Nuclear warhead

Neutron Kill. A method of destroying objects, including enemy nuclear warheads in the atmosphere,... 

Nudets. A US nuclear detonation warning system. A matrix of seismic sensors spread thruout the USA intended to estimate the point of impact and power of nuclear-detonated nuclear warheads Ref E. Luttwak, A Dictionary of Modem War , Harper Row, NY (1971), 147-R... 

Orbital Bomb. A satellite contg a nuclear warhead which circles the earth in a low orbit and which can be commanded to descend on a particular target. No such weapons are now known to be operational, and their deployment would be prohibited under the terms of the Outer Space Treaty of 1966. However, this treaty does not prohibit anything making less than a full circle around the earth, hence the FOBS... 

Background- Picatinny Arsenal is a development Arsenal concerned with research and engineering of military propellants, explosives and hardware for Army weapons of all kinds and for the adaption of nuclear and non-nuclear warheads to missiles... 

We all share a national security interest in working with Russia to assure that material removed from nuclear warheads is removed from weapons applications. Of course, there is no simple blending operation that will convert weapons plutonium into material that cannot be used for weapons without major effort... 

The father of this system was the so-called fault tree that was developed for the U.S. missile program. The developers ran into the problem of testing the electric circuits of the Minute Man missiles. No one wants a nuclear warhead accidentally fired into space. Yet all the electric circuits had to be tested so that in case of an attack the missiles could be relied on. The fault tree was a method of predicting the probability of an unplanned launch as a result of testing. If the probability were high then either another way would have to be found to test the circuits or more safety devices would have to be installed. 

Nuclear warhead Refined and predictable nuclear device that can be carried by missile, aircraft, or other means. 

Nuclear weapon Fully integrated nuclear warhead with delivery system. 

Honest John. Popular name for the US Army 762mm rocket system, a surface-to-surface tactical missile, employing a solid proplnt. It is launched from a rail-type launcher at an elevation which can be varied to obtn the desired point of impact. Honest John carries either a conventional HE warhead or a nuclear warhead... 

RDX- or -based formulations are generally used in anti-tank bomblets and minelets using casting and pressing techniques. Warheads are based on conventional high explosives for most of the tactical missiles nuclear warheads are deployed only in strategic and certain tactical missiles by the nuclear club nations, namely USA, ex-USSR, UK, France, China and India. 

Ding-Dong. Name formerly applied to an Air Force air-to-air missile, now termed Genie. It utilizes a solid propint rocket and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Ref Glossary of Ord(1959), pp96-R 135-R... 

Bulldog Missile, A US Navy air-to-surface missile powered by a solid proplnt. The missile was developed by the Glenn L. Martin Co as a successor to the Bullpup Missile(qv). It has a greater range than the Bullpup and can carry a nuclear warhead if requited... 

Regulus. A surface-to-surface jet-powered guided missile developed for the US Navy in the 1950 s. It was equipped with a nuclear warhead and was launched from surfaced submarines or cruisers. It was essentially a pilotless aircraft with a range of about 500 miles. Designated RGM-6/15... 

The submarine or surface launched strategic weapon is turbofan-powered, with a solid propint tandem rocket booster and nuclear warhead. Conversion to tactical role involves substitution of tactical guidance, a conventional HE warhead, and a turbojet cruise engine in place of the turbofan... 

A statement, not a question, but the Doctor felt obliged to answer. They were getting somewhere and he was just as keen to hurry them along. Yes, Zygma energy will only stretch so far. Once past its point of elasticity, the whole beam snaps and - well, you might as well drop a few hundred nuclear warheads in a thousand different times at once. What s the safe limit About two hundred years for an average human mass ... 

Tritium (hydrogen-3) is used to enhance the explosive yield of nuclear warheads. It is manufactured in specialized nuclear reactors. The half-life of tritium is 12.3 years. If no new tritium were produced, what fraction of the world s supply of tritium would exist in 50 years ... 

Although it is a possibility that up to 10,000 more nuclear warheads may be awaiting dismantling or are in reserve in Russia.4... 

Quite often you hear only negative stories about nuclear reactions and radioactivity. Radioactivity can mutate DNA molecules and cause cancer. The use of nuclear reactors to produce energy can create nuclear waste, which can harm the environment. Nuclear power plants have been known to have accidents and expose many people to radioactive particles. Radioactive radon gas can be found in the homes that people live in. Nuclear warheads and nuclear weapons can cause mass destruction. On the other hand, there are many uses for radioisotopes that can be beneficial to our lives. In order for a radioisotope to be effective, it must be used properly and in the proper dosages. Some benefits of radioisotopes are described in the following chart. 

A larger model was later developed with longer range and nuclear warhead Refs 1) S. Ulanoff, "Illustrated Guide to US Missiles and Rockets", Doubleday, Garden City, NY (1959), 79 2) F.I. Ordway III... 

Bunn, Matthew, Anthony Wier, and John Holdren, Controlling Nuclear Warheads and Materials A Report Card and Action Plan, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, March 2003. 

In the 1950s and 1960s, several nations conducted tests of nuclear warheads in the atmosphere. It was customary, following each test, to monitor the concentration of strontium-90 (a radioactive isotope of strontium) in milk. Why would strontium-90 tend to accumulate in milk ... 

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