Nuclear Bunker Busters, Mini-Nukes, and the US Nuclear Stockpile

Physics Today

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 32-37

  Nelson, Robert W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CIVIL DEFENSE; EXPLOSIVES; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; NUCLEAR BUNKER BUSTERS;

ORDNANCE;

EID: 0345330200     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1634531     Document Type: Article

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