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Mark 8 nuclear bomb, the Glossary

The Mark 8 nuclear bomb was an American nuclear bomb, designed in the late 1940s and early 1950s, which was in service from 1952 to 1957.^[1]

12 relations: Critical mass, Gun-type fission weapon, List of nuclear weapons, Little Boy, Los Alamos Science, Mark 10 nuclear bomb, Mark 11 nuclear bomb, Mark 12 nuclear bomb, Nuclear bunker buster, Nuclear weapon, SSM-N-8 Regulus, TNT equivalent.
Gun-type nuclear bombs
Nuclear bombs of the United States

Critical mass

In nuclear engineering, a critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction.

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Gun-type fission weapons are fission-based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the "gun" method: shooting one piece of sub-critical material into another. Mark 8 nuclear bomb and Gun-type fission weapon are Gun-type nuclear bombs.

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List of nuclear weapons

This is a list of nuclear weapons listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states.

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Little Boy

Little Boy was the name of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. Mark 8 nuclear bomb and Little Boy are Cold War aerial bombs of the United States, Gun-type nuclear bombs and nuclear bombs of the United States.

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Los Alamos Science

Los Alamos Science was the Los Alamos National Laboratory's flagship publication in the years 1980 to 2005.

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Mark 10 nuclear bomb

The Mark 10 nuclear bomb was a proposed American nuclear bomb based on the earlier Mark 8 nuclear bomb design. Mark 8 nuclear bomb and Mark 10 nuclear bomb are Cold War aerial bombs of the United States, Gun-type nuclear bombs and nuclear bombs of the United States.

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Mark 11 nuclear bomb

The Mark 11 nuclear bomb was an American nuclear bomb developed from the earlier Mark 8 nuclear bomb in the mid-1950s. Mark 8 nuclear bomb and Mark 11 nuclear bomb are Cold War aerial bombs of the United States, Gun-type nuclear bombs, Military equipment introduced in the 1950s and nuclear bombs of the United States.

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Mark 12 nuclear bomb

The Mark-12 nuclear bomb was a lightweight nuclear bomb designed and manufactured by the United States which was built starting in 1954 and which saw service from then until 1962. Mark 8 nuclear bomb and Mark 12 nuclear bomb are Cold War aerial bombs of the United States, Military equipment introduced in the 1950s and nuclear bombs of the United States.

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Nuclear bunker buster

A nuclear bunker buster, also known as an earth-penetrating weapon (EPW), is the nuclear equivalent of the conventional bunker buster.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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SSM-N-8 Regulus

The SSM-N-8A Regulus or the Regulus I was a United States Navy-developed ship-and-submarine-launched, nuclear-capable turbojet-powered second generation cruise missile, deployed from 1955 to 1964. Mark 8 nuclear bomb and SSM-N-8 Regulus are Military equipment introduced in the 1950s.

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