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What is a nuke made of?

Updated: 5/25/2024
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12y ago

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Nuke is slang for nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are nuclear warheads mounted on missiles for neighbourhood ( 200km to 1000km) or intercontinental delivery(>5000km as in case of icbm).Nuclear warhead consist of nuclear bomb. Fissonable plutonium is used as explosive. An uncontrolled fisson chain reaction catalysed by neutrons release so much heat and radiation that it can clean many sq kms of life.

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A nuclear weapon, or nuke, typically consists of fissile material such as uranium or plutonium surrounded by high explosives. When detonated, the explosives compress the fissile material, triggering a chain reaction that releases a massive amount of energy in the form of a nuclear explosion.

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