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 English

A file of documents concerning Anglo-Czechoslovak political relations. Subjects discussed in the file include the settlement of British financial claims against Czechoslovakia; the return of wartime gold to Czechoslovakia; Anglo-Czechoslovak …

proposal for the general and com- plete ban of nuclear weapons tests. In 1979s delegations of Czechoslovakia


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

and Soviet proposals for the reduction of nuclear weapons in E u r o p e . 4 . F i n a l l y , there race and proposals to site new medium range nuclear weapons in E u r o p e . This would lead to a one-sided


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

PLFDGE I ON N O / N O - F I R S T USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WAS P R A I S E D ) J ARMS RACE(USA I AT


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Russian

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the Soviet attitude to the Falklands War. The documents cover Soviet statements on the crisis; Soviet appeals for a diplomatic solution; articles published …

armaments of the British task force included nuclear weapons. This graphically demonstrated how weak the


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the Soviet attitude towards the Falklands War. The documents cover discussions with Soviet officials on the crisis, outlining the British and Soviet positions; …

(A) SHOULD BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 'NUCLEAR WEAPONS: UNDER THE LONG-STANDING PRACTICE FOLLOWED CONFIRM ORtDENY THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF UK NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN ANY PARTICULAR PLACE AT ANY PARTICULAR IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT BRITAIN WOULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE DISPUTE WITH ARGENTINA OVER THE FALKLANDS


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German

A file containing documents relating to Soviet foreign policy. Subjects covered in the file include the likelihood of a change in policy under the new Soviet leader, Yurii Andropov; the …

Union will not resort to the first use of nuclear weapons, and once again call upon the other nuclear ban so that no more new kinds and types of nuclear weapons may be developed. We stand for the prohibition


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

fact that only one Warsaw Pact state had nuclear weapons, compared with three in NATO. It was also



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

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


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