Įarth, especially, saw both development and use of atomic weapons. ( TOS: " Balance of Terror") Elasians used nuclear sidearms. ( TOS: " Patterns of Force") Weapons considered by 23rd century Starfleet to be "atomic" (possibly atomic bombs) were used in the Earth-Romulan War. ( TOS: " Tomorrow is Yesterday") The planet Ekos fired a thermonuclear missile at the USS Enterprise in 2268. ( TOS: " The Cage") A jet plane from the United States of America on Earth that was sent to intercept the USS Enterprise in 1969 was thought by Spock to potentially have missiles armed with nuclear warheads. ( ENT: " Awakening") The Talosian society was effectively destroyed by the use of atomic weapons. Vulcans developed and used nuclear weapons widely in the wars leading up to the Time of Awakening around the year 350, devastating their civilization. ![]() ( TNG: " A Matter Of Time" VOY: " Dragon's Teeth", " Friendship One") Sufficient use of atomic weapons could also result in a sudden reduction in overall planetary temperatures due to particulate matter in the atmosphere, called a " nuclear winter". The near-ground detonation of a nuclear weapon could produce a mushroom-shaped cloud and the subsequent radioactive contamination of the surrounding areas could cause radiation sickness and other health problems. A relatively low-yield atomic weapon could, for example, destroy a small city. The detonation of an atomic bomb forming the characteristic mushroom cloud during the Time of Awakening on VulcanĪn atomic weapon (also known as an atomic bomb, A-bomb, nuclear weapon, or more commonly nuke or nuclear device) was a term that generally described a device developed by Humans and other species that utilized the principles of either or both of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion to release massive destructive energies. (covers information from several alternate timelines) ![]()
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