nuclear weapons
121nuclear forces — nuclear forces, 1. Physics. the forces holding protons and neutrons together in atomic nuclei. They are governed by the strong interaction. 2. military forces armed with nuclear weapons …
122Nuclear proliferation — World map with nuclear weapons development status represented by color.   Five nuclear weapons states from the NPT …
123Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …
124Nuclear weapon — A bomb redirects here. For other uses, see A bomb (disambiguation). The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 …
125Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
126nuclear 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 …
127Nuclear disarmament — United States and USSR/Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles, 1945 2006. These numbers include warheads not actively deployed, including those on reserve status or scheduled for dismantlement. Stockpile totals do not necessarily reflect nuclear… …
128nuclear strategy — ▪ military Introduction the formation of tenets and strategies for producing and using nuclear weapons. Nuclear strategy is no different from any other form of strategy in that it involves relating military means to political ends. In this …
