Neutron bomb, the Glossary
A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself.[1]
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140 relations: A-135 anti-ballistic missile system, Ablation, AIM-26 Falcon, Air burst, Alpha particle, Anti-ballistic missile, Area denial weapon, Armoured personnel carrier, Asteroid impact avoidance, Atomic demolition munition, BBC, BGM-71 TOW, Boron carbide, Bremsstrahlung, Burn, CIM-10 Bomarc, Cobalt bomb, Cold War, Cold War tank formations, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, Coulomb explosion, Cox Report, CRC Press, Defeat in detail, Depleted uranium, Depleted zinc oxide, Desert climate, Douglas MacArthur, Ducrete, Electronvolt, Exosphere, Federation of American Scientists, First Thatcher ministry, Gamma ray, George H. W. Bush, Glitch, Gray (unit), Ground burst, Half-life, Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense), Helium-4, Hohlraum, Hot-dip galvanization, Hydrogen, Integrated circuit, Ionization, Ionizing radiation, Isotopes of zinc, Jimmy Carter, John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, ... Expand index (90 more) »
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A-135 anti-ballistic missile system
The A-135 (NATO: ABM-4 Gorgon) is a Russian anti-ballistic missile system deployed around Moscow to intercept incoming warheads targeting the city or its surrounding areas.
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Ablation
Ablation (ablatio – removal) is the removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosive processes, or by other means.
AIM-26 Falcon
The AIM-26 Falcon was a larger, more powerful version of the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile built by Hughes.
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Air burst
An air burst or airburst is the detonation of an explosive device such as an anti-personnel artillery shell or a nuclear weapon in the air instead of on contact with the ground or target.
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Alpha particle
Alpha particles, also called alpha rays or alpha radiation, consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus.
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Anti-ballistic missile
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense).
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Area denial weapon
An area denial weapon is a defensive device used to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing an area of land, sea or air.
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Armoured personnel carrier
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones.
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Asteroid impact avoidance
Asteroid impact avoidance encompasses the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted away, preventing destructive impact events.
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Atomic demolition munition
Atomic demolition munitions (ADMs), colloquially known as nuclear land mines, are small nuclear explosive devices.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BGM-71 TOW
The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided", pronounced) is an American anti-tank missile.
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Boron carbide
Boron carbide (chemical formula approximately B4C) is an extremely hard boron–carbon ceramic, a covalent material used in tank armor, bulletproof vests, engine sabotage powders, as well as numerous industrial applications.
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Bremsstrahlung
In particle physics, bremsstrahlung is electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle when deflected by another charged particle, typically an electron by an atomic nucleus.
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Burn
A burn is an injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or ultraviolet radiation (such as sunburn).
CIM-10 Bomarc
The Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc ("Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center") (IM-99 Weapon System prior to September 1962) was a supersonic ramjet powered long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) used during the Cold War for the air defense of North America.
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Cobalt bomb
A 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. Neutron bomb and cobalt bomb are nuclear weapons.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Cold War tank formations
During the Cold War, NATO and the Warsaw Pact both had large tank formations present in Europe.
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Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair.
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Coulomb explosion
A Coulombic explosion is a condensed-matter physics process in which a molecule or crystal lattice is destroyed by the Coulombic repulsion between its constituent atoms.
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Cox Report
The Report of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China, commonly known as the Cox Report after Representative Christopher Cox, is a classified U.S. government document reporting on the People's Republic of China's covert operations within the United States during the 1980s and 1990s.
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CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
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Defeat in detail
Defeat in detail, or divide and conquer, is a military tactic of bringing a large portion of one's own force to bear on small enemy units in sequence, rather than engaging the bulk of the enemy force all at once.
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Depleted uranium
Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than natural uranium.
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Depleted zinc oxide
Depleted zinc oxide (DZO) is a zinc oxide depleted in the zinc isotope with the atomic mass 64, and used as a corrosion inhibitor in nuclear pressurized water reactors.
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Desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation.
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Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army.
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Ducrete
DUCRETE (Depleted Uranium Concrete) is a high density concrete alternative investigated for use in construction of casks for storage of radioactive waste.
Electronvolt
In physics, an electronvolt (symbol eV), also written electron-volt and electron volt, is the measure of an amount of kinetic energy gained by a single electron accelerating through an electric potential difference of one volt in vacuum.
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Exosphere
The exosphere (ἔξω éxō "outside, external, beyond", σφαῖρα sphaĩra "sphere") is a thin, atmosphere-like volume surrounding a planet or natural satellite where molecules are gravitationally bound to that body, but where the density is so low that the molecules are essentially collision-less.
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Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is an American nonprofit global policy think tank with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure.
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First Thatcher ministry
Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990, during which time she led a Conservative majority government.
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Gamma ray
A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushAfter the 1990s, he became more commonly known as George H. W. Bush, "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush the Elder" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd U.S. president from 2001 to 2009; previously, he was usually referred to simply as George Bush.
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Glitch
A glitch is a short-lived technical fault, such as a transient one that corrects itself, making it difficult to troubleshoot.
Gray (unit)
The gray (symbol: Gy) is the unit of ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter.
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Ground burst
A ground burst is the detonation of an explosive device such as an artillery shell, nuclear weapon or air-dropped bomb that explodes at ground level.
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Half-life
Half-life (symbol) is the time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value.
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Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)
Harold Brown (September 19, 1927 – January 4, 2019) was an American nuclear physicist who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981, under President Jimmy Carter.
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Helium-4
Helium-4 is a stable isotope of the element helium.
Hohlraum
In radiation thermodynamics, a hohlraum (a non-specific German word for a "hollow space", "empty room", or "cavity") is a cavity whose walls are in radiative equilibrium with the radiant energy within the cavity.
Hot-dip galvanization
Hot-dip galvanization is a form of galvanization.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip, computer chip, or simply chip, is a small electronic device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors. Neutron bomb and integrated circuit are American inventions.
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Ionization
Ionization (or ionisation specifically in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons, often in conjunction with other chemical changes.
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Ionizing radiation
Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have sufficient energy to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them.
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Isotopes of zinc
Naturally occurring zinc (30Zn) is composed of the 5 stable isotopes 64Zn, 66Zn, 67Zn, 68Zn, and 70Zn with 64Zn being the most abundant (48.6% natural abundance).
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert
John William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, (5 April 1927 – 2 June 2013) was a British Labour Party politician.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Livermore, California, United States.
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Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1960 to 1964 and again from 1977 to 1982.
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Light tank
A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movements in and out of combat, to outmaneuver heavier tanks.
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List of anti-tank missiles
This is a list of anti-tank guided missiles developed by different countries.
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List of states with nuclear weapons
Eight sovereign states have publicly announced successful detonation of nuclear weapons. Neutron bomb and List of states with nuclear weapons are nuclear weapons.
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Lithium hydride
Lithium hydride is an inorganic compound with the formula LiH.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the American southwest.
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M1 Abrams
The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for General Creighton Abrams.
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M109 howitzer
The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44.
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M110 howitzer
The 8-inch (203 mm) M110 self-propelled howitzer is an American self-propelled artillery system consisting of an M115 203 mm howitzer installed on a purpose-built chassis.
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M47 Dragon
The M47 Dragon, known as the FGM-77 during development, is an American shoulder-fired, man-portable anti-tank guided missile system.
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Main battle tank
A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank,Ogorkiewicz 2018 p222 is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.
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Mean free path
In physics, mean free path is the average distance over which a moving particle (such as an atom, a molecule, or a photon) travels before substantially changing its direction or energy (or, in a specific context, other properties), typically as a result of one or more successive collisions with other particles.
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In toxicology, the median lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for "lethal dose, 50%"), LC50 (lethal concentration, 50%) or LCt50 is a toxic unit that measures the lethal dose of a given substance.
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Medium tank
A medium tank is a classification of tanks, particularly prevalent during World War II, which represented a compromise between the mobility oriented light tanks and the armour and armament oriented heavy tanks.
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MGM-52 Lance
The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (tactical ballistic missile) system used to provide both nuclear and conventional fire support to the United States Army.
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Missile launch facility
A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs).
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Momentum transfer
In particle physics, wave mechanics, and optics, momentum transfer is the amount of momentum that one particle gives to another particle.
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Mordechai Vanunu
Mordechai Vanunu (מרדכי ואנונו; born 14 October 1954), also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986.
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Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Natural uranium
Natural uranium (NU or Unat) is uranium with the same isotopic ratio as found in nature.
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Neutron
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Neutron activation
Neutron activation is the process in which neutron radiation induces radioactivity in materials, and occurs when atomic nuclei capture free neutrons, becoming heavier and entering excited states. Neutron bomb and neutron activation are neutron.
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Neutron capture
Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus. Neutron bomb and neutron capture are neutron.
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Neutron moderator
In nuclear engineering, a neutron moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, ideally without capturing any, leaving them as thermal neutrons with only minimal (thermal) kinetic energy.
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Neutron poison
In applications such as nuclear reactors, a neutron poison (also called a neutron absorber or a nuclear poison) is a substance with a large neutron absorption cross-section.
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Neutron radiation
Neutron radiation is a form of ionizing radiation that presents as free neutrons. Neutron bomb and neutron radiation are neutron.
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Neutron scattering
Neutron scattering, the irregular dispersal of free neutrons by matter, can refer to either the naturally occurring physical process itself or to the man-made experimental techniques that use the natural process for investigating materials. Neutron bomb and neutron scattering are neutron.
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Neutron temperature
The neutron detection temperature, also called the neutron energy, indicates a free neutron's kinetic energy, usually given in electron volts. Neutron bomb and neutron temperature are neutron.
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Neutron transport
Neutron transport (also known as neutronics) is the study of the motions and interactions of neutrons with materials. Neutron bomb and neutron transport are neutron.
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Nike-X
Nike-X was an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system designed in the 1960s by the United States Army to protect major cities in the United States from attacks by the Soviet Union's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fleet during the Cold War.
Nuclear artillery
Nuclear artillery is a subset of limited-yield tactical nuclear weapons, in particular those weapons that are launched from the ground at battlefield targets. Neutron bomb and nuclear artillery are nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear explosion
A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction.
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Nuclear fallout
Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. Neutron bomb and nuclear fallout are nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear fission
Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.
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Nuclear fission product
Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus undergoes nuclear fission.
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Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei, usually deuterium and tritium (hydrogen isotopes), combine to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).
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Nuclear strategy
Nuclear strategy involves the development of doctrines and strategies for the production and use of nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Neutron bomb and nuclear warfare are nuclear weapons.
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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. Neutron bomb and nuclear weapon are American inventions and nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear weapon design
Nuclear weapon designs are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. Neutron bomb and nuclear weapon design are nuclear weapons.
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Overpressure
Overpressure (or blast overpressure) is the pressure caused by a shock wave over and above normal atmospheric pressure.
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib", is the second-largest daily newspaper serving the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania.
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Polyethylene
Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic.
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Prompt neutron
In nuclear engineering, a prompt neutron is a neutron immediately emitted (neutron emission) by a nuclear fission event, as opposed to a delayed neutron decay which can occur within the same context, emitted after beta decay of one of the fission products anytime from a few milliseconds to a few minutes later. Neutron bomb and prompt neutron are neutron.
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Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.
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Pulse (physics)
In physics, a pulse is a generic term describing a single disturbance that moves through a transmission medium.
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Pure fusion weapon
A pure fusion weapon is a hypothetical hydrogen bomb design that does not need a fission "primary" explosive to ignite the fusion of deuterium and tritium, two heavy isotopes of hydrogen used in fission-fusion thermonuclear weapons.
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Radiation hardening
Radiation hardening is the process of making electronic components and circuits resistant to damage or malfunction caused by high levels of ionizing radiation (particle radiation and high-energy electromagnetic radiation), especially for environments in outer space (especially beyond low Earth orbit), around nuclear reactors and particle accelerators, or during nuclear accidents or nuclear warfare.
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Radiological warfare
Radiological warfare is any form of warfare involving deliberate radiation poisoning or contamination of an area with radiological sources.
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Reactive armour
Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour used in protecting vehicles, especially modern tanks, against shaped charges and hardened kinetic energy penetrators.
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Regolith
Regolith is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock.
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Safeguard Program
The Safeguard Program was a U.S. Army anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system designed to protect the U.S. Air Force's Minuteman ICBM silos from attack, thus preserving the US's nuclear deterrent fleet.
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Salted bomb
A salted bomb is a nuclear weapon designed to function as a radiological weapon by producing larger quantities of radioactive fallout than unsalted nuclear arms. Neutron bomb and salted bomb are nuclear weapons.
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Samuel T. Cohen
Samuel Theodore Cohen (January 25, 1921 – November 28, 2010) was an American physicist who is generally credited as the father of the neutron bomb.
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Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material that has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass.
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Soil
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Sprint (missile)
The Sprint was a two-stage, solid-fuel anti-ballistic missile (ABM), armed with a W66 enhanced-radiation thermonuclear warhead used by the United States Army during 1975–76.
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Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles.
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T-72
The T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1971.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Thermonuclear weapon
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design.
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TNT equivalent
TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion.
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Tritium
Tritium or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life ~12.3 years.
Tsar Bomba
The Tsar Bomba (code name: Ivan or Vanya), also known by the alphanumerical designation "AN602", was a thermonuclear aerial bomb, and the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested.
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UGM-27 Polaris
The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
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United States Atomic Energy Commission
The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by the U.S. Congress to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology.
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Uranium
Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92.
Variable yield
Variable yield, or dial-a-yield, is an option available on most modern nuclear weapons. Neutron bomb and Variable yield are nuclear weapons.
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W33 (nuclear warhead)
The W33 (also known as the Mark 33, T317 and M422) was an American nuclear artillery shell designed for use in the M110 howitzer and M115 howitzer.
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W48
The W48 was an American nuclear artillery shell, capable of being fired from any standard howitzer.
W63 (nuclear warhead)
The W63 was the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's entry into a brief competition between Livermore and Los Alamos to design a warhead for the Army's Lance tactical surface to surface missile.
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W64 (nuclear warhead)
The W64 nuclear warhead was the Los Alamos Laboratory's entry into a brief competition between Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Los Alamos to design an "enhanced-radiation" nuclear warhead (i.e., a "neutron bomb") for the United States Army's MGM-52 Lance tactical surface-to-surface missile.
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W65 (nuclear warhead)
The W65 was the Lawrence Livermore Lab's competitor for the warhead of the Sprint anti-ballistic missile.
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W66 (nuclear warhead)
The W66 thermonuclear warhead was used on the Sprint anti-ballistic missile system, designed to be a short-range interceptor to shoot down incoming ICBM warheads.
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W70
W70 was a two-stage, thermonuclear warhead that was developed for the MGM-52 Lance missile by the United States.
W79 Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile
The W79 Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile (AFAP), also known as XM753 (Atomic RA), was an American nuclear artillery shell, capable of being fired from any NATO howitzer e.g. the M115 and M110 howitzer.
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W82
The W82 (also known as the XM785 shell) was a low-yield tactical nuclear warhead developed by the United States and designed to be used in a 155 mm artillery shell.
Water vapor
Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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William Morrow and Company
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926.
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X-ray
X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
1978 Soviet nuclear tests
The Soviet Union's 1978 nuclear test series was a group of 31 nuclear tests conducted in 1978.
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53T6
The 53T6 (NATO reporting name: ABM-3 Gazelle, previously SH-08).
See also
Neutron
- Activation product
- Antineutron
- Bragg's law
- Delayed neutron
- Discovery of the neutron
- Dollar (reactivity)
- Fast neutron therapy
- Free neutron decay
- Isotopes of neutronium
- Nested neutron spectrometer
- Neutron
- Neutron activation
- Neutron bomb
- Neutron capture
- Neutron capture nucleosynthesis
- Neutron capture therapy of cancer
- Neutron cross section
- Neutron detection
- Neutron economy
- Neutron embrittlement
- Neutron emission
- Neutron facilities
- Neutron flux
- Neutron imaging
- Neutron irradiation damage
- Neutron moderators
- Neutron moisture gauge
- Neutron probe
- Neutron radiation
- Neutron reflector
- Neutron scattering
- Neutron source
- Neutron stars
- Neutron temperature
- Neutron transport
- Neutronium
- Nucleogenic
- Nucleon
- Nucleon magnetic moment
- Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis
- Prompt neutron
- R-process
- Research reactor
- S-process
- Scattering amplitude
- Tetraneutron
- Ultracold neutrons
- Virgin neutron
- Wigner effect
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb
Also known as Capitalist bomb, Death ray bomb, Death-ray bomb, ERRB, Enhanced radiation bomb, Enhanced radiation reduced blast, Enhanced radiation weapon, Neutron ray bomb, Neutron ray weapon, Neutron weapon, Neutron-ray weapon, Nuetron bomb, Nutron bomb.
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