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Samuel Cohen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel T. Cohen (born 1921 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American physicist who is known for inventing the W70 warhead and the "enhanced neutron weapon" or neutron bomb. In the 1990s he advocated inve...
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Neutron bombs, also called enhanced radiation bombs (ER weapons), are small thermonuclear weapons in which the burst of neutrons generated by the fusion reaction is intentionally not absorbed inside the weapon, but allowed to escape.
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On the open field of battle these pure-fusion neutron bombs, can be delivered by small rockets, mortars, artillery, etc. without any concern for the high accuracies demanded by conventional warhead use because the associated physical collateral damage was so low and lethal radiation effects radius so large.
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an explanation of how a neutron bomb works ... "Tactical neutron bombs are primarily intended to kill soldiers who are protected by armor. The lethal range for tactical neutron bombs can exceed the lethal range for blast and heat even for unprotected troops.
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(redirected from neutron bombs) ... neutron bombs; Neutron capture; Neutron chain reaction; Neutron Coincidence Counter; Neutron Controller; Neutron Core Partical Repeater; Neutron cross section; Neutron cross-section; Neutron crystallography;
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The technology now exists to create miniature neutron bombs no bigger than a baseball, ... They knew that if a "pure fusion" explosive could be developed, "a new class of nuclear weapons could exist which could have an extremely disturbing terrorist potential." Such weapons would be small and easily transportable.
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