Neutron Bomb
A neutron bomb is a type of thermonuclear weapon that utilizes enhanced radiation and minimal blast to kill living organisms within a limited range, with limited damage to property.
A neutron bomb is a type of thermonuclear weapon that utilizes enhanced radiation and minimal blast to kill living organisms within a limited range, with limited damage to property. It is a two-stage thermonuclear device that uses tritium and deuterium to maximize the release of neutrons. These weapons first came into the American stockpile in the mid-1970s.1
Mordecai Vanunu's photographs provided evidence that Israel was capable of manufacturing one of the most sophisticated weapons in the nuclear arsenal—a low-yield neutron bomb. The opening of Unit 93 at Dimona in 1984, a new facility for large-scale production of tritium, suggested that full-scale production of neutron weapons began then, as up to twenty grams of tritium are used in each neutron warhead.1
Sources
- Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 15. ↩
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