Nuclear weapons

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093127
- info:lc/authorities/sh85093127
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85093127#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Atomic weapons
- Fusion weapons
- Thermonuclear weapons
Use For
Broader Terms
- Weapons of mass destruction
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11940265t
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4112614-2
Earlier Established Forms
- Atomic weapons
Sources
- found: LC database, 8/2/91 (thermonuclear)
- found: Quick dict. weapons (Thermonuclear: pertaining to the process in which very high temperatures are used to bring about the fusion of light nuclei; Nuclear weapon: a device in which the explosion results from the energy released by reactions involving atomic nuclei--fission or fusion or both)
- found: Enc. phys. sci. and tech., 1987: v. 5, p. 723ff (Fusion devices, Explosive)
- found: Green, J. The effects of thermonuclear weapons, c1991.
- found: Robertson, D. Guide to modern defense and strategy, 1987 (Hydrogen bomb, Nuclear fusion, Thermonuclear)
LC Classification
- U264-U264.5
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1996-06-05: revised

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