A nuclear weapon is a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power—even the smallest nuclear weapons are much more powerful than most conventional explosives, while the largest can destroy entire metropolitan regions. First developed during World War II, they continue to have a strong presence in our world today.

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Nuclear bombs I Intercontinental ballistic missiles Israeli nuclear development M Manhattan Project

N Nuclear air launched missiles Nuclear test sites Nuclear tests Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapons programs

S Nuclear submarine-launched missiles U U.S. nuclear history W Nuclear warheads

Articles in category "Nuclear weapons"

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13 steps A Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 8 July 1996 Atmospheric focusing Atomic Weapons Establishment B Bhangmeter Boosted fission weapon C Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty D Davy Crockett (nuclear device) Dial-a-yield Dirty bomb Dual-use technology E Enduring Stockpile F Force de frappe H History of nuclear weapons I Iran and weapons of mass destruction Iran's nuclear program J Joe 1

J cont. Joe 4 L Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Laydown delivery List of countries with nuclear weapons List of nuclear weapons Los Alamos National Laboratory M MGR-1 Honest John Maneuverable reentry vehicle Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle Mushroom cloud Mutual assured destruction N Neutron bomb Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Nuclear artillery Nuclear explosion Nuclear fallout Nuclear proliferation Nuclear terrorism Nuclear testing

N cont. Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapon Nuclear weapon design Nuclear weapons in popular culture Nuclear winter P Partial Test Ban Treaty Physics package Q Quebec Agreement R Radiological weapon Red mercury Rope trick S START II Sandia National Laboratories Smyth Report South Korean nuclear research programs Soviet atomic bomb project Special Atomic Demolition Munition Stockpile stewardship Supersonic Low Altitude Missile