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ARME NUCLEAIRE TYPE CANON [1 record]

Record 1 2011-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

A device in which two or more pieces of fissionable material, each less than a critical mass, are brought together very rapidly so as to form a supercritical mass which can explode as the result of a rapidly expanding fission chain.

OBS

gun-type weapon: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • gun type weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
DEF

Arme nucléaire dans laquelle plusieurs éléments de matière fissile, dont chacun est inférieur à la masse critique, sont rassemblés en un temps extrêmement court de manière à former une masse critique qui peut alors exploser par l'établissement d'une chaîne de réactions de fission rapidement divergente.

OBS

arme nucléaire type canon : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas QBRNE
DEF

Un dispositivo en el que dos o más partes de material fisionable, cada una de ellas inferior a la masa crítica se unen de manera extremadamente rápida para formar un conjunto supercrítico que puede hacer explosión como resultado de la multiplicación de la cadena de fisión.

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