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CD-ROM Databases at the Reference Department
| Title: |
Swords of Armageddon |
| Producer: | Chukelea Publications |
| Coverage: | n.a. |
| Update: | n.a. |
| Description: | The Swords of Armageddon : U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development since 1945 is an illustrated history of post-World War II design, development, and testing of U.S. nuclear weaponry.
The CD-ROM includes:
A technical glossary
A 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
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 |
| Notes: | For further information, consult
Chuck Hansen's Swords of Armageddon
Shelves Secure Area |
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