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- * The plutonium used in nuclear weapon pits is machined by alloying ... isotope of gallium, have been used in nuclear medicine imaging. This use ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- to bring about the worldwide ban on above ground nuclear weapons testing. * Charles Pratt - founder of Pratt Institute. * John D. Rockefeller ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 03:17, 24 November 2022
- On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States Army Air Forces dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- von Neumann worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involved in thermonuclear ... tests in the Pacific or in later work on nuclear weapons at Los Alamos, New ...30 KB (4,433 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- Its short-lived isotope 99mTc is used in nuclear medicine for a wide variety ... a by-product of fission of uranium-235 in nuclear reactors and is extracted ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- World War II effort to develop the first nuclear weapons, at the secret Los ... * Nuclear weapon * Nuclear energy ==Notes== ==References== ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- *In the film Crimson Tide, the naval officers of the nuclear submarine ... saw a machinegun, a tank, a Viet Cong, or a nuclear weapon. ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 15:21, 27 November 2023
- work to stop the production and deployment of nuclear weapons. ==Programs and projects== Today, the AFSC has more than two hundred staff working ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 03:35, 24 July 2023
- is why it was a top strategic location for nuclear weapons activities during ... to use the islands as a launching pad for nuclear warheads—contrary to Palau ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- the Church of Scotland is a firm opponent of nuclear weaponry. ==Governance and administration== The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian in polity ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- took the form of an arms race involving nuclear and conventional weapons ... concern that it would escalate into a full nuclear exchange with hundreds of ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- an ordinance banning vessels carrying nuclear weapons from Kobe Port. ... Submarine, Research Vessels and Vehicles, Nuclear reactor, Satellite. ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, ... Ōe was involved with pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigns and wrote ...45 KB (5,943 words) - 21:09, 28 September 2023
- Fear of Japanese retaliation [to chemical weapon use] lessened because ... === Nuclear weapons=== On Marshall's orders, Major-General John ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- missiles (ICBMs) when it was realized that nuclear weapons carried on a rocket ... Rockets remain a popular military weapon. The use of large battlefield ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- rocket motors, coolant released by RORSAT nuclear powered satellites, small ... place during the Chinese anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) test on January 11, 2007. ...13 KB (1,862 words) - 15:16, 27 April 2023
- from the use of conventional weapons or nuclear weapons because the destructive ... of its origin, is considered a chemical weapon unless it is used for purposes ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- the development of the independent French nuclear deterrent and the withdrawal ... force"). France tested its first nuclear weapon, Gerboise Bleue, on February ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- of causing explosions include the use of nuclear weapons, high-intensity ... * Nuclear weapon * Weapon ==References== * Akhavan, Jacqueline. 2004 ...41 KB (6,258 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- He asserted that a nuclear weapon could not be made small enough to fit in the nose of a missile as in an ICBM. In his book Modern Arms and Free ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- Devin T. Hagerty, The Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation: Lessons from ... ===Consolidation of Pakistan's nuclear program=== President Zia ...33 KB (4,947 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- where he defended the national nuclear program, the centerpiece ... In May 1998, India conducted five underground nuclear weapon tests ...47 KB (6,896 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- result of the Soviet Union testing almost 500 nuclear weapons, above ground and often without notifying residents. Widespread protest ended nuclear ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- used as long-range carriers for fast nuclear weapon delivery. In 1961, when ... are lack of natural resources, comets, nuclear war, and worldwide epidemic ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- in its bestial form, could be killed only by a weapon or bullet made of silver. According to Eastern European folklore, the silver bullet was equally ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- *Radioactive thallium-201 is used for diagnostic purposes in nuclear ... Thallium was once an effective murder weapon before its effects became ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- gunpowder manufacture. The first mobile weapon is usually credited to Jan ... mortar element, consisting of one or more weapon systems, capable of being ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
- of the depth charge as an anti-submarine weapon. This required an attacking ... war developments related to countering the nuclear submarine. Work on sonar ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- sides; in particular, information related to nuclear weapons secrets was sought after. During the Cold War, both American and Soviet intelligence agencies ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- ** Nuclear energy ==Solar== [[File:Breakdown of the incoming solar ... produce electricity (nuclear power) or as a nuclear weapon. ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- invaded Iraq, claiming Iraq had not abandoned its nuclear and chemical weapons development program. Baghdad was bombed heavily in March and April that ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- state that Gulag prisoners were used in early nuclear tests (the first was conducted in Semipalatinsk in 1949) for decontaminating radioactive areas ...26 KB (3,838 words) - 12:39, 24 January 2023
- Another issue is the possible presence of nuclear weapons on U.S. ... adopted into law) that has guided Japanese nuclear policy since the late 1960s ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- radioactive decay, and the aftermath of nuclear warfare, in addition to ... 000 scientists calling for an end to nuclear-weapon testing. Public pressure ...44 KB (6,490 words) - 04:18, 29 October 2022
- throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons. ===Paleolithic (2.5 million – 10,000 B.C.E.)=== [[Image:Chopper of Dmanisi.png|thumb|right ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 17:50, 14 November 2022
- * nuclear microscopy (HEFIB) * Rutherford backscattering * neutron diffraction The overlap between physics and materials science has lent itself ...17 KB (2,292 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- dredging for navigation by larger ships, nuclear power generation and nuclear ... the Gorge Amphitheatre and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, before meeting ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- to guerrilla warfare as the "weapon of the weak" and terrorism ... of concern is also a possible use of a nuclear weapon or biological weapons ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- France became the world's fourth nuclear power, perhaps earning its ... for an independent France with its own nuclear weapons, and strongly encouraged ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- remain submerged for half a year and carry nuclear missiles capable of destroying ... Until the advent of nuclear marine propulsion]], most twentieth-century ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- their introduction. Most are powered by nuclear reactors and form the core ... The U.S. Navy attempted to become a strategic nuclear force in parallel ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- nuclear and conventional disarmament, nuclear-weapon-free zones, reduction ... of the world, including the five major nuclear-weapon states (the People's ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular ...18 KB (2,632 words) - 01:35, 11 November 2022
- would have enough votes to secure the Iran nuclear deal, crediting the president ... all agree that Iran must not possess a nuclear weapon. At this time, the JCPOA ...46 KB (6,718 words) - 20:14, 3 January 2023
- each other without the threat of all-out nuclear strikes (although limited ... to avoid any international and potential nuclear incidents. ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- (Bundesvorstand) and campaigned against nuclear weapons and the equipping ... deployment of United States medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- most militarized nation, and has active nuclear and ballistic missile weapons ... As a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program, the Six-party ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- Iceland to discuss reducing intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe. To the immense surprise of both men's advisers, the two agreed in principle ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- production of the A-4 as a "vengeance weapon" and the group developed ... 2," "Retaliation/Vengeance Weapon 2") for propaganda purposes ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- spectrometry, interferometry, radar, and nuclear fusion. He continued working ... field, Anti-missile, Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), Electro Optic Counter ...41 KB (6,333 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
