The Mark 11 nuclear bomb was an American nuclear bomb developed from the earlier Mark 8 nuclear bomb in the mid-1950s. Like the Mark 8, the Mark 11 was... 3 KB (347 words) - 23:04, 6 February 2024 |
The Mark 8 nuclear bomb was an American nuclear bomb, designed in the late 1940s and early 1950s, which was in service from 1952 to 1957. The Mark 8 was... 3 KB (346 words) - 09:35, 26 June 2023 |
Mark 4 nuclear bomb was an American implosion-type nuclear bomb based on the earlier Mark 3 Fat Man design, used in the Trinity test and the bombing of... 11 KB (1,181 words) - 21:10, 30 March 2024 |
The Mark 5 nuclear bomb and W5 nuclear warhead were a common core American nuclear weapon design, designed in the early 1950s and which saw service from... 3 KB (419 words) - 16:30, 14 February 2024 |
The Mark 39 nuclear bomb and W39 nuclear warhead were versions of an American thermonuclear weapon, which were in service from 1957 to 1966. The Mark 39... 15 KB (1,909 words) - 16:57, 22 April 2024 |
Fat Man (redirect from Mark 3 nuclear bomb) Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, and some 120 were produced between 1947 and 1949, when it was superseded by the Mark 4 nuclear bomb. The Fat... 47 KB (5,731 words) - 13:30, 1 April 2024 |
The Mark 27 nuclear bomb and closely related W27 warhead were two American thermonuclear weapon designs from the late 1950s. The Mark 27 was designed... 3 KB (391 words) - 06:02, 4 February 2024 |
Little Boy (redirect from Mark 1 nuclear bomb) type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II , making it the first nuclear weapon used... 58 KB (7,375 words) - 01:05, 25 April 2024 |
Mark 24 nuclear bomb was an American thermonuclear bomb design, based on the third American thermonuclear bomb test, Castle Yankee. The Mark 24 bomb was... 4 KB (405 words) - 23:32, 10 August 2023 |
nuclear bomb (Mark 28) (1958–1991) Mark 36 – Strategic nuclear bomb (1956–1961) 6–19 Megatons B39 nuclear bomb (Mark 39) (1957–1966) B41 nuclear bomb... 33 KB (3,737 words) - 17:24, 29 February 2024 |
The B28, originally Mark 28, was a thermonuclear bomb carried by U.S. tactical fighter bombers, attack aircraft and bomber aircraft. From 1962 to 1972... 21 KB (2,910 words) - 14:42, 17 March 2024 |
megatons, was the most powerful weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal after the last B41 nuclear bombs were retired in 1976. The B53 was the basis of the... 21 KB (2,197 words) - 20:19, 9 April 2024 |
1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (redirect from Goldsboro nuclear bomb) B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3.8-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. The pilot in command... 50 KB (6,422 words) - 23:40, 22 April 2024 |
Goudsmit and the German Atomic Bomb, Physics Today Volume 43, Issue 1, 52–60 (1990) Walker, Mark German Work on Nuclear Weapons, Historia Scientiarum;... 73 KB (9,483 words) - 23:25, 16 April 2024 |
fighter Mark 11 missile launcher, a naval based missile launcher Mark 11 nuclear bomb (1956-1960), an American nuclear bomb United States Navy Mk 11 Mod 0... 2 KB (192 words) - 01:08, 31 October 2023 |
W34 was 11 kilotons. The W34 was deployed in several applications: Mark 101 Lulu nuclear depth bomb, the Mark 45 ASTOR torpedo and the Mark 105 Hotpoint... 2 KB (231 words) - 23:49, 4 September 2023 |
The Mark 84 or BLU-117 is a 2,000-pound (900 kg) American general-purpose bomb. It is the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons. Entering service during... 11 KB (918 words) - 19:42, 21 April 2024 |
Tsar Bomba (redirect from Russian monster bomb) as its final report put it, the design of a nuclear device "of practically unlimited power". The bomb was dropped by parachute from a Tu-95V aircraft... 62 KB (7,242 words) - 12:55, 25 April 2024 |
List of aircraft weapons (section Air-dropped bombs) (USA) Mark 10 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 11 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 12 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 15 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 15/39 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 18 nuclear... 12 KB (1,531 words) - 09:48, 5 April 2024 |
1966 Palomares B-52 crash (redirect from Palomares H-Bomb Incident) of military nuclear accidents RAF Lakenheath nuclear near-disasters – included another US military incident involving a Mark 28 nuclear bomb Notes Hayes... 47 KB (5,087 words) - 20:16, 2 April 2024 |
The Mark 82 is a 500-pound (230 kg) unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb, part of the United States Mark 80 series. The explosive filling is usually... 15 KB (1,374 words) - 17:45, 23 April 2024 |
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction (redirect from Pakistan nuclear bomb) on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-04. Mark Hibbs (17 July 1998). "U.S. Now Believes Pakistan to use Khushab Plutonium in Bomb Program". Nuclear Watch. Boston... 157 KB (15,585 words) - 01:57, 21 April 2024 |
Gun-type fission weapon (redirect from Gun-type nuclear bomb) in 40 Mark 8 bombs, and their replacement, 40 Mark 11 bombs. Both the Mark 8 and Mark 11 designs were intended for use as earth-penetrating bombs (see... 17 KB (2,294 words) - 20:46, 19 February 2024 |
Thermonuclear weapon (redirect from Thermo-nuclear bomb) A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly... 105 KB (12,398 words) - 10:11, 26 April 2024 |
Carolina. The bomb, which lacked the fissile nuclear core, fell over the area, causing damage to buildings below. Though there was no nuclear detonation... 7 KB (559 words) - 02:48, 22 July 2023 |