Nuclear Weapons
A nuclear weapon (also called an atom bomb, nuke, atomic bomb, nuclear warhead, A-bomb, or nuclear bomb) is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb). Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first test of a fission ("atomic") bomb released an amount of energy approximately equal to 20,000 tons of TNT (84 TJ). The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released energy approximately equal to 10 million tons of TNT (42 PJ). Nuclear bombs …
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GPO: United States Government Publishing Office · 2021
At head of title: Air University, Air Command and Staff College. "Accepted by Air University Press February 2021 and published March 2021"--Page ii. In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing …
LC: Library of Congress · 2019 English
"Dialogue report" Includes bibliographical references. Title from PDF file as viewed on 01/03/2020.
the foreign policy formulation, testing of nuclear weapons, or when it comes to relationships with India …
GPO: United States Government Publishing Office · 2018
Updated irregularly The CRS report home page provides access to all versions published since 2018 in accordance with P.L. 115-141; earliest version dated 2016. Report includes bibliographical references. Description based …
LC: Library of Congress · 2018 English
Includes bibliographical references. Title from PDF file as viewed on 08/20/2019.
as the usefulness of our ultimate power, nuclear weapons, is increasingly called into question, the …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2017 English
Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
out, based on his ethnographic studies of nuclear weapons scientists, people in powerful institutions …
LC: Library of Congress · 2015 English
Includes bibliographical references. Also available online in PDF format from Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses website.
or unredeemed territory (vi) Acquisition of nuclear weapons “as an instrument for building or consolidating …
GPO: United States Government Publishing Office · 2015
Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office. "Serial No. 114-124." Title from title screen (viewed Jan., 14, 2016).
LC: Library of Congress · 2015 English
Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-86). Also available online in PDF format from Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses website.
wanted to keep a tab on the development of nuclear weapons by China. Not many options were available to … border war, the US had contemplated using nuclear weapons in the event of another attack from Beijing … defense secretary even talking about using nuclear weapons against China if it 34 Ted Widmar and Caroline … http://www.acronym.org.uk/ proliferation-challenges/nuclear-weapons-possessors/china/us-china-joint-statement- … contributed to the unabated proliferation of nuclear weapons and delivery systems in our neighbourhood, …
GPO: United States Government Publishing Office · 2014
"Unlimited release, printed April 2014." "SAND2014-2607." "Prepared by Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories." Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-48). DE-AC04-94AL85000 Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from caption …
LC: Library of Congress · 2013 English
between India and Pakistan -- is less certain in 2013 than at any time since their sequential nuclear weapons tests of 1998. India's vast and growing spending on large conventional military forces, at least … terrorist activity against India, coupled with Pakistan's post-2006 accelerated pursuit of tactical nuclear weapons as a means to offset this Indian initiative, have greatly increased the risk of a future Indo-Pakistani … diplomatic and military-to-military dialogue with Pakistan well beyond 2014. Iranian acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability will not directly affect the ongoing erosion of crisis stability in South Asia. However …
