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	Neutron bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A neutron bomb is a type of tactical nuclear weapon developed specifically to release a relatively large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation to harm biological tissues and electronic devices that are otherwise relatively protected from the heat blast.
		Neutron bombs, also called enhanced radiation bombs (ER weapons), are small thermonuclear weapons in which the burst of neutrons generated by the fusion reaction is intentionally not absorbed inside the weapon, but allowed to escape.
		Neutron bombs could be used as strategic anti-missile weapons or as tactical weapons intended for use against armored forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neutron_bomb (2107 words)

	Bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bombs are first and foremost weapons; the term "bomb" is not usually applied to explosive devices used for civilian purposes, such as construction or mining, although the people using the devices may sometimes refer to them as bombs.
		A bomb may also be positioned in advance and concealed, for example in a garbage container, car or truck as a car bomb, or by the roadside in a roadside bomb, in a building as a booby trap, or in lugguage and in a vehicle.
		In the case of suicide bombing the bomb is often carried by the attacker on his or her body, or a in a vehicle driven to the target.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bomb (1620 words)

	Bomb - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although a bomb may be delivered by being thrown or may be concealed in a car or truck or by the roadside, the usual method of delivering bombs to their target is by dropping them from a bomber airplane.
		Bombing may be directed at military targets such as ships or armament factories or at civilian targets such as office buildings or cities.
		Bombing of particular targets such as ships or tanks is called tactical bombing; bombing of areas such as military bases or cities is called strategic bombing.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/o/m/Bomb.html (689 words)

	Samuel Cohen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This means that neutron bombs have a yield range of 1-10 kilotons, with fission proportion varying from 50% at 1-kiloton to 25% at 10-kilotons (all of which comes from the primary stage).
		The neutron bomb's killing by neutron radiation is different from the fallout of a normal high yield thermonuclear weapon because it can be controlled more precisely, restricted to military targets and kept away from civilians.
		Because neutron bombs do not produce the indiscriminate blast (only 6 psi at ground zero from a 1 kt blast yield detonation at 500 m altitude, and only 1 psi at 2 km distance), heat and fallout damage of other nuclear weapons, they were more credible as a deterrent to Soviet tanks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Cohen (1991 words)

	Bomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These are first and foremost weapons; the term "bomb" is not usually applied to explosive devices used for civilian purposes, such as construction or mining, although the people using the devices may or may not sometimes refer to them as bombs.
		Modern bombs, precision-guided munitions, may be guided after they leave an airplane by remote control, by autonomous guidance or (in the case of nuclear weapons) mounted on a guided missile.
		The bombing of Guernica in the Basque Country on April 26, 1937 was the first aerial bombing of a civilian target to achieve significant urban destruction.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bomb.html (1523 words)

	Neutron Bomb - Canada's Aerospace and Defence Weekly - TWR - Editor: Micheal J. O'Brien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Armor can absorb neutrons and neutron energy, thus reducing the neutron radiation to which the tank crew is exposed, but this offset to some extent by the fact that armor can also react harmfully with neutrons.
		The neutron bomb delivers blast and heat effects that are confined to an area of only a few hundred yards in radius.
		A thermo-nuclear bomb or hydrogen bomb is a two-stage weapon, which consists of the primary which is based on fission or boosted fission system, and the secondary is where the radiation implosion is used to get a large yield.
	www.thewednesdayreport.com /twr/neutron-bomb.htm (5744 words)

	What is a Neutron Bomb?
		A neutron bomb is a small thermonuclear device designed to kill armored enemy troops with radiation while doing minimal damage to the surrounding area.
		Another "ethical" aspect of the bomb is the low quantity of enduring radioactivity it leaves in its wake.
		The motive for creating the neutron bomb comes from the days when missiles and artillery shells were not as precise, meaning that collateral damage from conventional warfare was likely.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-neutron-bomb.htm (388 words)

	BBC News \| Sci/Tech \| Neutron bomb: Why 'clean' is deadly
		China's announcement that it has developed the technology to build and deploy the neutron bomb is the latest chapter in the history of a weapon which has struck fear into the heart of even some of the most ardent supporters of the nuclear deterrent.
		Research into the neutron bomb began seriously in the 1970s when military scientists in the United States sought to reduce the amount of blast produced by thermonuclear devices and increase the amount of gamma radiation thrown out.
		The neutron bomb, or "enhanced radiation" device with its supposed promise of a "clean" kill was believed to be the strategic answer to a hole in the Cold War arsenal.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/395689.stm (761 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for neutron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The effect of a gap between the access tube and the soil during neutron probe measurements.
		Investigation of the neutron quantum states in the Earth's gravitational field.
		Development of a position sensitive neutron detector with high efficiency and energy resolution for use at high-flux beam sources.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/09134.html (826 words)

	Key Issues: Nuclear Weapons: The Basics: The Neutron Bomb
		The neutron bomb is a specialized thermonuclear weapon that produces a minimal blast but releases large amounts of lethal radiation which can penetrate armor or several feet of earth.
		Because the neutron bomb would devastate the whole of a target, military planners might not be as hesitant to use the neutron bomb as they would a standard fission bomb.
		Because of its short-range destructiveness and the absence of long-range effect, the neutron bomb would be highly effective against tank and infantry formations on the battlefield but would not endanger cities or other population centers only a few miles away.
	www.nuclearfiles.org /menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/basics/neutron-bomb.htm (712 words)

	Freedom Network - williambova.net
		China has detonated at least one neutron bomb above ground with the knowledge and perhaps even the co-operation of the U.S. Photographs of the secret test in late 1995 or 1996 have been provided to WorldNetDaily through a U.S. intelligence source who cannot be identified.
		Cohen put together a study group of other nuclear physicists working with him for the government and determined that a neutron bomb could be tailored to produce a pattern.
		Neutron bombs emphasize radiation, prompt radiation." He said it would take a specially designed bomb to direct radiation more to one side than to another.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~wbova/fn/gov/china_nb.htm (1549 words)

	Documentation and Diagrams of the Atomic Bomb
		The detonating head (or heads, depending on whether a Uranium or Plutonium bomb is being used as a model) that is seated in the conventional explosive charge(s) is similar to the standard-issue blasting cap.
		In a Uranium bomb, the neutron deflector serves as a safeguard to keep an accidental supercritical mass from occurring by bouncing the stray neutrons from the `bullet' counterpart of the Uranium mass away from the greater mass below it (and vice- versa).
		The neutron flux of the bomb's payload is strong enough to short circuit the internal circuitry and cause an accidental or premature detonation.
	www.nuc.berkeley.edu /neutronics/todd/nuc.bomb.html (4355 words)

	Neutron bombs (John De Armond)
		The device is still a thermonuclear bomb with yield in the tens or hundreds of kiloton range.
		Consulting the bomb blast calculator from ye olde "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons", a 100 kt bomb produces a 5 psi overpressure out only to about 3/4 mile and that is if the device is detonated at the optimum altitude.
		If such a bomb were detonated on the ground in the center of a large city, the buildings close in would absorb much of the blast, shielding buildings further out.
	yarchive.net /nuke/neutron_bomb.html (767 words)

	The New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		DURANGO, Colo.-- The recent debate on the neutron bomb, sparked b y President Reagan's decision to procure the weapon, is founded on a total misconception of its military value.
		To understand why the neutron bombs are less effective, one need only compare the effects of a fission warhead typical of those now deployed, which has a 10 kiloton yield equivalent to 10,000 tons of TNT, with the effects of a standard neutron one-kiloton warhead, such as those now authorized by President Reagan.
		These casualties would be more extensive in the case of neutron bombs because the neutrons they radiate are more prone to produce delayed radiation damage than are the gamma rays of normal fission warheads.
	www.clw.org /pub/clw/scoville/nyt-082681.html (678 words)

	NASDAQ Neutron Bomb
		Neutrons are highly lethal to humans and animals, and the N-bomb instantly kills everything in its radius of lethality.
		Neutron radiation literally vaporizes the soft flesh of humans at close range, and Zechariah’s remarkable prophecy, regardless of what he was really prophesying, is an extraordinary description of the effects of a neutron bomb on human beings.
		Like a neutron bomb, this implosion of the NASDAQ will not destroy the exchange and will not destroy the exciting and very important new technologies of computing, fiber optics, the Internet, biotech, etc. These great technologies will still be around, and will help our civilization continue to make great leaps forward.
	www.zealllc.com /2000/neutron.htm (3740 words)

	neutron bomb Encyclopedia Palamito : definitions, references, summaries, and best informations of online knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A neutron bomb is a type of nuclear weapon specifically designed to release a...
		neutron bombs are impractical because of their cost: A neutron bomb...
		The neutron bomb delivers blast and heat effects that are confined to an area of only a few hundred yards in...
	www.palamito.com /neutron_bomb_1.htm (144 words)

	Precision-Guided Munitions And The Neutron Bomb
		The neutron bomb, or "enhanced radiation warhead" as it is called in scientific circles, is basically a hydrogen bomb without the uranium-238 jacket which would absorb neutrons to increase the blast.
		The neutron bomb does seem to provide a greater penetrating dose of lethal radiation in a prescribed area without the wider-spread heat and blast effects typical of other designs.
		The Soviets have promised to build neutron bombs if the United States deploys them, and that would be a gross escalation of the arms race.
	www.cato.org /pubs/pas/pa015.html (5444 words)

	CNN - China acknowledges development of neutron bomb technology - July 15, 1999
		Zhao noted that since China had already mastered atom bomb and hydrogen bomb technology, it was "quite logical and natural for it to master the neutron bomb technology through its own efforts over a short period of time."
		The probability that the bombing occurred through a series of errors, as Washington maintains, was "near zero," he said.
		Neutron bombs are nuclear bombs with higher levels of radiation and lower levels of explosive power.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9907/15/china.bomb (566 words)

	sciforums.com - Neutron Bomb
		Putin gave the nod for US forces poised in Central Asia to jump into Afghanistan to be armed with tactical nuclear weapons, such as small neutron bombs, which emit strong radiation, nuclear mines, shells, and other nuclear ammunition suited to commando warfare in mountainous terrain.
		In addition to the nuclear weapons units, Russian bombers carrying small neutron bombs were moved to Russian military air bases around the border of the breakaway province, in Stavropol northwest of Chechnya, the Godowta base in Georgia to the south, and Mozdok in northern Osetia, northwest of Chechnya.
		Neutron bombs are designed to kill people with nuclear radiation, more than with blast and fire.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=4139 (752 words)

	Neutron Bomb in Middle East? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A spin-off of the thermonuclear weapon, or hydrogen bomb, neutron bombs were first developed by the US in 1963 and then the Soviet Union in the late '70s.
		A neutron bomb does not have the blanket to produce the blast and the fast neutrons are released into the environment to kill living tissue.
		Because a neutron bomb has a ground zero blast area of only a few square metres, the idea was for them to be used as a deterrent against armored or infantry assault.
	chss.montclair.edu /english/furr/neutronbomb.html (693 words)

	NASDAQ Neutron Bomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Neutron bombs are also much cleaner than conventional nukes.
		Many global intelligence analysts believe that small neutron bombs may unfortunately become the weapon of choice for the discerning terrorist in the 21st century.
		Neutron bombs have a limited range, and their damage falls off at an inverse cube relationship to the distance from ground zero.
	www.zealllc.com /commentary/neutron.htm (3731 words)

	Steve Jackson Games Forums - Neutron Bomb!
		neutron bomb = normal nuclear bomb with a neutron "enriched" surrounding, has usually less explosion power, but releases lots of neutrons, which in turn irradiate the surrounding: that means the surrounding itself becomes radioactive.
		The neutron bomb is highly lethal, but much less damaging than the normal nuclear weapon...
		The neutrons are also much harder to stop than normal radiation, since they are not charged.
	forums.sjgames.com /showthread.php?t=5206 (813 words)

	The Hydrogen Bomb Homepage, with stuff on the Cuban missile crisis and nuclear testing and transportation
		The second one (commonly known as hydrogen bomb) consists of an atom bomb with deuterium and tritium compounds like lithium deuteride etc. Fission bomb is first triggered so that temperature in the assembly is raised to several million degrees (between 10 -100 million degrees).
		The bomb, around eight meters long and two meters wide, was too large to fit in the plane’s bomb bay; therefore, a non-essential part of the fuselage was cut away, and a special lifting mechanism attached, as was a device for fastening the bomb.
		Ninety-seven percent of the power of the 50-MT bomb derived from thermonuclear fusion; that is to say, the bomb was remarkably “clean” and released a minimum of fission by-products which would elevate background radiation in the atmosphere.
	www.bilderberg.org /hbomb.htm (11227 words)

	ROBOTECH.COM - The Official Robotech Web Site!
		Neutron bombs were initially developed for use in nuclear offensives; the idea was to wipe out all people in a given area without reducing to rubble the surrounding landscape (inhibiting movement of vehicles).
		A 30 kiloton Neutron bomb makes as big of a crater, as big of a blast wave, and as big of a fireball, as a 30 kiloton nuke of any other variety.
		The difference is that the burst of neutron radiation (as opposed to radioactive fallout, which is a long-term effect) kills out to distances the conventional nuke wouldn't - meaning you would be able to use a much smaller bomb, say a 5 kiloton, to get the same lethality.
	www.robotech.com /community/forum/read.php?id=550326&forumid=9 (2828 words)

	The Neutron Bomb \| Nuclear Fusion \| Science \| atomicarchive.com
		The neutron bomb is a small hydrogen bomb.
		The neutron bomb differs from standard nuclear weapons insofar as its primary lethal effects come from the radiation damage caused by the neutrons it emits.
		Because neutron radiation effects drop off very rapidly with distance, there is a sharper distinction between areas of high lethality and areas with minimal radiation doses.
	www.atomicarchive.com /Fusion/Fusion5.shtml (167 words)

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