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thermonuclear weapon

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A weapon in which very high temperatures are used to bring about the fusion of light nuclei such as those of hydrogen isotopes (e.g., deuterium and tritium) with the accompanying release of energy. The high temperatures required are obtained by means of fission.
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And that has given us the capability to build to deterrence based on both fission and thermonuclear weapon systems with the yields ranging from the smallest all the way up to 200 kilotons," Kakodkar said.
Pokhran II was a success: Kakodkar (updated) by Asian News International
Americans are not so foolish as to convey substantive design information to enable India to write codes for an effective thermonuclear weapon design.
Stop dithering on nuclear weapons issues by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
The expansion would enable Pakistan to build smaller, lighter plutonium-fission weapons and thermonuclear weapons that employ "plutonium as the nuclear trigger and enriched and natural enriched uranium in the secondary," it said.
Photos show Pakistan 'expanding nuclear sites' by AFP / AFP American Edition
 
 
 
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