Swords of Armageddon 2

Description

The Swords of Armageddon : U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development since 1945 is the first and only comprehensive illustrated history of the post-World War II design, development, and testing of U.S. nuclear weaponry available to the public. Contents include: · A complete technical glossary · Description of weapons physics · Postwar technological innovations in fission weapon design · A history of American thermonuclear weaponry between 1942 and 1957 · Individual nuclear warhead histories, including gravity bombs, artillery shells, missile and rocket warheads, anti-submarine weapons, and atomic demolition munitions · A history and description of warhead arming and fuzing techniques and equipment, including radar and barometric fuses, manual and automatic inflight insertion equipment, and Permissive Action Links · Three detailed appendices summarizing the objectives and results of U.S. nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962; warhead specifications; and typical nuclear weapons accidents between 1950 and 1981 TABLE OF CONTENTS INDEX VOLUME I. PART I. WEAPONS PHYSICS VOLUME I.PART II. POSTWAR U.S. FISSION WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT: SEARCH FOR SIMPLICITY, ETC VOLUME II. PART III. THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT, 1942 - 1952: 1. THE SEARCH FOR FEASIBILITY 2. RACING IN THE DARK 3. OPERATION GREENHOUSE VOLUME III: .THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT, 1952-1954 OPERATION IVY OPERATION CASTLE VOLUME IV: .THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT, 1954-1969 3. BUILDING A BETTER BOMB OPERATION REDWING OPERATION HARDTACK OPERATION DOMINIC VOLUME V AIRCRAFT BOMBS INCLUDING U.S. NUCLEAR BOMBS; ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS VOLUME VI MISSILE & ROCKET WARHEADS ATOMIC ARTILLERY SHELLS VOLUME VII. PART V. ARMING & FUZING: TECHNOLOGIES & EQUIPMENT APPENDIX I. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST, 1942- 1962 APPENDIX 2. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX 3. TYPICAL U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS, 1950-1981 SA2VOLI......Page 1 SA2VOLII......Page 456 SA2VOLIII......Page 801 SA2VOLIV......Page 1168 SA2VOLV......Page 1639 SA2VOLVI......Page 2217 SA2VOLVII......Page 2766