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2. Mark 39 nuclear bomb - Wikipedia

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   The Mark 39 design was a thermonuclear bomb and had a yield of 3.8 megatons. [1] It weighed 6,500–6,750 pounds (2,950–3,060 kilograms), [2] and was about 11 feet, 8 inches long (3.556 meters) [2] with a diameter of 35 inches (89 cm). [2] The design is an improved Mark 15 nuclear bomb design (the TX-15-X3 design and Mark 39 Mod 0 were the ...

3. TNT equivalent - Wikipedia

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   TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion.The ton of TNT is a unit of energy defined by convention to be 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie), [1] which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of TNT.

4. List of nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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   Gun-type (8–30 kilotons). Mark 12 – Light-weight bomb to be carried by fighter aircraft (12–14 kilotons). Mark 13 – Improved version of Mk-6 (cancelled August 1954). TX/Mark 14 – First deployable solid-fuel thermonuclear bomb (Castle Union device). Only five produced. (5 Megatons) Mark 15 – First "lightweight" thermonuclear weapon ...

5. Orders of magnitude (energy) - Wikipedia

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   Yield of the Little Boy atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in World War II (15 kilotons) [175] [176] 9×10 13 J: Theoretical total mass–energy of 1 gram of matter (25 GW·h) [177] 10 14 1.8×10 14 J Energy released by annihilation of 1 gram of antimatter and matter (50 GW·h) 3.75×10 14 J: Total energy released by the Chelyabinsk meteor. [178 ...

6. List of artificial radiation belts - Wikipedia

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   3.8 megatons: 76.8 United States: Hardtack Orange: Johnston Island 1958-08-12 3.8 megatons: 43 United States: Argus I: South Atlantic: 1958-08-27 1-2 kilotons: 200 United States: Argus II: South Atlantic: 1958-08-30 1-2 kilotons: 256 United States: Argus III: South Atlantic: 1958-09-06 1-2 kilotons: 539 United States: Starfish Prime Johnston Island

7. Operation Redwing - Wikipedia

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   Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 nuclear test detonations from May to July 1956. They were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak atolls by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF7). [1]

8. Woman arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle meth disguised ...

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   A Canadian woman was arrested after trying to smuggle over 20 pounds of methamphetamine through a New Zealand airport, authorities said. The illicit drugs were disguised as Christmas presents, New ...

9. List of nuclear weapons tests - Wikipedia

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   As of 1993, worldwide, 520 atmospheric nuclear explosions (including eight underwater) have been conducted with a total yield of 545 megatons (Mt): 217 Mt from pure fission and 328 Mt from bombs using fusion, while the estimated number of underground nuclear tests conducted in the period from 1957 to 1992 is 1,352 explosions with a total yield ...