nuclear posture review
1Nuclear Posture Review — The Nuclear Posture Review is a process “to determine what the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security strategy should be.”[1] The first NPR of 2002 was the second of these quadrennial reviews of United States nuclear forces undertaken by the… …
2Nuclear posture review — The Nuclear Posture Review of 2002 was the second review of US Nuclear Forces undertaken by the United States Department of Defense. The first took place in 1994. The final report is National Security Classified and submitted to the Congress of… …
3Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom — United Kingdom Nuclear program start date 10 April 1940 First nuclear weapon test 2 October 1952 First fusion weapon test …
4Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …
5Nuclear weapons and the United States — United States Nuclear program start date 21 October 1939 First nuclear weapon test 16 July 1945 …
6nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
72010 NPT Review Conference — In May, the 2010 Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 28 May 2010.[1] The President of the Review Conference is Ambassador Libran N.… …
8Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations — The Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations was a U.S. Department of Defense document publicly discovered in 2005 on the circumstances under which commanders of U.S. forces could request the use of nuclear weapons. The document was a draft being… …
9Nuclear Regulatory Commission — Nuclear Regulatory Commission …
10B61 nuclear bomb — The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear weapon in the U.S. Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. DevelopmentThe B61, originally known (before 1968) as the TX 61, was designed in 1963. It was designed and built by the Los …
