Definition of Neutron bomb

1. Noun. Atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast.


Definition of Neutron bomb

1. Noun. An atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons, and a lesser amount of blast; the intention being to destroy life but not infrastructure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neutron Bomb

neutrinoless
neutrinophilic
neutrinos
neutrinosphere
neutrinospheres
neutrinospheric
neutro-
neutroclusion
neutrois
neutron
neutron-rich
neutron-richer
neutron-richest
neutron-star
neutron activation analysis
neutron bomb
neutron bombs
neutron capture therapy
neutron diffraction
neutron drip line
neutron flux
neutron fluxes
neutron interferometer
neutron number
neutron numbers
neutron optics
neutron radiation
neutron scattering
neutron spectrometry
neutron star

Literary usage of Neutron bomb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"The W-70, which is an enhanced radiation nuclear warhead (or "neutron bomb"), also has elements that can be used for a strategic thermonuclear warhead. ..."

2. French Security And Defence Policy: Current Developments And Future Prospects by Fredrik Wetterqvist (1993)
"Production of a French neutron bomb is not supposed to begin unless the ... 1 The first testing of a French neutron bomb look place on the Moruroa atoll in ..."

3. To All My Children As the World Turns by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"(April, 1987) More than 2000 people were cold-bloodedly slaughtered after the secret explosion of a neutron bomb, charges a top political analyst. ..."

4. Germany and NATO by John A. Reed, Jr. (1995)
"Then, on the heels of the PRM-10 controversy, the Carter administration announced plans to produce and deploy an Enhanced Radiation Warhead or "neutron bomb ..."

5. The Other Side of the Table: The Soviet Approach to Arms Control by Michael Mandelbaum (1990)
"The approach sought to revive the contradictions among the Allied governments that had been so apparent in the earlier MLF and neutron bomb episodes. ..."

6. Chinese Views of Future Warfare by Michael Pillsbury (1997)
"In 1977, the neutron bomb was researched and developed. In April 1981, the world's first spacecraft flew. The research and production of all these new ..."

7. NATO's Future: Toward a New Transatlantic Bargain by Stanley R. Sloan (1995)
"... administration to construct (but not deploy) enhanced radiation warheads —the "neutron bomb." The final proof for many Europeans of American willingness ..."

8. The United Nations System: The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"Domestically, extensive debates concerned the development of the neutron bomb and the stationing of cruise missiles. These issues - particularly the nuclear ..."

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