was a "true" thermonuclear weapon of the so-called Teller–Ulam configuration or simply a form of a boosted fission weapon. For a more complete list of... 38 KB (3,619 words) - 07:02, 22 April 2024 |
powers in the design of their weapons. Modern fusion weapons essentially consist of two main components: a nuclear fission primary stage (fueled by 235... 105 KB (12,398 words) - 10:11, 26 April 2024 |
Orange Herald (category Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom) date, the largest fission device ever detonated. Orange Herald was a fusion boosted British fission nuclear weapon (called a core-boosted device by the British)... 7 KB (784 words) - 14:26, 29 September 2023 |
WE.177 (redirect from Red Flag (nuclear weapon)) anti-submarine weapon for Navy use was filled by using the new primary as a boosted fission weapon. Three versions were produced, A, B and C. The first to be produced... 34 KB (3,637 words) - 16:39, 3 March 2024 |
Fizzle (nuclear explosion) (category Nuclear weapons) the remaining fission fuel. This is known as a boosted fission weapon. If a fission device designed for boosting is tested without the boost gas, a yield... 8 KB (911 words) - 23:44, 22 April 2024 |
January 2016 North Korean nuclear test (category North Korean nuclear weapons testing) that the device was more likely to have been a fission bomb such as a boosted fission weapon. Such weapons use hydrogen fusion to produce smaller, lighter... 25 KB (2,275 words) - 05:06, 6 March 2024 |
W33 (nuclear warhead) (redirect from W33 (nuclear weapon)) low or high. The highest-yield version of the W33 may have been a boosted fission weapon. Development of the W33 was authorized by the Army Ordnance Corps... 11 KB (1,186 words) - 14:50, 26 November 2023 |
test of a boosted fission weapon. In this test deuterium-tritium (D-T) gas was injected into the enriched uranium core of a nuclear fission bomb. The... 3 KB (374 words) - 00:58, 23 June 2023 |
circuit variation of a DC to DC converter, which increases (boosts) the voltage Boosted fission weapon, a type of nuclear bomb that uses a small amount of fusion... 2 KB (339 words) - 19:23, 15 November 2023 |
Mississippi, and New Mexico. Includes all tests with potential for nuclear fission or fusion explosion, including combat use, singleton tests, salvo tests... 20 KB (481 words) - 10:15, 24 March 2024 |
History of the Teller–Ulam design (redirect from Sparkplug (nuclear weapons)) fuel either surrounding the fission "trigger" (in a spherical formation) or at the heart of it (similar to a "boosted" weapon) in the hopes that the closer... 58 KB (6,736 words) - 16:41, 9 April 2024 |
included the first boosted fission weapon test ("Item") and a scientific test that proved the feasibility of thermonuclear weapons ("George"). Ivy Mike... 92 KB (9,942 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2024 |
was a "true" thermonuclear weapon of the so-called Teller–Ulam configuration or simply a form of a boosted fission weapon. For a more complete list of... 64 KB (5,433 words) - 21:01, 18 March 2024 |
the first boosted fission weapon test (named Item) and a scientific test (named George) which proved the feasibility of thermonuclear weapons. The Ivy... 68 KB (6,613 words) - 02:39, 21 April 2024 |
contributed by the photofission of the tamper. In a boosted fission weapon or a thermonuclear weapon, the 14.1-megaelectronvolt (2.26 pJ) neutrons produced... 22 KB (3,814 words) - 04:40, 12 May 2023 |
phased out and replaced with pulsed neutron sources, and with boosted fission weapons.[citation needed] The solid-cores were known as the "Christy" design... 54 KB (6,038 words) - 19:06, 5 April 2024 |
locus of previous tests. Includes all tests with potential for nuclear fission or fusion explosion, including combat use, singleton tests, salvo tests... 26 KB (1,264 words) - 20:44, 3 March 2024 |
Modulated neutron initiator (category Nuclear weapon design) spontaneous neutron emission of the pit material is crucial. For boosted fission weapons, the size of the centrally placed initiator is critical and has... 13 KB (1,737 words) - 14:10, 11 December 2023 |
RDS-6s (category Soviet nuclear weapons testing) energy Joe 1 RDS-37 Soviet atomic bomb project Ivy Mike Castle Bravo Boosted fission weapon Notes Rhodes 1995. Goncharov 1996, p. 1040. Richelson 2007, p. 100-101... 10 KB (1,199 words) - 08:32, 24 March 2024 |