Nuclear Weapon (also atomic weapon), a weapon in which the damage is inflicted by a nuclear charge. A nuclear weapon comprises a nuclear warhead; a delivery system, that is, the means of delivering the weapon to the target (missile, torpedo, aircraft, artillery fire); and a guidance system...
Another portable weapon is a “backpack” bomb. The Soviet nuclear backpack system was made in the 1960s for use against NATO targets in time of war and consists of three “coffee can-sized” aluminum canisters in a bag. All three must be connected to make a single unit in order to exp...
I worked in the industry but not from a reactor operational standpoint. I worked in the military on the weapon side of things. Many of my friends did work in the reactor operational side and, even though the reactor operation field and the weapons field both deal with radiation challenges, ...