Nuclear Weapons
A nuclear weapon is any type of weapon that explodes because of the transformation of matter in atoms into energy. There are two types of nuclear weapons, fission weapons, which are known as atomic weapons and thermonuclear weapons, which are commonly called hydrogen or fusion weapons.
In fission weapons, matter is changed into energy when uranium isotopes U-235, U-238, or the plutonium isotope Pu-239 are split. ...
There are two designs of fission weapons, the gun-type method, and the implosion method. ...
In thermonuclear weapons, or fusion weapons, the nuclei fused are of the hydrogen isotope deuterium (H-2), and tritium (H-3). ...
The weapons explosion produces four basic effects: (1) a blast wave, (2) thermal radiation, (3) initial nuclear radiation, and (4) residual nuclear radiation.
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