Therefore, a single fission bomb, using nuclear energy, might destroy a whole city.
Hydrogen bombs (H-bombs) promised yields measured in megatons rather than the kilotons of fission bombs.
Whether terrorists could obtain the requisite weapons design expertise to manufacture a fission bomb (or to decode the elaborate safety devices of an illegally obtained one) is uncertain, although they may have tried to do so.
This new, hollow design used less uranium and more plutonium and created a more powerful explosion as well as a smaller, lighter fission bomb.
The bomb was a fission bomb, created by the disintegration of plutonium 239 mixed with uranium 235.
Definition of fission bomb in US English:
fission bomb
noun
another term for atom bomb
Example sentencesExamples
The bomb was a fission bomb, created by the disintegration of plutonium 239 mixed with uranium 235.
This new, hollow design used less uranium and more plutonium and created a more powerful explosion as well as a smaller, lighter fission bomb.
Whether terrorists could obtain the requisite weapons design expertise to manufacture a fission bomb (or to decode the elaborate safety devices of an illegally obtained one) is uncertain, although they may have tried to do so.
Hydrogen bombs (H-bombs) promised yields measured in megatons rather than the kilotons of fission bombs.
Therefore, a single fission bomb, using nuclear energy, might destroy a whole city.