File:W48 155-millimeter nuclear shell.jpg

W48_155-millimeter_nuclear_shell.jpg ‎(600 × 473 pixels, file size: 69 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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English: US Govt scientists with a full-scale cut-away model of the W48 155-millimeter nuclear artillery shell', a very small tactical nuclear weapon with an explosive yield equivalent to 72 tons of TNT (0.072 kiloton). Around a thousand of these shells were produced during the Cold War.
Date ca. 1960
Source
  • Immediate source: Brookings Institution
  • Ultimate source: Department of Energy
Author US-Department of Energy

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02:36, 14 April 2006425 × 335 (34 KB)Fastfission~commonswikiU.S. weapons designers examine a mock-up of a W48 nuclear artillery shell. Around a thousand of these shells were produced during the Cold War. ==License== *Immediate source: [http://www.brook.edu/FP/projects/nucwcost/155mm.htm Brookings Institution] *Ul
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  • Usage on ar.wikipedia.org
    • دبليو 48 (قنبلة نووية)
  • Usage on az.wikipedia.org
    • Taktiki nüvə silahı
  • Usage on bg.wikipedia.org
    • Ядрен снаряд
  • Usage on de.wikipedia.org
    • Sondermunitionslager Alten-Buseck
  • Usage on es.wikipedia.org
    • Arma nuclear táctica
  • Usage on fi.wikipedia.org
    • Ydinase
    • Ydinkranaatti
  • Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
    • Arme nucléaire tactique
    • Arsenal nucléaire des États-Unis
    • W48
    • Obus atomique
    • Programme nucléaire militaire de la Suède
    • Calibre 155 mm
  • Usage on he.wikipedia.org
    • נשק גרעיני טקטי
  • Usage on hr.wikipedia.org
    • Taktičko nuklearno oružje
  • Usage on id.wikipedia.org
    • Peluru artileri
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    • Arma nucleare tattica
  • Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
    • 核砲弾
    • W48 (核砲弾)
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    • W48
  • Usage on lv.wikipedia.org
    • Taktiskie kodolieroči
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    • Peluru meriam
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    • Tactisch kernwapen
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    • W48
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    • Obuz
  • Usage on ru.wikipedia.org
    • Ядерная артиллерия
    • Ядерный снаряд
    • Список ядерного оружия США
    • Тактическое ядерное оружие
  • Usage on sl.wikipedia.org
    • Jedrska artilerija
  • Usage on sv.wikipedia.org
    • Taktiska kärnvapen
    • Användare:Tomas e/Svenska kärnvapenprogrammet
    • Svenska kärnvapenprogrammet
  • Usage on th.wikipedia.org
    • อาวุธนิวเคลียร์ด้านยุทธวิธี
  • Usage on uk.wikipedia.org
    • Снаряд з ядерною боєголовкою
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    • Q2453324
  • Usage on zh.wikipedia.org
    • 核火砲

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