Nuclear Weapons

A nuclear weapon (also called an atom bomb, nuke, atomic bomb, nuclear warhead, A-bomb, or nuclear bomb) is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb). Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first test of a fission ("atomic") bomb released an amount of energy approximately equal to 20,000 tons of TNT (84 TJ). The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released energy approximately equal to 10 million tons of TNT (42 PJ). Nuclear bombs …

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SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 19 November 2024 German

Inhaltsverzeichnis > Israel / "Achse des Widerstands" - Aktuelle Konfrontation: Stellungnahmen und Lageberichte > Israel / "Achse des Widerstands" - Aktuelle Konfrontation: Analysen und Kommentare > Israel / Palästina - …

Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction ..."


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 13 November 2024 English

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that “The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals, who have intentionally escalated the …

warheads 2. Producing smaller and lighter nuclear weapons for tactical uses 3. Improving precision strike


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 8 November 2024 English

1 African Affairs 123 (491) April 2024 1 2 Air Power 19 (2) Summer 2024 2 3 American Political Science Review 118 (3) August 2024 3 4 Arms Control Today …

Need More Nuclear Weapons? By Daryl G. Kimball Contrary to the hype, more nuclear weapons would 3 Focus College Students Know and Do Not Know About Nuclear Weapons 37 Looking Back By Alison Cartier, Juline Horan and standardized knowledge of That Could' nuclear weapons. By Thomas Wuch_te This resolution has helped Challenges to NPT Publisher and Executive Director nuclear weapons in Russia's Amid high tensions among Daryl 81 International Politics of Destabilizing Nuclear Weapons: Disarmament and Arms Control Dr. Rajendra


Cato Institute · 7 November 2024 English

The United States exited the Second World War both rich and secure. The U.S. homeland was essentially untouched, and Americans remained almost invulnerable afterwards. No war was likely to come …

additional service members to South Vietnam or drop nuclear weapons on North Vietnam, they ultimately left friendly


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 7 November 2024 English

Pyongyang’s willingness to break with tradition will not necessarily bring success on the battlefield, and has caused concern in both China and South Korea.

course, North Korea would like help developing nuclear weapons and aviation technology know-how (we know this


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 6 November 2024 English

During the meeting, Russia’s military test-fired ballistic the BRICS leaders adopted the Kazan missiles across the country on 29 October Declaration. [...] “Further tightening of Power Plant monetary policy is …

Russia’s grouping. rules on the use of its nuclear weapons. Russia’s Central Bank Raised Key Rate The


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 6 November 2024 English

Introduction India has yet to frame a national security strategy or a national security doctrine, instead relying on existing military strategies and directives, such as the Raksha Mantri’s Operational Directive …

explosives. While less catastrophic than nuclear weapons, radiological weapons can cause significant of the CBRN threats, involving the use of nuclear weapons to cause massive destruction and loss of life 1945.13,14 The sheer destructive power of nuclear weapons shifted the paradigm of warfare and introduced tactical nuclear weapons that could be deployed on the battlefield.21 Beyond nuclear weapons, there are other countries China’s resistance in using nuclear weapons as a first resort in war zones. i The potential


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 6 November 2024 English

China’s expanding military strength poses serious questions for the United States, Australia, and their allies. The increasing assertiveness in the region by China necessitates serious preparation on the part of …

China with a large conventional force and nuclear weapons arsenal. Against these threats posed by state China’s growing strategic and nonstrategic nuclear weapons cannot be ignored. �e United States and Australia


DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 5 November 2024 English

Since Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europe’s geopolitical centre has shifted eastward. Poland’s economic growth, regional leadership and defence role have cemented its position as a major force in the continent’s …

Kaliningrad and Russia’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, Polish President Andrzej Duda Duda expressed Poland’s readiness to host nuclear weapons under NATO’s nuclear sharing policy. This move


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 1 November 2024 English

Nuclear must be part of the mix.

Kim and Sunil S. Chirayath, “Assessing the Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Risks in Nuclear Energy Newcomer


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