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* Core boosting - enhanced radiation weapons (neutron bombs) - fissionable jacketing
* Core boosting - enhanced radiation weapons (neutron bombs) - fissionable jacketing
* Pure fusion weapons, clean weapons (non-fissionable jacket)
* Pure fusion weapons, clean weapons (non-fissionable jacket)
==Delivery Systems, Effects, and Defense==
==Miscellaneous==
* Project Plowshare - Project Orion - Atoms for Peace - Project Rover
* Testing - test detection - treaties
* Criticality accidents - Weapon accidents - Oklo (Gabon) natural reactor
===Delivery Systems, Effects===
* Blast theory - shock front - double flash - optimum delivery altitudes
* Blast theory - shock front - double flash - optimum delivery altitudes
* Miniaturization - MIRV's - penetration aids - neutron fluxes
* Miniaturization - MIRV's - penetration aids - neutron fluxes
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* [http://www.mda.mil/ Missile Defense Agency], with garish [[Flash]] as of 2008.12.27.
* [http://www.mda.mil/ Missile Defense Agency], with garish [[Flash]] as of 2008.12.27.
* Hans Bethe and Freeman Dyson both have some great material in their books; collect it
* Hans Bethe and Freeman Dyson both have some great material in their books; collect it
==Miscellaneous==
===Maintenance/Lifecycle/Robustness===
* Project Plowshare - Project Orion - Atoms for Peace - Project Rover
===Test Detection/Treaty Enforcement===
* Testing - test detection - treaties
===Simulation===
* Criticality accidents - Weapon accidents - Oklo (Gabon) natural reactor
==See Also==
==See Also==
* Carey Sublette's [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org Nuclear Weapon Archive] is peerless and the starting point for any research
* Carey Sublette's [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org Nuclear Weapon Archive] is peerless and the starting point for any research