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View SchemaFourth Generation Nuclear Weapons: Military effectiveness and collateral effects
| Authors | Andre Gsponer |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0510071 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510071 |
Abstract
The paper begins with a general introduction and update to Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons (FGNW), and then addresses some particularly important military aspects on which there has been only limited public discussion so far. These aspects concern the unique military characteristics of FGNWs which make them radically different from both nuclear weapons based on previous-generation nuclear-explosives and from conventional weapons based on chemical-explosives: yields in the 1 to 100 tons range, greatly enhanced coupling to targets, possibility to drive powerful shaped-charge jets and forged fragments, enhanced prompt radiation effects, reduced collateral damage and residual radioactivity, etc.
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