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61Nevada National Security Site — Nevada Test Site November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Test is shot Dog from Operation Buster, with a yield of 21 kilotonnes of TNT (88 TJ). It was the f …
62Japanese nuclear weapons program — Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission in December 1938. Physicists around the world immediately noticed that chain reactions could be produced and notified their governments of the possibility of developing nuclear weapons. The… …
63Gun-type fission weapon — Gun type fission weapons are fission based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the gun method: shooting one piece of sub critical material into another. Although this is sometimes… …
64Metal Gear (fictional mecha weapon) — Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gear series. [Jeremy Parish, “Metal Gear,” Electronic Gaming Monthly 225 (January 2008): 93.] [ Snakes and Gears: A Metal Gear Overview, Game Informer 182 (June 2008): 107.]… …
65Fizzle (nuclear test) — In nuclear weapons, a fizzle occurs when the testing of a nuclear bomb fails to meet its expected yield. The reason(s) for the failure can be linked to improper bomb design, poor construction, or lack of expertise.Staff Writer.… …
66Davy Crockett (nuclear device) — Davy Crockett was a recoilless rifle on a tripod for firing the M388 atomic round The M 28 or M 29 Davy Crockett Weapon System(s) was a tactical nuclear recoilless gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile that was deployed by the United States… …
67Marine Corps Test Unit — #1 Active 1 July 1954 19 June 1957 Country United States Allegiance Department of the Navy Branch United States Marine Corps The …
68List of nuclear tests — The following is a list of nuclear test series designations, organized first by country and then by date. For more information on countries with nuclear weapons, see List of countries with nuclear weapons. For more information on nuclear weapon… …
69Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement — ] [cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2006 541|publisher=GovTrack|title=H.R. 5682: House Vote 541: Dec 8, 2006 (109th Congress)|accessdate=2006 12 08] The White House had urged Congress to expedite the reconciliation… …
70List of anti-nuclear protests in the United States — This is a list of notable anti nuclear protests in the United States. Many anti nuclear campaigns captured national public attention in the 1970s and 1980s, including those at Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power… …
