A nuclear depth bomb is the nuclear equivalent of a conventional depth charge, and can be used in anti-submarine warfare for attacking submerged submarines...
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anti-submarine homing torpedoes. A depth charge fitted with a nuclear warhead is also known as a "nuclear depth bomb". These were designed to be dropped...
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The B90 Nuclear Depth Strike Bomb (NDSB) was an American thermonuclear bomb designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the mid-to-late 1980s and cancelled...
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Mk 101 Lulu (redirect from Mk-101 Lulu NDB (Nuclear Depth Bomb))
B57 nuclear bomb during the mid-1960s. The B-57 was a bomb that could be used by tactical aircraft against land targets, as well as a nuclear depth charge...
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WE.177 (redirect from WE.177 (nuclear weapon))
be used by the Royal Navy, both for surface attack, as well as a nuclear depth bomb, or NDB. When AGM-48 Skybolt was cancelled, part of the resulting...
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the invasion of the Falklands initially carried a total of thirty nuclear depth bombs as part of their standard armament. The Chief of the Defence Staff...
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B57 nuclear bomb was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. Entering production in 1963 as the Mk 57, the bomb was...
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission...
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The Mark 90 nuclear bomb, given the nickname "Betty", was a Cold War nuclear depth charge, developed by the United States in 1952. It had a length of 10 ft...
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carried by the UUM-44 SUBROC submarine-launched missile as a nuclear depth bomb. The last W55 warhead was dismantled in December 1996. Chuck Hansen (2007)...
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List of aircraft weapons (section Air-dropped bombs)
Mark 82 bomb (USA) Mark 83 bomb (USA) Mark 84 bomb (USA) Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth bomb Mark 101 NDB (nuclear depth bomb) Mark 105 Hotpoint bomb U.S. Navy...
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Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction (redirect from Pakistan nuclear bomb)
nuclear torpedoes, nuclear depth bombs and nuclear naval mines.[citation needed] In response to INS Arihant, India's first nuclear submarine, the Pakistan...
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under Project E in the form of aerial bombs, missiles, depth charges and artillery shells until 1992. Nuclear-capable American aircraft had been based...
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UUM-44 SUBROC (category Cold War nuclear missiles of the United States)
anti-submarine weapon. It carried a 25 kiloton tactical nuclear warhead configured as a nuclear depth bomb. SUBROC was one of several weapons recommended for...
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payload ranges from a simple depth charge to a 200 kt nuclear depth bomb. The RPK-2 uses a 82R torpedo or 90R nuclear depth charge in the 533 mm version...
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several applications: Mark 101 Lulu nuclear depth bomb, the Mark 45 ASTOR torpedo and the Mark 105 Hotpoint nuclear bomb. The Mk 101 Lulu was manufactured...
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RUR-5 ASROC (redirect from W44 (nuclear warhead))
fire an ASROC missile carrying an acoustic homing torpedo or a W44 nuclear depth bomb onto an unguided ballistic trajectory toward the target. At a pre-determined...
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launch. The missile carried a nuclear depth bomb warhead of up to 10 kilotons in yield. The warhead could detonate at a depth of up to 200 m and had a lethal...
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to possess a nuclear triad, being capable to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea and air. American nuclear weapons of all types – bombs, warheads, shells...
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Medium Atomic Demolition Munition and the novel Blue Peacock, nuclear depth bombs, and nuclear torpedoes. An 'Atomic Bazooka' was also fielded, designed to...
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artillery shells, land mines, depth charges, and torpedoes which are equipped with nuclear warheads. Also in this category are nuclear armed ground-based or shipborne...
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the basis of the 30.5 inches (775 mm) BOAR rocket, the Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth charge, MGR-1 Honest John rocket, MGM-5 Corporal ballistic missile,...
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to permit different payload combinations to be used, including a nuclear depth bomb (NDB) option, and this, together with the different internal ship...
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use, low-yield nuclear weapons. Cobalt bomb Neutron transport Nuclear strategy Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapon design "Sci/Tech Neutron bomb: Why 'clean'...
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submarine-launched heavyweight torpedo; the Mk 101 Lulu nuclear depth bomb; the Mk 105 Hotpoint laydown bomb. Additionally, an anglicised W34 Python known to...
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1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (redirect from Goldsboro nuclear bomb)
Stratofortress carrying two 3.8-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. The pilot in command, Walter...
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would have given such an order. Shock factor Underwater explosion Nuclear depth bomb Supercavitation List of supercavitating torpedoes List of torpedoes...
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explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy released such as blast, thermal, and nuclear radiation, when that particular nuclear weapon is detonated...
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Anti-submarine weapon (section Depth charge)
always available, and at instant readiness. It allows the torpedo or nuclear depth bomb to enter the water practically on top of the submarine's position...
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depth charges as well. Mark 8 nuclear bomb (1952–1957): earth penetrating W8 for SSM-N-8 Regulus (cancelled): earth penetrating Mark 11 nuclear bomb (1956–1960):...
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