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explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions

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• Freebase entry^@
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Nuclear weapons by country

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Nuclear weapons in Germany

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Nuclear weapons of North Korea

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Nuclear weapons of Russia

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Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom

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Nuclear weapons of the United States

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Nuclear weapons politics

• Applied Optics Multipass reconfiguration of the HELEN Nd:glass laser at the Atomic Weapons Establishment^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Atomic Weapons and American Policy^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists North Korean nuclear capabilities, 2018^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists United States nuclear forces, 2018^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Chinese nuclear forces, 2018^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Pakistani nuclear forces, 2018^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Russian nuclear forces, 2019^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The British nuclear stockpile, 1953–2013^@
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Israeli nuclear weapons, 2014^@
• Global Governance The Middle East at a Crossroads: How to Face the Perils of Nuclear Development in a Volatile Region^@
• Health Physics A brief history of people and events related to atomic weapons testing in the Marshall Islands^@
• Historical Records of Australian Science A Political Inconvenience: Australian Scientists at the British Atomic Weapons Tests, 1952-53^@
• Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Beryllium Exposure Control Program at the Cardiff Atomic Weapons Establishment in the United Kingdom^@
• Journal of Strategic Studies To avert impending disaster: American military plans to use atomic weapons during the Korean War^@
• Nature Effects of Atomic Weapons^@
• Nature Atomic Weapons^@
• Nature Information on Atomic Weapons^@
• Nature Two Nuclear Reactors at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment^@
• Nature Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Dr. Nyman Levin^@
• Nature Nuclear weapons physics: Welcome to the Atomic Weapons Establishment^@
• Physics in Perspective A Physicist in the Corridors of Power: P. M. S. Blackett's Opposition to Atomic Weapons Following the War^@
• Radiation Protection Dosimetry ESTIMATES OF RADIATION DOSES TO THE SKIN FOR PEOPLE CAMPED AT WALLATINNA DURING THE UK TOTEM 1 ATOMIC WEAPONS TEST.^@
• Science of the Total Environment Solid-solution partitioning of plutonium in surface waters at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston (UK).^@
• The BMJ Mortality of employees of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, 1951-82.^@
• Udenrigs Atomvåben fortsat en reel trussel^@
• War & Society Atomic Weapons and the Problem of Australian Security, 1946–1957^@
• Pax Leksikon^@
• Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^@

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  AN-11 bomb 1964
  
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  AN-22 1967
  
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  AN-52 1972
  
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  JL-3
  
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  Mark 4 nuclear bomb 1949
  
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  Mark 5 nuclear bomb
  
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  gun-type fission weapon
  
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  nuclear artillery shell
  
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  nuclear bomb
  
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  nuclear missile
  
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  salted bomb
  
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  strategic nuclear weapon
  
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  suitcase nuke
  
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  tactical nuclear weapon
  
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  thermonuclear weapon
  

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1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Douglas A-3 Skywarrior

1948-07-03T00:00:00Z

North American AJ Savage

1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

AN-11 bomb

1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

AN-22

1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

AN-52

1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

B53

1949-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark 4 nuclear bomb

1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark 45 torpedo

1949-08-29T00:00:00Z

RDS-1

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Frameless

ASDS on USS Georgia (SSGN 729)

ASV-3 ASSET Lifting Body

Annie event of Operation Upshot-Knothole, 1953.

Atomic cloud over Hiroshima - NARA 542192 - Edit

A sketch about bombing.

First page of MAUD committee report.

Launch of Shenzhou 13, China

Little Boy

NuclearCalculations2014

Test6 3

The Baker explosion

The Fat Man nuclear bomb was an example of a strategic nuclear weapon.

The number of nuclear warheads by country in 2024, based on an estimation by the Federation of American Scientsts.

W89 and W91 nuclear warheads

Worldmap List of countries with nuclear weapons

nuclear weapons

تجربة نووية في كاسل روميو (قوة 11 ميجا طن) في جزيرة أتول بيكيني كانت أول تجربة نووية تُجرى على مركب كان المركب موجودًا في فوهة كاسل برافو.

• Castle Bravo detonation, 1954 (Wikimedia)

Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Freebase entry@				Wikidata
link	Wikimedia Nuclear weapons by country				Wikidata
link	Wikimedia Nuclear weapons in Germany				Wikidata
link	Wikimedia Nuclear weapons of North Korea				Wikidata
link	Wikimedia Nuclear weapons of Russia				Wikidata
link	Wikimedia Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom				Wikidata
link	Wikimedia Nuclear weapons of the United States				Wikidata
link	Wikimedia Nuclear weapons politics				Wikidata
link	Applied Optics Multipass reconfiguration of the HELEN Nd:glass laser at the Atomic Weapons Establishment@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Atomic Weapons and American Policy@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists North Korean nuclear capabilities, 2018@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists United States nuclear forces, 2018@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Chinese nuclear forces, 2018@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Pakistani nuclear forces, 2018@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Russian nuclear forces, 2019@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The British nuclear stockpile, 1953–2013@				Wikidata
link	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Israeli nuclear weapons, 2014@				Wikidata
link	Global Governance The Middle East at a Crossroads: How to Face the Perils of Nuclear Development in a Volatile Region@				Wikidata
link	Health Physics A brief history of people and events related to atomic weapons testing in the Marshall Islands@				Wikidata
link	Historical Records of Australian Science A Political Inconvenience: Australian Scientists at the British Atomic Weapons Tests, 1952-53@				Wikidata
link	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Beryllium Exposure Control Program at the Cardiff Atomic Weapons Establishment in the United Kingdom@				Wikidata
link	Journal of Strategic Studies To avert impending disaster: American military plans to use atomic weapons during the Korean War@				Wikidata
link	Nature Effects of Atomic Weapons@				Wikidata
link	Nature Atomic Weapons@				Wikidata
link	Nature Information on Atomic Weapons@				Wikidata
link	Nature Two Nuclear Reactors at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment@				Wikidata
link	Nature Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Dr. Nyman Levin@				Wikidata
link	Nature Nuclear weapons physics: Welcome to the Atomic Weapons Establishment@				Wikidata
link	Physics in Perspective A Physicist in the Corridors of Power: P. M. S. Blackett's Opposition to Atomic Weapons Following the War@				Wikidata
link	Radiation Protection Dosimetry ESTIMATES OF RADIATION DOSES TO THE SKIN FOR PEOPLE CAMPED AT WALLATINNA DURING THE UK TOTEM 1 ATOMIC WEAPONS TEST.@				Wikidata
link	Science of the Total Environment Solid-solution partitioning of plutonium in surface waters at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston (UK).@				Wikidata
link	The BMJ Mortality of employees of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, 1951-82.@				Wikidata
link	Udenrigs Atomvåben fortsat en reel trussel@				Wikidata
link	War & Society Atomic Weapons and the Problem of Australian Security, 1946–1957@				Wikidata
link	Pax Leksikon@				Wikidata
link	Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1@				Wikidata
aircraft	Douglas A-3 Skywarrior	1956	twinjet bomber, aircraft family, carrier-capable airplane, bomber, United States Navy		Wikidata
aircraft	North American AJ Savage	1948	aircraft model, carrier-capable attack aircraft, bomber		Wikidata
aircraft	North American AJ-2 Savage		aircraft model, North American AJ Savage, carrier-capable airplane, bomber, United States Navy		Wikidata
weapon	AN-11 bomb	1964	weapon model, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	AN-22	1967	weapon model, French Air Force, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	AN-52	1972	weapon model, unguided bomb, French Air Force, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	B43		weapon model, unguided bomb, aerial bomb, Royal Air Force, nuclear weapon, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy		Wikidata
weapon	B53	1962	weapon model, unguided bomb, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon, United States Air Force		Wikidata
weapon	B61 Family		weapon model, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	B90		weapon model, unguided bomb, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	JL-3		nuclear weapon, weapon model, People's Liberation Army Navy, submarine-launched ballistic missile, intercontinental ballistic missile		Wikidata
weapon	Mark 4 nuclear bomb	1949	weapon model, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	Mark 5 nuclear bomb		weapon model, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	Mark 7 nuclear bomb		weapon model, aerial bomb, Royal Air Force, nuclear weapon, United States Armed Forces		Wikidata
weapon	Mark 45 torpedo	1958	weapon model, torpedo, nuclear weapon, United States Navy		Wikidata
weapon	RDS-1	1949	weapon model, aerial bomb, Soviet Union, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	TN 60		weapon model, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	Violet Club		weapon model, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	W30		weapon model, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	W39		weapon model, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	gun-type fission weapon		weapon functional class, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	improvised nuclear device		weapon functional class, hypothetical entity, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	meson bomb		weapon functional class, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	neutron bomb		weapon functional class, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	nuclear artillery shell		weapon functional class, shell, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	nuclear bomb		weapon functional class, bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	nuclear bomb		weapon functional class, bomb, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	nuclear missile		weapon functional class, missile, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	salted bomb		weapon functional class, radiological weapon, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	strategic nuclear weapon		weapon functional class, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	suitcase nuke		weapon functional class, tactical nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	tactical nuclear weapon		weapon functional class, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
weapon	thermonuclear weapon		weapon functional class, nuclear explosive, nuclear weapon		Wikidata
audio	Castle Bravo detonation, 1954				Wikimedia
image	ASDS on USS Georgia (SSGN 729)				Wikimedia
image	ASV-3 ASSET Lifting Body				Wikimedia
image	Annie event of Operation Upshot-Knothole, 1953.	1953			Wikimedia
image	Atomic cloud over Hiroshima - NARA 542192 - Edit	1945			Wikimedia
image	A sketch about bombing.				Wikimedia
image	First page of MAUD committee report.				Wikimedia
image	Launch of Shenzhou 13, China	2021			Wikimedia
image	Little Boy				Wikimedia
image	NuclearCalculations2014				Wikimedia
image	Test6 3				Wikimedia
image	The Baker explosion	1946			Wikimedia
image	The Fat Man nuclear bomb was an example of a strategic nuclear weapon.				Wikimedia
image	The number of nuclear warheads by country in 2024, based on an estimation by the Federation of American Scientsts.				Wikimedia
image	W89 and W91 nuclear warheads				Wikimedia
image	Worldmap List of countries with nuclear weapons				Wikimedia
image	nuclear weapons				Wikimedia
image	تجربة نووية في كاسل روميو (قوة 11 ميجا طن) في جزيرة أتول بيكيني كانت أول تجربة نووية تُجرى على مركب كان المركب موجودًا في فوهة كاسل برافو.	1954			Wikimedia