Definitions for nuclear weapons
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1. nuclear weapons

   A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first test of a fission ("atomic") bomb released an amount of energy approximately equal to 20,000 tons of TNT (84 TJ). The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released energy approximately equal to 10 million tons of TNT (42 PJ). Nuclear bombs have had yields between 10 tons TNT (the W54) and 50 megatons for the Tsar Bomba (see TNT equivalent). A thermonuclear weapon weighing as little as 600 pounds (270 kg) can release energy equal to more than 1.2 megatonnes of TNT (5.0 PJ).A nuclear device no larger than a conventional bomb can devastate an entire city by blast, fire, and radiation. Since they are weapons of mass destruction, the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a focus of international relations policy. Nuclear weapons have been deployed twice in war, by the United States against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 during World War II.

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1. Nuclear Weapons

   A weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear fission and/or fusion.

How to pronounce nuclear weapons?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nuclear weapons in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nuclear weapons in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nuclear weapons in a Sentence

1. Mike Mullen:

   With Kim Jong Un, I wouldn't trust him, i don't trust him. I would want to see his actions and not his words with respect to this. He would keep the nuclear weapons card in his hand and on his side for absolutely as long as possible.

2. Former CIA official:

   That would be the nightmare scenario: a terrorist attack, here in the United States, here in New York, another major city, that involved either chemical, biological or other nuclear weapons.

3. William Perry:

   The new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is an important step towards delegitimizing nuclear war as an acceptable risk of modern civilization.

4. Woo Jong-il:

   North Korea has nuclear weapons and are doing experiments despite the entire world’s opposition, russia, America, China, they all have it, and even North Korea, a small country in deep poverty has North Korea, so why are n’t we allowed to have it ?

5. Donald Trump:

   Our country could be doing much better, we have deficits that are enormous. We have all bad trade agreements. We have an army that the head says is not prepared. We have a military that needs help, especially in these times. We have nuclear weapons that -- you look at'60 Minutes' -- that don't even work ; if anybody saw that report. The phones don't work. They're 40-years-old. They have wires that don't work.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Weapons