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  • Mark 4 (nuclear weapon)/Definition
    ...ly line rather than by hand; design ancestor of the British [[Blue Danube (nuclear weapon)|Blue Danube bomb]]
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  • Fission device/Related Articles
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  • MGM-52 Lance/Definition
    A [[short range ballistic missile]], deployed only with [[W70 (nuclear weapon)|W70 nuclear warheads]]; the last nuclear-armed tactical missile of the [[U
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  • W85 (nuclear weapon)/Definition
    Air-burst 400 kt nuclear weapon for the [[Pershing II]]
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  • Boosted fission
    ...tritium will increase the number of [[neutron]]s generated by the Primary nuclear weapon. Tritium's relatively short half-life means that any nuclear weapon containing it must have its tritium supply replaced periodically.
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  • Composition B/Definition
    ...fillers in mines, bombs and shells; early nuclear weapons including [[B53 (nuclear weapon)|B53 high-yield bomb]]
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  • Underwater-to-underwater missile
    ...ave included nuclear depth charges; the U.S. [[UUM-44 SUBROC]] carried a [[nuclear weapon, W55|W55 thermonuclear warhead]]. The Russian [[SS-N-15 STARFISH]]/[[RPK-2 ...e possible with a hybrid weapon also gave more safety to the launcher of a nuclear weapon.
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  • Mark 4 (nuclear weapon)
    ...generation but a production-quality, re-engineered version of the Fat Man (nuclear weapon)|Fat Man bomb that had been used on Nagasaki. An fission device|implosio ...rogram explored variations in the Mark 4 core, and then tested the Mark 6 (nuclear weapon),<ref>{{citation
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  • Mark 39 (nuclear weapon)/Definition
    U.S. thermonuclear weapon, derived from the [[Mark 15 (nuclear weapon)|Mark 15]]; 700 built between 1957 and 1959, retired between 1962 and 1966;
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  • Manhattan Project
    ...s of America|U.S.]] project conducted during [[World War II]] to develop a nuclear weapon. It was commanded by Major General [[Leslie Groves]], with [[J. Robert Oppe ...Boy (nuclear weapon)|Little Boy]] used at [[Hiroshima]] and the [[Fat Man (nuclear weapon)|Fat Man]] bombs used on [[Nagasaki]], on, respectively, August 6 and Augus
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  • Manhattan Project/Related Articles
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  • Manhattan Project/Definition
    Code name for the U.S. nuclear weapon development program in the [[World War II]]
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  • Mark 9 (nuclear weapon)/Definition
    ...demolition munition]], also known as the T4, remanufactured from the [[W9 (nuclear weapon)|W9 280mm warhead]]
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  • RDS-2 (nuclear weapon)/Definition
    1951 improved version of the Soviet [[RDS-1 (nuclear weapon)|RDS-1 atomic bomb]]; 38 kt yield
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  • Strategic nuclear weapon/Definition
    A nuclear weapon used deep enemy territory, affecting military forces in the homeland, or po
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  • USS Saratoga (CV-3)/Definition
    ...ser hull in 1927, and serving throughout World War II; sunk in 1946 during nuclear weapon tests
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  • Mark 23 (nuclear weapon)/Definition
    [[Mark 19 (nuclear weapon)|Mark 19]] warhead repackaged into a High Capacity shell casing for the [[1
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  • USS Independence (CVL-22)/Definition
    ...d ship of [[Independence (carrier)-class]]; served 1942-1946; sunk in 1951 nuclear weapon test
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  • Desired ground zero/Definition
    above, where a nuclear weapon is aimed, but not necessarily at which it actually detonates
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  • Blue Danube (disambiguation)
    {{r|Blue Danube (nuclear weapon)}}
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  • Plumbatol/Definition
    ...losive mixture of 70% [[lead nitrate]]/30% [[TNT (explosive)|TNT]] used in nuclear weapon implosion systems; 4850 m/sec [[detonation velocity]]; heavy cast density o
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  • FEFO/Definition
    ...es|insensitive liquid explosive binder]] used in [[explosive welding]] and nuclear weapon implosion systems; 1,1-[methylenebis(oxy)]-bis-[2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethane]
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  • LX-09/Definition
    ...A]], 2.4% [[FEFO]] High velocity [[plastic bonded explosive]] used [[W88 (nuclear weapon)|W68 warhead]] for [[UGM-73 Poseidon]] SLBM; Withdrawn from use due to agin
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  • Electromagnetic pulse
    ...pulse (EMP)''' is a phenomenon, usually associated with the explosion of a nuclear weapon but also by the operation of specialized generators driven by conventional ...nario for large-scale damage by EMP involves the explosion of a high-yield nuclear weapon at a very high altitude.
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  • UGM-27 Titan II
    ...Titan II''' had unusually high warhead throw-weight, which let it lift the nuclear weapon, W53|9-megaton W53. The 54 missiles, deployed from 1962 to 1984, were reser ...uclear weapon, W78|340 KT W78 multiple independently targetable warhead or nuclear weapon, W87|300 KT W87 single warhead.
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  • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
    ...apons were once shared, the only ones now under such arrangements are B61 (nuclear weapon)|B61 gravity bombs. It appears several countries may end the agreement and
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  • Weak link-strong link/Definition
    An architecture for isolating the detonation system of a nuclear weapon inside a electrically and physically rugged barrier; engineered penetration
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  • Shahab-3 (missile)/Definition
    ...ediate range ballistic missile|intermediate range]]; capable of carrying a nuclear weapon although accuracy may be limited
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  • Insensitive high explosives/Definition
    ...when engulfed in fire, and, when used in the high explosive initator of a nuclear weapon, unable to trigger fission unless precisely triggered
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  • Fusion device/Related Articles
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  • AGM-28 Hound Dog
    ...t generically as 4 Mt,but other reports specifically identify it as a B28 (nuclear weapon)|W28 known to have a yield between 70 kt and 1.45 Mt. It had Category A, an
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  • Personnel Reliability Program
    | title = Nuclear Weapon Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) *Is armed and/or assigned duty for nuclear weapon security that would afford the-opportunity to inflict damage on the weapon
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  • Circular error probability
    ...delivery error may be insignificant. Obviously, the radius of effect of a nuclear weapon and a pistol bullet will be quite different; delivery error has to consider
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  • Gravity bomb
    Gravity bombs can have any type of payload, including nuclear (e.g., nuclear weapon, B61|B61, conventional high explosive (e.g., Mark 8x series conventional bo
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  • Shahab-3 (missile)
    ...he most plausible delivery vehicle for any Iranian nuclear program|Iranian nuclear weapon. The basic medium range ballistic missile version has a medium range of 1,3
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  • MGM-52 Lance
    ...weapon]] and [[cluster munition]] warheads had been designed, only [[W70 (nuclear weapon)|W70 nuclear warheads]] were ever put into production. An "enhanced radiati
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  • Neutron/Related Articles
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  • UGM-133 Trident D5
    ...ercontinental ballistic missile]]s. Its ability to deliver up to 12 [[W88 (nuclear weapon)|W88 nuclear weapons]] per missile, each with a yield up to 475 kilotons, m
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  • Isotope/Related Articles
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  • Permissive Action Link
    ...ermissive Action Link (PAL)''' is a U.S.-developed physical component of a nuclear weapon, specifically to prevent unauthorized activation by persons who have legiti ...weapon)|W28, W-49 (nuclear weapon)|W49, W50 (nuclear weapon)|W50, and W52 (nuclear weapon)|W52
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  • Weak link-strong link
    ...ternal, unintended electrical signals from reaching the firing system of a nuclear weapon.<ref>{{citation | title = US Nuclear Weapon Safety and Control
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  • W88 (nuclear weapon)
    The '''W88 (nuclear weapon)''' intermediate yield strategic warhead used on the [[UGM-133 Trident D5]
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  • Cruise missile
    ...'') or nuclear warhead. All U.S. nuclear-capable cruise missiles use the [[nuclear weapon, W80|W80 warhead]] of 5 or 150 kiloton selectable yield. They may release v
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  • RDS-1 (nuclear weapon)
    ...into limited production, with a goal of 20 to be made per year. [[RDS-2 (nuclear weapon)]], a 1951 version of 38 KT yield at half the size and weight, replaced it.
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  • Counterforce
    ...f a military base was near a city, a bonus counterforce attack might use a nuclear weapon with a larger effective radius, and aim it between the base and the city. T
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  • Atomic number/Related Articles
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  • Beryllium
    ...[beryllium reflector]] was first used operationally in the U.S. [[Mark 12 (nuclear weapon)]],
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  • Federation of American Scientists
    ...5, by members including participants in the Manhattan Project to build the nuclear weapon|atomic bomb, its work is currently organized into four areas:
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  • Operation Ivy
    '''Operation Ivy''' was a pair of U.S. nuclear weapon tests in the Marshall Islands in 1952, which both provided experimental ver The device was built on an operational Mark 5 (nuclear weapon)|Mark 5 primary, but its secondary used cryogenic fuel in a physical housin
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  • TNT equivalent
    ...structive power, of nuclear weapons. These units have been used in various nuclear weapon control treaties<ref name=treaty/> as well as in numerous article and books ...ivalent energy yield of 15 megatons (Mt) and the [[Soviet Union]] tested a nuclear weapon with a TNT equivalent energy yield of 50 megatons (Mt).
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