NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEIR EFFECTS,

Abstract

Contents: Classification of Nuclear Weapons; Vehicles and Means of Employment for Detonating Nuclear Weapons; The Tactical Possibilities of Radioactive Warfare Agents; The Types of Detonation and Their Disguishing Features; NuclearWeapon Targets; Description of Various Types of Detonations at 20 Kilotons of TNT at Distances of 5 to 10 km; The Impression in Cases of Different Calibers and Distances; Influence of Weather and Other Factors on the Detonation Pattern; The Pressure Wave as an Annihilating Factor; Luminous Radiation as an Annihilating Factor; Nuclear Radiation as an Annihilating Factor; The Immediate Nuclear Radiation; The Residual Nuclear Radiation; and Protection From Nuclear Weapons.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 1964
Accession Number
AD0600485

Entities

People

  • Kurt Langhans

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Detonations
  • Employment
  • Germany
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Radiation
  • Residuals
  • Weapons
  • West Germany

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Solar Physics