2010 Nuclear Matters: A Practical Guide - Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Reference, Bomb Reference Data, Physics and Effects, Testing, Force Structure, Delivery Systems, Command and Control (CD-ROM)

Department Of Defense

9781422050620: 2010 Nuclear Matters: A Practical Guide - Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Reference, Bomb Reference Data, Physics and Effects, Testing, Force Structure, Delivery Systems, Command and Control (CD-ROM)

ISBN 10: 1422050629 ISBN 13: 9781422050620

Publisher: Progressive Management, 2010

This electronic book on CD-ROM provides a unique and comprehensive collection of government documents on America's nuclear weapons stockpile, with extraordinary details and reference data on the U.S. nuclear weapons program, life-cycle, force structure, weapons delivery systems, infrastructure, surety, safety, security, standards, quality assurance, non-nuclear testing, nuclear weapons council, basic nuclear physics, effects of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons effects survivability and testing, nuclear weapons accident response, classification and security, programming, planning, and budgeting overview. This collection includes the book, Nuclear Matters: A Practical Guide; The Effects of Nuclear Weapons by Glasstone and Dolan; Future Strategic Strike Skills Report of the Defense Science Board Task Fore; and CDC material on radiation and radioactive emergencies. Nuclear Matters: A Practical Guide - This practical guide to Nuclear Matters is an expanded and revised version of the earlier Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Management Handbook and the Nuclear Weapons Council Handbook. Originally published in 1991 for the use of Action Officers associated with the Nuclear Weapons Council, previous editions have been modified over time to meet the needs of the larger nuclear weapons community as well as those outside the community who seek a better understanding of the subject. This book is intended to be an unofficial reference that explains the history and development of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program as well as the current activities associated with sustaining the U.S. nuclear deterrent. The content is the responsibility of the Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters. Contents include: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program * History of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program * End of Underground Nuclear Testing * New Challenges * Aging Warheads in an Era of No Nuclear Testing * Modern Safety, Security, and Control Features * Loss of Technical Expertise * Deterioration of the Nuclear Complex Infrastructure * Stockpile Quantities * Future of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program * Life-Cycle of U.S. Nuclear Weapons * Production Engineering * First Production * Retirement and Dismantlement * Nuclear Weapons Program Force Structure * U.S. Defense Objectives * Employment of Nuclear Weapons * U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Composition * Nuclear Stockpile Quantities * U.S. Nuclear Weapons Delivery Systems * Bombers * Submarines * ICBM * Dual Capable Aircraft (DCA) * DoD Strategic and Non-Strategic Operational Bases * Nuclear Weapons Program Infrastructure * Complex Transformation * Nuclear Weapons Complex * Stockpile Stewardship Program * The Transition to a Science-Based Substitute * Stockpile Stewardship Program Elements * Nuclear Weapons Surety * Dual Agency Surety Responsibilities * Nuclear Weapons System Safety * Nuclear Weapons Security * DoD Nuclear Weapons Security Standards * DoD and DOE Personnel Security * Nuclear Command and Control (NC2) and Use Control * Quality Assurance and Non-Nuclear Testing * Surveillance Transformation Project (STP) * Stockpile Laboratory Testing (SLT) * Stockpile Flight Testing (SFT) * Safety Validation and Reliability Estimates * Nuclear Weapons Council and Annual Reports * Basic Nuclear Physics * Atomic Structure * Radioactive Decay * Nuclear Reactions * Fission * Fusion * Basic Weapon Designs * Achieving Supercritical Mass * Gun Assembly Weapons * Implosion Assembly Weapons * Boosted Weapons * Staged Weapons * Proliferation Considerations * Effects of Nuclear Weapons * Fireball * Thermal Radiation Damage & Injury * Thermal Radiation Employment Factors * Thermal Radiation Protection * Air Blast Damage & Injury * Ground Shock Damage & Injury * Surface Crater Damage & Injury * Surface Crater Employment Factors * Underwater Shock Damage & Injury * Initial Nuclear Radiation Damage * More

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