Nuclear weapon
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| A '''nuclear weapon''' is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from the [[nuclear reaction]] of [[nuclear fission|fission]] or from a combination of fission and [[nuclear fusion|fusion]]. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter; a modern thermonuclear weapon weighing little more than a ton can produce an explosion comparable to the detonation of more than a billion kilograms of conventional high explosive. | A '''nuclear weapon''' is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from the [[nuclear reaction]] of [[nuclear fission|fission]] or from a combination of fission and [[nuclear fusion|fusion]]. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter; a modern thermonuclear weapon weighing little more than a ton can produce an explosion comparable to the detonation of more than a billion kilograms of conventional high explosive. | ||
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from the nuclear reaction of fission or from a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter; a modern thermonuclear weapon weighing little more than a ton can produce an explosion comparable to the detonation of more than a billion kilograms of conventional high explosive.
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