fission bomb

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That means North Korea is likely to stick with the standard spherical implosion fission bomb it has already developed.

From Reuters

If further enriched, this quantity could yield more than 30 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium, enough to build one fission bomb.

From Nature

Berg’s assignment is to determine whether the scientist is making a fission bomb for the Nazis.

From New York Times

Fusion bombs release so much more energy than fission bombs that it’s hard to comprehend.

From Scientific American

In an H-bomb, conventional explosives compress and detonate a conventional fission bomb, triggering a powerful secondary fusion device.

From Reuters