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Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Neutron bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A neutron bomb , or enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a type of tactical nuclear weapon designed specifically to release a large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation rather than ...
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That wouldn't be the case if neutron bombs were used. Between 1958 and 1961 the neutron bomb idea was tested successfully, ... When exploded, it creates tremendous heat and pressure - the same type needed to trigger a fusion device such as a mini-neutron bomb. The cheap substance has been produced in Russia, Cohen said,
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Between 1958 and 1961 the neutron bomb idea was tested successfully, but the politicians in Washington nixed development and deployment of the weapon. Cohen persisted. As the Vietnam War began and festered in the 1960s, ... Other nation's haven't been afflicted by the U.S. blindness regarding neutron bombs. According to Cohen:
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"The neutron bomb has to be the most moral weapon ever invented." -- Sam Cohen, inventor of the neutron bomb. ... In Cohen's estimation, "Had the bomb been a big ticket multibillion dollar item that could have been produced in Mississippi, his interest in it might have been diferent. But nuclear warheads,
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The controversial neutron bomb developed by the Americans has been put on the back burner. ... France, which also tested and produced neutron warheads during the early 1980s, abandoned them in 1986 because of domestic and foreign pressure.
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