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The ability to make effective use of a nuclear weapon is limited unless the device can be handled safely, taken safely from storage when required, delivered to its intended target, and then detonated at the correct point in space and time to achieve the desired goal.
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Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of en...
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Instructions for building an atomic bomb at home. A fun weekend family project. ... Worldwide controversy has been generated recently by several United States government websites removing, or restricting access to, material regarding technical aspects of nuclear weapons; specifically, how to make an atomic bomb.
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(c) Estimated amount of heavy water needed for a small reactor used to make nuclear weapons: ... "Little Boy": First use of nuclear weapon in war: August 6, 1945. Location: Hiroshima, Japan. Detonation height: 580 meters. Delivery mechanism: Airdropped from B-29 bomber named Enola Gay. Yield: 12.5 kilotons.
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Official: Japan Can Make Nuclear Weapon, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso says Japan has the technical know-how to make a nuclear weapon but has no plans to do so. ... TOKYO — Japan has the technological know-how to produce a nuclear weapon but has no immediate plans to do so, ... Pirates make tactical changes...
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WASHINGTON – Iran has informed British, French and German officials it could produce weapons-grade uranium within a year and a nuclear weapon no more than three years after that, Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton said Thursday.
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(CNN) - Iran likely has enough material to make a nuclear weapon, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen told CNN's John King Sunday. ... And I'm sure the same materials used to make a nuclear weapon have some other non-sinister uses. Doesn't nuclear power come from almost the same process as a nuclear explosion.
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/01/mullen-says-ir...
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home > by publication type > interviews > Iran May Achieve Capability to Make A Nuclear Weapon in 2009 ... They don't need that much more low-enriched uranium before they reach the first level of breakout capability, namely enough low-enriched uranium to make one nuclear weapon.
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A U.S. nuclear weapons expert who recently visited North Korea says he saw evidence that country can produce plutonium. But he says he is not convinced the North Koreans have the capability of building a nuclear weapon.
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www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2004-01/a-2004-01-22-7-...
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