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    B61-based “Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator:” Clever retrofit or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons? "Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons...
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    considered for use in the "Nuclear Bunker Buster" project, which for a time was known as the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, or RNEP. While most efforts...
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    Authorization Bill on the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) Rare image of a B-2 stealth bomber and its Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker buster bomb...
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    B83 nuclear bomb (1983–present) B90 nuclear bomb (cancelled 1991) Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator design program (2001–2005, cancelled) Nuclear artillery...
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    2018). "The B61-based 'Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator': Clever retrofit or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons?". arXiv:physics/0510052v1...
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    yields closer to tactical nuclear weapons, such as the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP), would safeguard against the nuclear winter potential. With...
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    Congress has not funded this program. Nuclear bunker buster: Formally known as the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP), this program aimed to modify...
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    air-dropped nuclear weapons, so consequently large warheads were needed to effectively impact a target; the Mod 11 nuclear earth-penetrator is accurate...
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    Andre (2005). The B61-based "Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator:" Clever retrofit or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons?. Independent Scientific...
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  • rejection of a government bill that would have allowed the use of robust nuclear earth penetrator (RNEP) bombs, commonly known as "bunker busters". VVAF's newest...
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    for nuclear weapons," Kristensen said. "It provides justification for contentious concepts not proven and implies the need for Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator...
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    replace aging and expensive-to-maintain Cold War-era nuclear weapons; the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP), an effort to reach deeply buried fortified...
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    The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps...
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    International Nuclear Events Scale Journey to the Safest Place on Earth Nuclear terrorism Nuclear accidents in the United States Nuclear criticality safety...
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    from iodine-135 (a product of nuclear fission), and is the most significant (and unwanted) neutron absorber in nuclear reactors. Xenon was discovered...
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  • failure. Defence-in-depth is required to guarantee the robustness of vital systems, e.g. in nuclear technologies and for aerospace systems where safety is...
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    the most recent research still finds connections which are statistically robust, yet non-linear in nature: two separate studies published in 2021 indicate...
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    Justyna (October 2014). "China's Evolving Stance on Afghanistan: Towards More Robust Diplomacy with "Chinese Characteristics"" (PDF). Strategic File. 58 (22)...
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    The nuclear drip line is the boundary beyond which atomic nuclei are unbound with respect to the emission of a proton or neutron. An arbitrary combination...
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    preserved in a watery solution. Besides its water resistance, glass is also robust when exposed to certain chemically-aggressive liquids or gases. Glass disease...
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    ballistic missile components of the United States military's strategic nuclear forces from 1946 to 1992. SAC was also responsible for strategic reconnaissance...
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    explode. Reentry has been achieved with speeds ranging from 7.8 km/s for low Earth orbit to around 12.5 km/s for the Stardust probe. Crewed space vehicles...
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    and market overview, Eurostat "Nuclear Power in France | French Nuclear Energy – World Nuclear Association". world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022...
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    biotic crisis) is a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth. Such an event is identified by a sharp fall in the diversity and abundance...
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    architectures will be vetted with a combination of modeling and simulation and a robust campaign of experimentation in order to realize new doctrine, concepts of...
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    element its alternative name. The free element is remarkable for its robustness, especially the fact that it has the highest melting point of all known...
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  • "Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky". PBS. "Ancient Earth: Frozen". PBS. "Ancient Earth: Life Rising". PBS. "Ancient Earth: Inferno". PBS. "Ancient Earth: Humans"...
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    grams and a much greater signal may come from the surrounding earth and cosmic rays. Nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectroscopy uses radio frequency...
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  • liquefaction; dynamic lateral earth pressures on retaining walls; seismic slope stability; earthquake-induced settlement. Nuclear facilities should not jeopardise...
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    altimetry. It is used to make digital 3-D representations of areas on the Earth's surface and ocean bottom of the intertidal and near coastal zone by varying...
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