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> ”atomic bomb" usually refers to both You must be talking about “nuclear weapon.” Never in my life I heard “atomic bomb” being used in reference to a hydrogen
by Koshkin 6y ago
> ”atomic bomb" usually refers to both
You must be talking about “nuclear weapon.” Never in my life I heard “atomic bomb” being used in reference to a hydrogen bomb.
> Almost no weapons currently in use by major nation-states are pure fission devices.
All tactical nukes are pure fission devices.
- nostrademons 6y agoYou would refer to the warheads on Minuteman 3 & PeaceKeeper ICBMs, Trident SLBMs, and B63/B81 bombs as "atomic bombs", would you not? All of the above are thermonuclear fusion weapons. The tactical nukes I believe you are referring to are the W54 Davey Crockett, W48 6.1" shell, and W79 8" shell, all pure linear implosion fission weapons. All of those have been out of service since 1992, though.