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Nuclear weapon design
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
Mark_5_nuclear_bomb
Air-dropped nuclear fission weapon
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
Mark_4_nuclear_bomb
Nuclear bomb
Mark 7 "Thor" (or Mk-7) was the first tactical fission bomb adopted by US armed forces.[citation needed] It was also the first weapon to be delivered
Mark_7_nuclear_bomb
American hydrogen bomb
of nuclear weapons List of military nuclear accidents Castle Bravo Teller-Ulam design Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark 17 nuclear bomb. Parsons
Mark_17_nuclear_bomb
American nuclear bomb
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
Mark_8_nuclear_bomb
American thermonuclear bomb design
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
Mark_24_nuclear_bomb
American thermonuclear bomb
The Mark 15 nuclear bomb, or Mk-15, was a 1950s American thermonuclear bomb, the first relatively lightweight (7,600 lb (3,400 kg)) thermonuclear bomb created
Mark_15_nuclear_bomb
U.S. atomic bomb type used at Nagasaki, 1945
"Fat Man" (also known as Mark III) was the design of the nuclear weapon the United States used for seven of the first eight nuclear weapons ever detonated
Fat_Man
American high-yield thermonuclear weapon
States Strategic Air Command in the early 1960s. It was the most powerful nuclear bomb ever developed by the United States, with a maximum yield of 25 megatons
B41_nuclear_bomb
American nuclear depth charge
The Mark 90 nuclear bomb, given the nickname "Betty", was a Cold War nuclear depth charge, developed by the United States in 1952. It had a length of 10 ft
Mark_90_nuclear_bomb
Thermonuclear gravity bomb
The Mark 14 nuclear bomb was a 1950s strategic thermonuclear weapon, the first deployed solid-fuel hydrogen bomb. It was an experimental design, and only
Mark_14_nuclear_bomb
US thermonuclear bomb designed in the 1950s
about 10 megatons TNT equivalent. The Mark 36 was a more advanced version of the earlier Mark 21 nuclear bomb, which was a weaponized version of the
Mark_36_nuclear_bomb
1952 American nuclear bomb test
UNIVAC I computer. The device consisted of a fission-based Mark 5 nuclear bomb acting as the nuclear primary, which compressed the cylindrical secondary fusion
Ivy_Mike
Topics referred to by the same term
original title of Nick News, an educational TV show W5 (nuclear warhead) of the Mark 5 nuclear bomb W5 clock, built by Philip Woodward W5, a Motorola ROKR
W5
American hydrogen bomb design
The Mark 16 nuclear bomb was a large American thermonuclear bomb (hydrogen bomb), based on the design of the Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device
Mark_16_nuclear_bomb
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
sometimes referred to as the "Mark I" nuclear bomb design, with "Mark II" referring to the abandoned Thin Man, and "Mark III" to the "Fat Man". In September
Little_Boy
American high-yield nuclear gravity bomb
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
B53_nuclear_bomb
1945 attacks in Japan during WWII
types of atomic bombs: "Little Boy", an enriched uranium gun-type fission weapon, and "Fat Man", a plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapon. The 509th
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
American nuclear weapon
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
Mark_27_nuclear_bomb
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear gravity bomb is a nuclear weapon intended to be dropped from an aircraft, with no propulsion. It may be an unguided bomb or a glide bomb. This
Nuclear_gravity_bomb
Thermonuclear weapon
The Mark 21 nuclear bomb was a United States thermonuclear gravity bomb first produced in 1955. It was based on the TX 21 "Shrimp" prototype that had
Mark_21_nuclear_bomb
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either nuclear fission (fission or atomic bomb) or
Nuclear_weapon
Topics referred to by the same term
aircraft augmented with high-altitude capability Mark 5 nuclear bomb (1952–1963), an American weapon Mark V Special Operations Craft (1995), a United States
Mark_V
US Air Force incident involving a nuclear bomb
was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters of Tybee Island
1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision
1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision
2000 lb unguided aerial bomb
The Mark 84 or BLU-117 is a 2,000-pound (900 kg) American general purpose aircraft bomb. It is the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons. Entering service
Mark_84_bomb
Nuclear weapon for use underwater
A nuclear depth bomb is the nuclear equivalent of a conventional depth charge, and can be used in anti-submarine warfare for attacking submerged submarines
Nuclear_depth_bomb
V-bombers with megaton weapons in place of the Mark 5, in the form of Mark 15 and Mark 39 nuclear bombs. Under the Project E MOU, US personnel had custody
Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom
Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom
Research project in Nazi Germany
Goudsmit and the German Atomic Bomb, Physics Today Volume 43, Issue 1, 52–60 (1990) Walker, Mark German Work on Nuclear Weapons, Historia Scientiarum;
German nuclear program during World War II
German_nuclear_program_during_World_War_II
Most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested
powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. A project of the Soviet Union, it was a thermonuclear aerial bomb, tested on
Tsar_Bomba
2025 American military action
the Natanz Nuclear Facility, and the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center were targeted with fourteen GBU-57A/B MOP "bunker buster" bombs carried by B-2
2025 United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
2025_United_States_strikes_on_Iranian_nuclear_sites
US nuclear depth charge
American B28 nuclear bomb. A Mark 101 casing is on display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. "Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons"
Mk_101_Lulu
were called atomic bombs or A-bombs and weapons involving fusion were called hydrogen bombs or H-bombs. Practitioners of nuclear policy, however, favor
Nuclear_weapon_design
500 lb unguided aerial bomb
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
Mark_82_bomb
World's atomic warhead designs, 1945–present
(1958–1965) B28 nuclear bomb (Mark 28) (1958–1991) Mark 36 – Strategic nuclear bomb (1956–1961) 6–19 Megatons Mark 39 (1957–1966) B41 nuclear bomb (Mark 41) (1960–1976);
List_of_nuclear_weapons
H-Bomb Fell Near Albuquerque in 1957". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 27, 1986. Retrieved 31 August 2014. "A Brief History of Nuclear Fission
List of military nuclear accidents
List_of_military_nuclear_accidents
Crash of US Air Force bomber with nuclear warheads
B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3.8-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. Five crewmen successfully
1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
Multi-stage fusion-fission nuclear weapon
thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon, using nuclear fusion. The most destructive weapons ever
Thermonuclear_weapon
U.S. nuclear weapons test
was nationally televised. The device used in the blast was a 16 kt Mark 5 Nuclear Bomb - a low yield fission weapon, detonated 90 meters / 300 feet above
Upshot-Knothole_Annie
Fission-based nuclear weapon
discussed was as part of the British Tube Alloys nuclear bomb development program, the world's first nuclear bomb development program. The British MAUD Report
Gun-type_fission_weapon
Mark 2 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 4 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 5 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 6 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 7 nuclear bomb (USA) Mark 8 nuclear bomb
List_of_aircraft_weapons
Nuclear weapon designed for use on a battlefield
short-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead. The United Kingdom introduced its Mark 5 and Mark 7 tactical gravity bombs in 1958, and forward-deployed
Tactical_nuclear_weapon
Nuclear weapon (development abandoned)
"Thin Man" was the code name for a proposed plutonium-fueled gun-type nuclear bomb that the United States partially developed during the Manhattan Project
Thin_Man_(nuclear_bomb)
Underwater weapon carrying a nuclear warhead
ASB-30. The only nuclear warhead torpedo used by the United States was the Mark 45 torpedo. The Soviet Union widely deployed T5 nuclear torpedoes in 1958
Nuclear_torpedo
of nuclear weapons is the world's third-largest, estimated at 620 nuclear warheads as of 2026[update]. China was the fifth country to develop nuclear weapons
Nuclear_weapons_of_China
larger in the decades since. A nuclear weapon, also known as an atomic bomb, possesses enormous destructive power from nuclear fission, or a combination of
History_of_nuclear_weapons
List of incidents which could have led to a nuclear exchange
considered nuclear attacks on North Korea and Manchuria, in response to involvement from the People's Volunteer Army from China. Mark 4 nuclear bombs, lacking
Nuclear_close_calls
Earth-penetrating nuclear weapon
B28 nuclear bomb (1958–1991): laydown delivery and ground burst Mark 39 nuclear bomb (1958–1962) laydown delivery and ground burst B43 nuclear bomb (1961–1990):
Nuclear_bunker_buster
aware of advancing Indian nuclear program towards making the bombs. Therefore, In October 1965, Munir Khan, director at the Nuclear Power and Reactor Division
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Core of a nuclear implosion weapon
Mark 3 nuclear bombs by the end of 1947. For example, a composite core for a US Mark 4 bomb, the 49-LCC-C core was made of 2.5 kg of plutonium and 5 kg
Pit_(nuclear_weapon)
First detonation of a nuclear weapon
Trinity was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945
Trinity_(nuclear_test)
Accidental release of a nuclear weapon in South Carolina, United States
Force B-47 bomber over Mars Bluff, South Carolina. The bomb, which did not have its fissile nuclear core installed at the time of the accident, impacted
1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident
1958_Mars_Bluff_B-47_nuclear_weapon_loss_incident
Carrier-based bomber aircraft
Internal bomb bay (12,000 lb (5,400 kg) of ordnance) , with provisions to carry combinations of: Bombs: 1 × Mark 4 nuclear bomb or Mark 5 nuclear bomb 4 ×
North_American_AJ_Savage
History of technical design of modern hydrogen bombs
known as hydrogen bombs. The design relies on the radiation implosion principle, using thermal X-rays released from a fission nuclear primary to compress
History of the Teller–Ulam design
History_of_the_Teller–Ulam_design
Proposal to stop or mitigate hurricanes
have proposed using nuclear bombs on hurricanes as a way to disrupt or destroy them. Proponents argue one or more nuclear bombs can disintegrate, redirect
Nuclear_strikes_on_hurricanes
Survivors of atomic bombings in Japan
victim of nuclear disaster, including the ones of the nuclear plant in Fukushima. They, therefore, prefer the writing 被曝者 (replacing baku 爆 'to bomb' with
Hibakusha
Discontinued US research program on the viability of nuclear pulse propulsion
pellets, in contrast to Project Orion's larger nuclear pulse units (full nuclear bombs). The Orion nuclear pulse drive combines a very high exhaust velocity
Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)
2024 book by Annie Jacobsen
"Let's Say Someone Did Drop the Bomb. Then What?". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2024. "What would nuclear war look like in the 21st century
Nuclear_War:_A_Scenario
Slam bomb - 10 ton earthquake bomb, only used for special targets. Tallboy bomb - 5 ton bomb, only used by the Avro Lancaster. BL755 cluster bomb - Withdrawn
List_of_missiles_of_the_RAF
American GPS-guided "bunker buster" bomb
Uranium Enrichment Plant and Natanz Nuclear Facility. GBU-57s were also used in combat in the 2026 Iran war. The bomb is much larger than earlier USAF bunker-busters
GBU-57A/B_MOP
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
were equipped with various free-fall nuclear weapons. These may have included Blue Danube, the U.S. Mark 5 nuclear bomb supplied under Project E, Red Beard
No._44_Squadron_RAF
Collision between a USAF B-52G and KC-135 over the Mediterranean Sea near Spain
no nuclear explosion triggered), dispersing plutonium and contaminating approximately 2 square kilometers (0.77 sq mi) of terrain. The fourth bomb fell
1966_Palomares_accident
F-16 fighters. Israel is also believed to have developed neutron bomb warheads and nuclear artillery rounds. Israel maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity
Israel_and_nuclear_weapons
Set of three types of nuclear-strike standoff weapons
(SLBMs), and strategic bombers with nuclear bombs and missiles. More broadly, it can sometimes be used to mean any nuclear force with land, sea, and air basing
Nuclear_triad
Proposed British tactical nuclear weapon
was a British tactical nuclear weapon project in the 1950s. The project's goal was to store a number of ten-kiloton nuclear land mines in Germany. These
Blue_Peacock
Political slogan
N. (2012). "Why Iran Should Get the Bomb: Nuclear Balancing Would Mean Stability". Foreign Affairs. 91 (4): 2–5. ISSN 0015-7120. Keck, Zachary. "Kenneth
Iran can never have a nuclear weapon
Iran_can_never_have_a_nuclear_weapon
1954 U.S. thermonuclear weapon test in the Marshall Islands
the Mark 21 nuclear bomb, of which 275 units were produced, weighing 17,600 pounds (8,000 kg) and measuring 12.5 feet (3.8 m) long and 58 inches (1.5 m)
Castle_Bravo
British strategic bomber and tanker aircraft
Danube nuclear weapon and later with the more powerful Yellow Sun weapon when it became available. Victors also carried US-owned Mark 5 nuclear bombs (made
Handley_Page_Victor
Sudden increase of carbon-14 in the Earth's atmosphere due to nuclear bomb tests
The bomb pulse is the sudden increase of carbon-14 (14C) in Earth's atmosphere due to the hundreds of above-ground nuclear tests that started in 1945 and
Bomb_pulse
Failed attempt by the Empire of Japan to develop nuclear technology
several programs exploring the use of nuclear fission for military technology, including nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Like the similar wartime programs
Japanese nuclear weapons programs
Japanese_nuclear_weapons_programs
authorized the transfer to Okinawa of atomic-capable B-29s armed with Mark 4 nuclear bombs and nine fissile cores into the custody of the U.S. Air Force. The
United States nuclear weapons in Japan
United_States_nuclear_weapons_in_Japan
Anti-submarine missile system
fire an ASROC missile carrying an acoustic homing torpedo or a W44 nuclear depth bomb onto an unguided ballistic trajectory toward the target. At a pre-determined
RUR-5_ASROC
Plans for a conflict with the Soviet Union
commenced work on the design of the Mark 5 nuclear bomb, a smaller and lighter weapon. The development of Soviet atomic bombs provided the impetus for the development
United States war plans (1945–1950)
United_States_war_plans_(1945–1950)
Controversies surrounding nuclear attacks
August 3, 2016] Atomic bomb survivors: Obama apology nice, but priority is disarmament Japanese atomic bomb survivor warns nuclear taboo is at risk in Nobel
Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
Multi-model class of strategic bombers
the Mark 5, in the form of Mark 15 and Mark 39 nuclear bombs. The Treasury immediately inquired as to whether this meant that the British megaton bomb programme
V_bomber
Aspect of nuclear deterrence strategy
Netherlands, United Kingdom, and West Germany) CIM-10 Bomarc (Canada) Mark 7 nuclear bomb (United Kingdom) Mk 101 Lulu (Netherlands and the United Kingdom)
Nuclear_sharing
Military conflict that deploys nuclear weaponry
2026[update], the first and only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict was the United States atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6
Nuclear_warfare
US tactical nuclear warhead
the Mark 55 Warhead (Report). Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA). January 1968. Carey Sublette. "List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons". Nuclear Weapon
W55_(nuclear_warhead)
Type of atomic bomb
Unlike all other fission-bomb types, the concept relies on a chain reaction of slow nuclear fission (see neutron temperature). Bomb efficiency was harmed
Uranium_hydride_bomb
Soviet nuclear bomb first tested in 1953
RDS-4 (Russian: РДС-4, also known as Tatyana) was a Soviet nuclear bomb that was first tested at Semipalatinsk Test Site, on August 23, 1953. The device
RDS-4
Hypothetical climatic effect of nuclear war
2014-10-03. Nuclear weapons archive, Carey Mark Sublette 5.2.2.1 Archived 2014-04-28 at the Wayback Machine "The high temperatures of the nuclear fireball
Nuclear_winter
Australian physicist (1901–2000)
important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapons. Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia
Mark_Oliphant
Severe events involving radioactive materials
in northern British Columbia after jettisoning a Mark IV atomic bomb. This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in history. 12 December 1952: NRX AECL
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
Air dropped bomb used for multiple purposes
A general-purpose bomb is an air-dropped bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage, penetration, and fragmentation in explosive effect. They
General-purpose_bomb
Facility established by the Manhattan Project
it manufactured explosive components of the Fat Man, Mark 4, Mark 5 and Mark 12 nuclear bombs. The Salt Wells Pilot Plant also helped design, equip,
Salt_Wells_Pilot_Plant
Accidental damage to nuclear weapons, RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, United Kingdom
three Mark-6 nuclear weapons. The igloo was ripped apart and the aircraft exploded, showering the stored bombs with burning aviation fuel. The bombs each
RAF Lakenheath nuclear weapons accidents
RAF_Lakenheath_nuclear_weapons_accidents
Hungarian-American physicist (1908–2003)
get support for the hydrogen bomb project, Teller supported and worked on the George shot of the Operation Greenhouse nuclear tests, resulting in the world's
Edward_Teller
USAAF crash and loss of nuclear bomb
British Columbia on Mount Kologet after jettisoning a Mark 4 nuclear bomb. This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in history. The B-36B had been en route
1950 British Columbia B-36 crash
1950_British_Columbia_B-36_crash
Aspect of Japan's military history
Japan is the only country ever attacked with nuclear weapons, by the United States' 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World
Japan and weapons of mass destruction
Japan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
British effort to develop hydrogen bombs between 1952 and 1958
was codenamed "High Explosive Research". The successful nuclear test of a British atomic bomb in Operation Hurricane in October 1952 represented an extraordinary
British hydrogen bomb programme
British_hydrogen_bomb_programme
American nuclear recoilless gun
in nuclear weapons technology, spurred on by the first detonation of the Soviet nuclear bomb in 1949, led to great reductions in the size of nuclear weapons
Davy Crockett (nuclear device)
Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)
Topics referred to by the same term
with American radar 21-inch Mark 12 (1952), a British torpedo Mark 12 nuclear bomb (1954–1962), an American nuclear bomb Colt Mk 12 cannon, a US Navy
Mark_XII
Topics referred to by the same term
the M1919 Browning machine gun Mk. 21 aircraft interception radar Mark 21 nuclear bomb Mk 21 Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR), based on the Remington MSR MK
Mk_21
Movement opposing nuclear energy and weapons due to environmental and safety concerns
direct result of anti-nuclear politics. Scientists and diplomats have debated nuclear weapons policy since before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Anti-nuclear_movement
1981 Israeli airstrike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor
that contrary to claims that the bombing of the Iraqi Osirak reactor delayed Iraq's nuclear bomb program, the Iraqi nuclear program before 1981 was peaceful
Operation_Opera
British nuclear weapon
Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster. Rainbow Code Windscale fire Mark 18 nuclear bomb Ivy King Arnold, Lorna (2001-06-09). Britain and the H-Bomb. New York: Palgrave
Orange_Herald
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
Corps of Engineers. Nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the bombs. The Army program was
Manhattan_Project
American naval officer (1901–1953)
the aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. To avoid the possibility of a nuclear explosion if the aircraft crashed and burned
William_Sterling_Parsons
Nuclear bomb delivery mode
some nuclear gravity bombs: the bomb's descent to the target is slowed by parachute so that it lands on the ground without detonating. The bomb then detonates
Laydown_delivery
Period of history since 1945
self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (Chicago Pile-1) had taken place in December 1942, the Trinity test and the ensuing bombings of Hiroshima and
Atomic_Age
Free-fall gravity nuclear bomb
other British nuclear weapon. The WE.177 was the last nuclear bomb in service with the Royal Air Force, and the last tactical nuclear weapon deployed
WE.177
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