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nuclear weaponexplosive device that draws power from the splitting and combining of atomic nuclei.
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nuclear weaponA general name given to any weapon in which the explosion results from the energy released by reactions involving atomic nuclei, either fission, fusion or both. Thus, the A- (or atomic) bomb and the H [..]
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nuclear weaponA device that releases nuclear energy in an explosive manner as the result of nuclear chain reactions involving fission, or fission and fusion, of atomic nuclei. Such weapons are also sometimes referr [..]
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nuclear weaponNuclear weapon means any weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions. The nuclear reaction may either be fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Nuclear weapons are consid [..]
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nuclear weaponA Weapon that derives its destructive force from Nuclear Fission and/or fusion.
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nuclear weaponComplete major assembly (i.e., implosion, gun, or thermonuclear), in its intended ultimate configuration, or in a disassembled configuration for a temporary period of time, which, upon completion of the prescribed arming, fusing, and firing sequence, is capable of producing the intended nuclear reaction and release of energy.
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