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
Gun-type fission weapon — Gun type fission weapons are fission based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the gun method: shooting one piece of sub critical material into another. Although this is sometimes… … 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 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
Lethal Weapon — Infobox Film name = Lethal Weapon caption = Theatrical release poster writer = Shane Black starring = Mel Gibson Danny Glover Gary Busey Mitchell Ryan Tom Atkins Darlene Love Grand L. Bush music = Michael Kamen Eric Clapton director = Richard… … 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
Breech-loading weapon — naval breech loader. Notice that there is a series of interlocking doors that never permit an open path from the gunhouse, down which a flash might travel, to the magazine.A breech loading weapon is a firearm (a rifle, a gun etc.) in which the… … Wikipedia
W50 (atomic weapon) — The W 50 or W50 thermonuclear warhead is a nuclear bomb used on the MGM 31 Pershing intermediate range nuclear missile.There were two major variants produced (Mod 1, Mod 2), in three yield options (the Y1 with 60 kiloton yield, Y2 with 200… … Wikipedia
M47 Dragon — Parts of M47 Dragon kit (shown with daytime tracker attached). Type Anti tank missile Place of origin … Wikipedia
Death of Victoria Snelgrove — Riot Police near Fenway prior to the shooting Victoria Snelgrove (October 29, 1982 – October 21, 2004) was a junior majoring in journalism at Emerson College. She had transferred from Fitchburg State College in the fall of 2003. She was hit with… … Wikipedia
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