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Neutron bomb, specialized type of nuclear weapon that would produce minimal blast and heat but would release large amounts of lethal radiation. A neutron bomb is actually a small thermonuclear bomb in which a few kilograms of plutonium or uranium, ignite
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Also known as: atomic weapon, thermonuclear weapon Written by Robert S. Norris Dr. Norris was a senior research associate with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, DC from 1984 to his retirement in 2011. His principal areas of expertise include writing and research... ...
And whom else can we trust with the expressive knowledge of the destructive power of thermonuclear weapons but the so-called father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, Andrei Sakharov? He was a Soviet physicist, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who wrote a relatively long essay about the thre...
For example, consider the effects of a 1- megaton (Mt) air burst on things 4 miles [6 km] \/ \/ Initial nuclear radiation Residual nuclear radiation (fallout) Effects of a nuclear explosion Thermonuclear ground burst Photo credit: U S Department of Energy Ch. II—A Nuclear Weapon Over ...
such as Starlink or the GPS navigation constellation in medium Earth orbit (MEO). China is known to be examining the practicality of such a weapon. Similarly, North Korea has threatened to launch a ballistic missile that would carry a thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen...
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when kilograms were what the project was calling for. The Manhattan Project eventually got around this by effectively learning how to get much more bang for their thermonuclear buck. They switched to a different bomb design that required significantly less uranium by compounding the explosive power ...
Nuclear fusion brought about by thermal agitation at elevated temperature is termed “thermonuclear fusion” (see 17.1.2). 17.1.1 Fusion nucléaire Réaction entre des noyaux d'atomes légers, qui conduit à la formation d'un noyau plus lourd que les noyaux initiaux, accompagnée d'une libérati...