implosion weapon — implozinis atominis užtaisas statusas T sritis apsauga nuo naikinimo priemonių apibrėžtis Įtaisas, kuriame skylančios medžiagos masė yra mažesnė nei kritinė masė; savo apimtimi staigiai sumažėja dėl suslėgimo taip, kad tampa virškritine ir gali… … Apsaugos nuo naikinimo priemonių enciklopedinis žodynas
implosion weapon — A weapon in which a quantity of fissionable material, less than a critical mass at ordinary pressure, has its volume suddenly reduced by compression (a step accomplished by using chemical explosives) so that it becomes supercritical, producing a… … Military dictionary
Implosion (mechanical process) — Implosion is a process in which objects are destroyed by collapsing in on themselves. The opposite of explosion, implosion concentrates matter and energy. An example of implosion is a submarine being crushed from the outside by the hydrostatic… … Wikipedia
Implosion — can refer to:*Implosion (mechanical process) *Building implosion *Implosion (novel) by D. F. Jones *Implosion method type of nuclear weapon … Wikipedia
Implosion (novel) — Implosion is a science fiction novel by D. F. Jones, published in 1967, set in a United Kingdom just attacked by an unnamed minor Eastern Bloc country. The weapon used, Prolix , is a chemical sterilant, that, once ingested, renders most women… … Wikipedia
Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… … Wikipedia
nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force … Universalium
arme à implosion — implozinis atominis užtaisas statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Įtaisas, kuriame skylančios medžiagos kiekio, mažesnio už kritinę masę, tūris yra staiga sumažinamas slegiant taip, kad susidaro virškritinė masė ir gali įvykti sprogimas.… … NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
Gun-type fission weapon — Gun type fission weapons are fission based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the gun method: shooting one piece of sub critical material into another. Although this is sometimes… … Wikipedia
Nuclear weapon yield — Logarithmic scatterplot comparing the yield (in kilotons) and weight (in kilograms) of all nuclear weapons developed by the United States. The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy discharged when a nuclear weapon is… … Wikipedia
