1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454656003321

Titolo

Effects of nuclear earth-penetrator and other weapons [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-74222-4

9786610742226

0-309-55106-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

623.45119

Soggetti

Nuclear arms control - United States

Nuclear nonproliferation

Nuclear weapons - United States

Underground areas

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""3 Earth-Penetrator Weapons""; ""4 Effectiveness of Nuclear Weapons Against Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""5 Fallout and Tools for Calculating Effects of Release of Hazardous Materials""; ""6 Human and Environmental Effects""; ""7 Conventional Weapons""; ""8 Uncertainty in Estimates of Effects""; ""9 Conclusions""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Committee and Staff""; ""B Agendas""; ""C Equivalent Yield Factors for Energy Coupling""

""D Acronyms and Abbreviations""