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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11 May 2022 English

Gill Bennett, Anthony Glees, Michael Goodman, Matthew Jones, Michael Morgan and Denis Smyth

After Hiroshima: The United States, Race, and Nuclear Weapons in Asia, 1945-1965 (Cambridge University Press


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file of correspondence and reports concerning inner-German relations. The documents cover statements on foreign policy issued by the governments of East Germany and West Germany; a speech by the …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

c e , free of foreign military bases and nuclear weapons." Proceeding from principles of internationalism


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Polish Government. We have made H • theatre nuclear weapons are still going on. Furthermore, precisely the Polish Government. We have made theatre nuclear weapons are still going on. Furthermore, precisely



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

should be d ne to stop the stockpiling of nuclear weapons in Durope. ^omanip • .nted a united, nuclear-free region of peaceful _ cooperation free of nuclear weapons. Economic Matters 10. The passage in Ceausescu1


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning political relations between Albania and the United Kingdom. The documents cover discussions on the possible resumption of relations between the British and Albanian …

military doctrine based on the threat of using nuclear weapons first in Europe. \ Anyone who thought that Soviet peace initiative at the UN concerning nuclear weapons was in for a disappointment - his speech did



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning Anglo-Bulgarian relations, focussing on a visit to Bulgaria by Malcolm Rifkind, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The documents cover the …

be mention of the suggestion of a Balkan nuclear weapons free zone. Mr Rifkind would have talks with



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