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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