atomic weapons
Fissile mass destruction
Atomic weapons are bombs or warheads that release energy through nuclear fission or fusion—the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
The term emerged with the first nuclear bombs in 1945 and remains interchangeable with nuclear weapons, though atomic sometimes carries a mid-century flavor: atomic bomb, atomic age.
The destructive power comes from converting small amounts of matter into enormous energy.
- nukesSlang for atomic weapons
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
- warheadMunition's explosive section
Manhattan Project · bomb · uranium · missile · first strike · Nagasaki · Trinity test · hydrogen · Fat Man · explosion · yield · nuclear fallout · ground zero · radioactive decay · test ban · fusion · chain reaction · critical mass
atomic weaponsconventional weapons
Non-WMD military equipment
conventional arms · small arms · rifles · swords · bows and arrows
atomic weaponsnon-lethal weapons
Armaments designed to incapacitate
tasers · surgical strikes · rubber bullets · pepper spray · small arms
atomic weaponsdisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
nuclear disarmament · peace treaties · denuclearization · arms control · demilitarization
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