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{{Short description|Nuclear detonations in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere}} [[File:Starfish prime 35mm frame.jpg|thumb|Frame of the [[Starfish Prime]] nuclear test]] ...

...belts''' are [[radiation belt]]s that have been created by [[high-altitude nuclear explosion]]s.<ref name="LA6405">{{cite report | title = The K Project: Soviet Nuclear Tests in Space ...

{{Short description|Series of 1950s US nuclear tests}} {{Infobox nuclear weapons test ...

{{Short description|1962 high-altitude nuclear test by the U.S. over the Pacific Ocean}} {{Infobox Nuclear weapons test ...

{{Short description|Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposes}} ...[Castle Bravo]] [[thermonuclear weapon]] test in 1954, the largest nuclear weapons test ever conducted by the United States]] ...

...to damage a warhead. However, the effect is strong enough to be used to [[nuclear blackout|black out radar system]]s and disable [[Satellite|satellites]]. ===Electrons from nuclear explosions=== ...

...ently targetable reentry vehicle''' ('''MIRV''') is an [[atmospheric entry|exoatmospheric]] [[ballistic missile]] payload containing several [[warhead]]s, each capab ...ve.org/web/20180908130742/https://www.businessinsider.com/how-satan-2-icbm-nuclear-weapon-works-2018-3|archive-date=2018-09-08|url-status=live}}</ref> ...

'''Anti-satellite weapons''' ('''ASAT''') are [[space weapon]]s designed to incapacitate or destroy [ | title = The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems ...

|8. The nuclear warheads detonate.}}]] ...pheric reentry|re-entry of the missile into the Earth's atmosphere]] (if [[exoatmospheric]])<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=McFadden |first=Christopher |title=What i ...

...le]]s (ICBMs), its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged non-nuclear [[Tactical ballistic missile|tactical]] and [[Theater ballistic missile|the ...ith hazardous materials in the case of [[nuclear explosion|detonation]] of nuclear warhead(s). ...

{{Short description|Series of 1960s US high-altitude nuclear tests}} {{Infobox nuclear weapons test ...

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...-flight [[ballistic missile]]s. They achieve this explosively (chemical or nuclear), or via hit-to-kill [[Kinetic projectile|kinetic vehicles]], which may als ...na |last4=Knight |first4=Mackenzie |date=2024-03-03 |title=Russian nuclear weapons, 2024 |journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |volume=80 |issue=2 |pages ...

...d as the booster for the [[Operation Argus]] series of three high-altitude nuclear tests conducted in the [[Atlantic Ocean|South Atlantic]] in 1958. The Lockh ...out {{cvt|20000|ft/s}} at an altitude of more than {{cvt|100|mi}}. Further testing produced the [[Terminal High Altitude Area Defense]] (THAAD) Weapon System, ...

...007}}</ref> Reagan called for a system that would end ''MAD'' and render [[nuclear weapon]]s obsolete.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atomicheritage.org/histo ...=en|title = A New U.S. Missile Defense Test May Have Increased the Risk of Nuclear War}}</ref> Under SDIO's Innovative Sciences and Technology Office,<ref>{{C ...

...launch.jpg|thumb|300px|A Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from [[Meck Island]] at the [[Kwajalein]] Missile ...om within the United States in [[Alaska]] and [[California]]. GMD uses non-nuclear GBIs with a [[Projectile#Kinetic projectiles|kinetic warhead]]. Other [[#Co ...

...ct, [[Project Excalibur|Excalibur]]—an [[X-ray laser]] system powered by a nuclear warhead—failed critical tests, Teller and Lowell Wood recognized the limita ...egic Defense Initiative".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Adapting to a Changing Weapons Program |journal=Science & Technology Review |date=January–February 2001 |u ...

...earch scientists in the fields of high-energy physics, advanced materials, nuclear research, supercomputing/computation, and many other critical science and e ...le:Arrow-3 Jan-03-2013 (c).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Arrow 3]] is an [[Spaceflight|exoatmospheric]] [[hypersonic]] [[anti-ballistic missile]], jointly funded, developed and ...

...s/Israel/Missile/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2007 |publisher=[[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] |title=Israel profile: missile overview: Arrow anti-bal ...{cite web|url=http://www.nti.org/db/missile/1998/m9808247.htm |publisher=[[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] |title=The big arrow In Israel's quiver |date=October 5 ...