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2 days ago · The harbor houses nuclear ballistic missile submarines and is large enough to accommodate aircraft carriers. The U.S. Department of Defense has estimated that China will have five type 094 submarines operational by 2010 with each capable of carrying 12 JL-2 ballistic missiles .
- Hainan Submarine Base
Yulin Naval Base (Chinese: 楡林海军基地) is the traditional base...
- Attacked Hainan
The Battle of Hainan Island (simplified Chinese: 海南岛战役;...
- Hainan Island Incident
The Hainan Island incident occurred on April 1, 2001, when a...
- Hainan Submarine Base
2 days ago · A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs , a more compact size, a lower mass, or a combination of these benefits.
May 7, 2024 · Although Russia “suspended” its participation in New START in February 2023, the United States publicly declared in May 2023 that it had 1,419 warheads attributed to 662 deployed ballistic missiles and heavy bombers as of March 1st, 2023 (US State Department 2023a).
May 5, 2024 · Nuclear weapon, device designed to release energy in an explosive manner as a result of nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, or a combination of the two. Fission weapons are commonly referred to as atomic bombs, and fusion weapons are referred to as thermonuclear bombs or, more commonly, hydrogen bombs.
- What is a nuclear weapon?A nuclear weapon is a device designed to release energy in an explosive manner as a result of nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, or a combination of...
- Are there treaties to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons?Concerns about the devastating effects of nuclear weapons have driven governments to negotiate arms control agreements. Some of the earliest ones i...
- When was a nuclear weapon first tested?The first test of a nuclear weapon occurred in the United States on July 16, 1945, at the Alamogordo Bombing Range in south-central New Mexico. The...
- Which country had the most nuclear weapons?The Soviet Union had the most nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The Soviet stockpile reached a peak of about 33,000 operational warheads in 1988...
1 day ago · The SS-18 Satan, also known as the R-36M, was a pinnacle of Soviet strategic missile engineering. Renowned for its immense throw-weight, it had the capability to deliver up to 10 nuclear warheads.
May 3, 2024 · By Huma Rehman | May 3, 2024. India successfully conducted its first test of an Agni-V ballistic missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) technology as part of Mission Divyastra on March 11, 2024.
6 days ago · The test was of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, nicknamed the "gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. Concerns about whether the complex Fat Man design would work led to a decision to conduct the first nuclear test.
