atomic bombs
Fission-powered explosives
Atomic bombs are nuclear weapons that release enormous destructive energy through nuclear fission—the splitting of uranium or plutonium atoms.
The United States dropped two on Japan in 1945, ending World War II and inaugurating the nuclear age.
The term often evokes mass destruction and existential threat: The Cold War brought fear of atomic bombs.
Also called atom bombs or A-bombs.
- Trinity testInitial nuclear weapon explosion
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- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
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Non-WMD military equipment
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