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  2. Nuclear weapon yield - Wikipedia

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    Log–log plot comparing the yield (in kilotonnes) and mass (in kilograms) of various nuclear weapons developed by the United States.. The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy released such as blast, thermal, and nuclear radiation, when that particular nuclear weapon is detonated, usually expressed as a TNT equivalent (the standardized equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene ...

  3. File:US nuclear weapons yield-to-weight comparison.svg

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    Weapons variable yield and weight have been plotted at their highest yield and weight. Also indicated on the graph are a few characteristics of the weapons (Little Boy and Fat Man, the early H-bombs, small tactical weapons, and weapons in the enduring stockpile separated by missile warheads and air-dropped bombs).

  4. Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia

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    A nuclear weapon [a] is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission or atomic bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.

  5. List of nuclear weapons tests - Wikipedia

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    The July 19, 1957 test Plumbbob/John fired a small yield nuclear weapon on an AIR-2 Genie air-to-air rocket from a jet fighter. On August 1, 1958, Redstone rocket launched nuclear test Teak that detonated at an altitude of 77.8 km (48.3 mi). On August 12, 1958, Redstone #CC51 launched nuclear test Orange to a detonation altitude of 43 km (27 mi).

  6. List of nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    The components of a B83 nuclear bomb used by the United States. This is a list of nuclear weapons listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states. . The United States, Russia, China and India are known to possess a nuclear triad, being capable to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea and

  7. Declassified Cold War papers reveal where US was ready to attack

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    The Strategic Air Command Atomic Weapons Requirements Study for 1959, uncovered and published by the National Security Archive, provides the most comprehensive and detailed list of the U.S.' Cold ...

  8. B61 nuclear bomb - Wikipedia

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    As of 2013 the Pentagon saw the B83 nuclear bomb as a "relic of the Cold War," believing that deploying a megaton-yield gravity bomb, the highest level nuclear weapon left in the U.S. inventory, to Europe was "inconceivable" at this point. It can also only be carried by the B-2 bomber, and integrating it onto additional aircraft would be costly.

  9. File:Nuclear symbol.svg - Wikipedia

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