nuclear weapon yield

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• Nuclear weapon yield — Logarithmic scatterplot comparing the yield (in kilotons) and weight (in kilograms) of all nuclear weapons developed by the United States. The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy discharged when a nuclear weapon is… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear weapon — A bomb redirects here. For other uses, see A bomb (disambiguation). The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 …   Wikipedia

• nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …   Universalium

• nuclear weapon degradation — The degeneration of a nuclear warhead to such an extent that the anticipated nuclear yield is lessened …   Military dictionary

• Tactical nuclear weapon — U.S. officials view a W54 nuclear warhead (with a 10 or 20 ton explosive yield) as used on the Davy Crockett recoilless gun. The unusually small size of this tactical nuclear weapon is apparent A tactical nuclear weapon (or TNW) refers to a… …   Wikipedia

• W33 (nuclear weapon) — The W33 was an American nuclear artillery shell, fired from an 8 (203 mm) howitzer.There were a total of 2,000 W33 shells produced. It was first produced in 1957 and saw service until 1992. DescriptionThe W33 is 8 inches in diameter and 37 inches …   Wikipedia

• Red Beard (nuclear weapon) — Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon. It was carried by the English Electric Canberra and the V bombers of the Royal Air Force, and by the Blackburn Buccaneers, Sea Vixens and Supermarine Scimitars of the Royal Navy s Fleet Air …   Wikipedia

• Blue Danube (nuclear weapon) — Blue Danube was the first operational British nuclear weapon. It also went by a variety of other names, including Smallboy, the Mk.1 Atom Bomb, Special Bomb and OR.1001, a reference to the Operational Requirement it was built to fill. The RAF V… …   Wikipedia

• Yield — may mean:* Crop yield, a measure of the output per unit area of land under cultivation * Maximum sustainable yield, the largest long term fishery catch that can be safely taken * Rolled throughput yield, a statistical tool in Six Sigma * Yield… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear weapons and the United States — United States Nuclear program start date 21 October 1939 First nuclear weapon test 16 July 1945 …   Wikipedia