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VOLUME I.:    PREFACE, ETC.  WEAPONS PHYSICS 

POSTWAR U.S. FISSION WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT: SEARCH FOR SIMPLICITY, ETC

VOLUME. II  (1943-1952)  1. THE SEARCH FOR FEASIBILITY           2. RACING IN THE DARK

3. OPERATION GREENHOUSE

VOLUME. III. (1952-1954) OPERATION IVY  OPERATION CASTLE

VOLUME. IV (1954-1969) BUILDING A BETTER BOMB REDWING   HARDTACK, DOMINIC

VOLUME V: . AIRCRAFT BOMBS INCLUDING U.S. NUCLEAR BOMBS, ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS AND ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS

VOLUME VI: MISSILE & ROCKET WARHEADS;  ATOMIC ARTILLERY SHELLS

 VOLUME. VII       ARMING & FUZING; TECHNOLOGIES & EQUIPMENT

APPENDIX 1. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS, 1942-1962

APPENDIX 2. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIFICATIONS

APPENDIX 3. TYPICAL U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS, 1950-1981.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PART IV. WEAPONS TYPES: DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS

VOLUME V (YOU CAN READ THIS PART ON BOX [FORMERLY BOX.NET]

DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS – OVERVIEW,V-1

Warhead Numbering Systems,V-43

Organization and Process Glossary,V-45

Weapon Development Lifecycle, V-50

Stockpile Problems, V-53


1. Aircraft Bombs 

AIRCRAFT BOMBS – HISTORICAL BACKGROUND,V-63  [IN THE BOX FOLDER THIS IS THE FILE CALLED AIRCRAFT BOMBS -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND] 

Weapon Design & Construction, V-67

Bomb Configurations, V-87

Bomb Suspension Systems,V-87

Bomb Tail Fins, V-90

Parachutes ,   V-9 1

Parachute Canopy Types,V-93

Parachute Deployment Bags,V-95

Parachute Staging, V-96

Parachute Deployment Methods, V-97

New Parachute Developments, V-99

Aircraft (Gravity) Bombs  IN THE BOX FOLDER, THIS FILE IS CALLED AIRCRAFT (GRAVITY) BOMBS -- FISSION BOMBS

THE WARTIME BOMBS: LITTLE BOY AND FAT MAN

MK 1 LITTLE BOY, V-105

MK II,  V-118

MK III FAT MAN, V-1 1 8

POST-WAR FISSION WEAPONS:

IMPROVED 60” FISSION BOMBS

MK 4,V-151

MK 6, V-178

MK 13,V-198

TX-20, V-209

SMALLER FISSION BOMBS

MK 5   V-210

MK 7 Thor, V-260

MK 12 Brok    V-289

GUN-ASSEMBLY BOMBS

MK 8   V-300

MK 10 V-333

MK 11 V-337

HIGH-YIELD FISSION BOMBS

MK 15/39, V-342

MK 18 V-362

EARLY THERMONUCLEAR BOMBS

“EMERGENCY CAPABILTY” BOMBS

MK 14 ALARM CLOCK       V-367

TX-16 SAUSAGE/JUGHEAD    V-373

MK 17/24 RUNT        V-379

SECOND-GENERATION THERMONUCLEAR BOMBS

MK 21/26, V-385

TX-22  V-389

MK 27 V-390

MK 36 V-395

NUCLEAR “LAYDOWN” BOMBS

W-34 HOTPOINT          V-398

MK 43    V-401

MK 41, V-413

TX-46/MK 53, V-420

MODERN THERMONUCLEAR BOMBS [IN THE BOX FOLDER, THIS FILE IS MODERN THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS]

MK 28 EX and IN ,V-434

MK 28 RE       V-450

MK 28 RI        V-452

MK 28 FI        V-453

MK 57 , V-461

MK/B 61         V-467

W-72   V-484

B 77     V-484

B 83     V-489

B 90     V-497

 

Anti-Submarine Weapons [IN THE BOX FOLDER, THIS FILE IS ANTI-SUBMARINE]

OVERVIEW, V-499

W-5, V-500

MK 7 BETTY, V-501

W-12, V-520

W-34 LULU , V-521

W-44 ASROC , V-532

W-45,V-535

W-55, V-536

W-89, V-540

 

Atomic Demolition Munitions IN THE BOX FOLDER, THIS FILE IS ATOMIC DEMOLITON

T-4, V-543

MK-6, V-544

W-7, V-545

W-25, V-546

W-30, V-547

W-31, V-549

W-45, V-549

W-54, V-552  

 

 

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