Nuclear weapon design

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Nuclear weapon design by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated +Created
Nuclear weapon design refers to the engineering and scientific processes involved in creating nuclear weapons, which are explosive devices that derive their destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or fusion. ### Key Aspects of Nuclear Weapon Design 1. **Types of Nuclear Weapons**: - **Fission Weapons**: These weapons use nuclear fission, the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei (like uranium-235 or plutonium-239), to release a tremendous amount of energy.

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